Dear Kids,
It was so fun to have Krista and Alex here. Krista brought him here for his 18th birthday trip. She was a little worried about him liking his time spent with younger cousins, but he really loved it!
We did LOTS of things together.
They got here last Friday (March 4th).
Saturday: We went to Cenote Cristalino all together, which was beautiful. Talia and Elijah jumped off the cliff edge over and over and over again! Alex swam like a fish everywhere. The water was super mineral heavy and Elijah had a hard time swimming in a couple spots, so we had to be careful with life jackets. But everyone had a blast. That night Krista, Alex and dad and I went to the Cave Restaurant all together. It's called "Alux". It was AMAZING. It was down under ground in a cave and the food was super unique and really tasty!
Sunday: We went to church together (it was wonderful to have a car to take to church since we rented it for the week they were here). Then they came over for Sunday dinner, we made a cake for Alex, then we headed downtown to see some performances. We missed the Mayan performance which we were sad about. But we walked around town and Alex and Krista really liked it all.
Monday: It was Puerto Morelos day for scuba diving. I told you the story about all of that in the other post. Alex had great dives, which I was really happy about. Everyone had a fun time at the beach and then we went to the restaurant after to eat. It's always so fun to eat right by the ocean! I love the energy of it so much.
Tuesday: Coba Ruins day! These ruins were AMAZING. There's so much there to learn from. It's fascinating to me to see all the conclusions people came to from totally different sides of the world. The similarities between the center of the Mayan world and the Romans was just amazing! God inspires everyone for their benefit and learning when they are a righteous people that's for sure. All of you kids did SO MUCH BETTER at these ruins than at Tulum. We did bike taxi's to various parts of the ruins because it was a huge site, and Brent, Alex and Gabe had bikes themselves. Gabe LOVED that! After the ruins and lunch we went to the cave Cenotes. They were phenomenal! The water was really mineral rich and "heavy". They were heavenly! We got back into town late and had dinner at El Fungon. Our favorite local restaurant.
Wednesday: Beach day! We spent all day at Xpu-Ha Beach. Our favorite beach so far! It is just beautiful! Alex and all of you played in the waves over and over and over and over again, you wore yourselves out. After you were all exhausted and sun spent, we brought you home for a movie, then dad and I with Krista and Alex went to an Italian restaurant that was also just to die for. Then we went shopping a bit.
Thursday: This is the day they had to head out of town. Brent picked them up and we did lunch together then we took them to the airport in the afternoon.
It was great to have them in town all together. By the time they left we were READY to be DONE with all the tourist things. It has been a good excuse to do all those things when people are in town, but it does get tiring to just go-go-go all day with all the tourist things. It is nice to be done and settle down a bit back into everyday life.
I have come to really like our simple lives here. It is nice to just be together as a family and enjoy each other, be together everyday, work on our projects, go swimming and play family games. It's a simple schedule and I love it.
LOVE YOU KIDS!
Your Mom
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