Cruise #3 - Mazatlan

Our second stop was Mazatlan. We went to El Cid Hotel and Resorts because they are known for their really cool pools, slides, and water falls. I guess in other countries they don't worry about law suits because I know in the states no place would allow you to do this. The resort is located right on the beach so we also went Para Sailing. I had never done it before but Josh had. It was amazing, but I couldn't help but keep thinking about "what if..." the rope broke, or the metal piece snapped or the parachute flew away. So the 8 minutes up there was plenty for me.

Cruise - Cabo San Lucas

Our first stop was Cabo San Lucas. Not much there, but we walked around and found some interesting stuff. We especially loved the sign that my sister is standing by. When we got back on the ship we had 3 soft serve icecream cones for lunch. They were so yummy! That night after the entertainment show we played name that tune, but you had to go up and sing it when you knew the song. We won 2nd place and it was actually kind of fun. Josh got into it at the end and was totally dancing.

Mexican Riviera Cruise

We had a blast on our 7 day cruise through the Mexican Riviera. Before we left port we had to participate in an emergency evacuation and wear these life jackets. It has become tradition to take a picture wearing them. I don't now why we look ridiculous. These pictures are the first 2 days at sea. The cruise director must have liked our group because he made all 3 of us do the sexy legs competition (for guys) and sexy bicep competition (for girls), hence the picture of the 3 of us. That night we had a formal dinner. I is a lot of fun to get ready for dinner and have a nice, quiet luxury meal with no clean up and no kids. I can't remember what the food was except that I ate way too much.

Beach Camping

Sorry there is going to be a lot of pictures in this one since I haven't blogged in almost 2 months. The beginning of August we went beach camping with my side of the family and it was fun to be with everyone and of course be at the beach all day, but camping is not my thing anymore. I use to love it before I was married so I tried to think of the reasons I may not like it and here they are...
1.NO SLEEP - Have to live in a tent that isn't sound proof so every time a baby woke up, which was usually mine, I would jump out of my uncomfortable bed that always seemed dirty no matter how hard I tried to keep it clean, check to see if it was Elle. If it was her then I would try whatever I could to get her back to sleep if that means taking her in our truck for 4 hours just to get her back to sleep.
2.BATHROOM ARRANGEMENTS - Do I really have to go here! The bathrooms stink, the toilets are always filthy, good luck finding a bathroom with toilet paper especially when you need to use it in the middle of the night, there isn't any soap nor paper towels, the showers are quarter operated but you most likely won't get hot water, and you never feel clean even after taking your shower.
3. MEALS - The clean up stinks.
4. BABIES - Camping and babies don't go good together. They have nothing to do except lay, dig, and eat the dirt.
Even though this sounds bad I did have a good time but I need to remind myself so when next year rolls around I will remember that it's not a relaxing vacation.