Sunday, March 8, 2009

The Big Boat!!

We woke up friday morning and Melia said..."Today is the Big Boat Day!" We were on our way to LA to get on the Norwegian Star. The first two days were spent at sea with plenty to do, swiming and going down the big slides was a favorite for us. Oh yeah and eating all the ice cream possible! It was so beautiful to be out on the ocean like that we saw lots of dolphins that seemed to be putting on a show for us and a couple of whales too. I thought maybe I would be sea sick but after the first day it wasn't bad at all.CLICK HERE TO SE ALL THE PHOTOS!!


The first place we stopped was Cabo. Our goal was to head to the beach and relax! It turned out great! We rented a couple of wave runners and a umbrella for cooper to have shade, and some skim boards and just hung out! We weren't pro's at the skim board but it was fun to try and we got a few good ones. Here is a pick of our cruise ship and paul on a wave runner!



Cooper could sit up really good in the sand and thought it was weird that he couldn't hold it. He was sooo good the whole trip I'm lucky to have such a good baby.




Paul and Melia enjoying the ocean, they both gave it a thumbs up!




Has anyone seen Melia? She is buried in the sand, I can'tbelieve she wanted to do this.











Melia and Cooper...Catch a wave(or not) !








Our family on the beach!







We found a couple starfish and Melia was so excited!!!























Here she is making them hug! It was hard to get her to put them back in the ocean, we finally convinced her by telling her their mommy would miss them.








The next day was Mazitlan, and we went on a small boat with the whole clan to a beach where we could choose to horse back ride, snorkle, kyack and many other activities. Before making our way to the beach we saw a few things....











this is a pretty rock don't you think? Melia keep saying " Do you know what? That rock has bird poop all over it!" Yes it is white because of bird poop! Gross huh?!!















Some sea lions just chillin.












I just thought this was the cutest picture ever of Melia and Grandpa Mark. I can't thank them enough for this trip...It was everyone's Christmas present and it was such a blast to be with everyone!



















Here is our little trooper Cooper! He was always smiling!


















Paul and Melia went on a ride in this high flying plane! She wasn't even scared a bit....I was though!!





















Here is Melia in the lovely Hammack where I spent most my time!
















Cooper and his new Maraca's!! Fun toy....














The next day we went to Puerta Vallarta. This is actually where Paul and I went on our honeymoon so it was fun to go back to visit.
















This is where we came up with Melia's name, it was the hotel we stayed at on our honeymoon. No, she wasn't a honeymoon baby but close enough! We just liked the name so much.










While Sheila and I went to the beach Paul and his brothers and Erin(way to go girl!) rode ATV's through the jungle!










Looked like a beautiful veiw!!!



Well there you have it...Sorry for so many pictures but I just couldn't narrow it down! We had so much fun and now it's time to do loads of laundry!!!!








































































































6 comments:

Linds Forrest said...

Woa! That trip looks like such a blast!! I can't believe both kids were able to go, so fun!!

Cole and Stephanie Fowler said...

Wow... it looks like you guys had a great time. That's really nice of Paul's parents to take everyone!
I love the pic of Melia and Cooper on the board... she is completely a miniature you!

The Swenson Fam! said...

It looks like you all had a blast! Sounds like you got to do a lot of fun things. Your kids are so cute! Way cute pics. And I agree Melia looks so much like you! So so cute!!!

Jake and Roz said...

looks like fun! Cade has the same swim trunks as Coop (but in blue). Can't wait to take swimming lessons!

Dustin & Carrie Jenkins said...

That looks like a total BLAST!! What a fun family trip! The pictures are all so cute!

Christy Smith said...

How fun! I'm so jealous! Cooper is getting so big and Melia is cute as ever. I can't believe she was brave enough to do the flying thing! Hope we can get together sometime soon!