No the ship didn't sink, I am just the worst blogger ever! :)
Wednesday: Puerto Vallarta
Today I said goodbye to my 30's and hello to my 40's! YIKES! I'll take lots of Margarita's today!
We went on a tour of the city today.
THE GARDEN OF EDEN RESTAURANT
This was a really cool restaurant up in the mountains. The food was good and the girls had a great time swinging from the rope swing and falling into the water. Adam had a great time swimming and playing in the water :)
DINNER AT THE CHEEKY MONKEY WITH THE COCO'S TEACHER AND HER HUSBAND
It was so great that we were able to spend some time with Coco's second grade teacher and her husband. There were vacationing at a resort near Puerto Vallarta and were able to meet us for dinner.
LOOKS LIKE WE FOUND NEW BABYSITTERS :)
SAYING GOODBYE TO MRS. DAILY BEFORE GOING BACK TO THE SHIP
Mazatlan was a lot of fun. We did a tour to a little island where we got to hang out at a "resort" for the whole day. It certainly was not a 5 star place by any stretch of the imagination but we really had a great time relaxing there. The tour started off with a boat ride to the island, followed by a "limo" ride to the resort. The limo was a trailer with benches pulled by a tractor :). Other than being packed in like sardines it was a fun ride. We drove through a little village and got to see some local children playing. It looked like a place where not too many tourists visit. The resort was a restaurant on the beach. We had our choice of hanging out on the beach with umbrellas and chairs or hanging out at the restaurant near the pool. We stayed by the pool because the sand was so hot it would burn our feet when we walked down to the water. The kids had a great time playing in the ocean and in the pool and also hanging around in the hammocks. It really was a nice relaxing day.
Here we are, fresh off of the ship in Mazatlan, waiting to board the little boat that will take us to a little island where we will relax all day.
Here is the island we are heading to
Coco, Miranda & Gracie
Grace, Coco & Adam
Here are some shots of the "resort" that we hung out at all day
Just hanging around at the resort. The kids really loved the hammocks
My daughter Grace,now 4, was born 2 months early with a serious heart defect. She had her first of 3 open heart surgeries at 9 hours old. A pacemaker, 2 more surgeries and three months later we finally got to bring our baby girl home, along with an oxygen tank,her feeding tube and about 12 meds that I couldn't even pronounce. It has now been almost 3 years since we brought our princess home and I am happy to say she is doing Great. She will have more surgeries in her future but for now she is wonderful and a true blessing to our family. If you want to read Gracie's whole story from the begining you can check out her blog at http://gracietruhe.blogspot.com/