Siblings night out

Mom and Dad offered to watch the kids while the bigger kids went into town for an evening. We had fun walking around, going into stores, and a walk along the beach. Not sure how I didn't get a picture of Ben or Carissa...but they were there too!

This is like an optical illusion...it looks like the footprints are standing up, but I think its from the way the shadow hits them. 

More beach photos

Fun in the sand

DAY 2

Piling on the sand...

Ready to be sculpted 

The masters at work...

We had all sorts of utensils to use for making things in the sand. Mom brought a ladle and spatula along with other normal tools.

DAY 3

Ready for a new day..a new sand castle.

Riviera Maya..the views

The place we stayed was called the Riu, Riviera Maya...very nice place, it looked like a palace from the outside. When we checked in Dad asked the guy if we could get rooms all near each other. In order to do this, he "had" to upgrade Mom and Dad's room to a HUGE suite with a staircase on the outside with two balaconies, and a jacuzzi. This also came with an AMAZING view. 

A view from Mom and Dad's room

Another view from Mom and Dad's room

The outside hot tub on their balcony 

Another view from their balcony 

The spiral staircase to the upper level..Dad makes a nice prop to the picture :)

MEXICO...

Mom and Dad took the whole family to MEXICO for some quality time together on the beach! Two years ago we all went, and that was when Ben and I got engaged. This time we brought our little buddy :) We had an uneventful trip down which was quite nice. It was a bit cloudy and windy the first afternoon, but the next couple days were simply perfect! 

We built sand castles, although not as many as last time due to the construction they started doing to the beach while we were there. Nevertheless, it was fun while it lasted and we enjoyed our time in the sand by the ocean. I'll put up more pics of the sand castles...it is amazing how many people stopped to admire the artwork (I cannot claim credit..but Ben definitely can!).

 

Too bad, so sad

What is going on??? Uncle Mitch doing the Vikings song after a touchdown. Too bad they didn't win...but we had fun watching the game anyway. The whole fam went to Mom and Dad's to watch it and we had a "super bowl" supper. 

Hanging with Gpa and Gma

Little paw, big paw

Relaxing with Gpa

Playing with Gma