Cancuuuuuuuuun!

Here are some pictures of Cancun in no particular order because I am too crazy to rearrange them and if I would've been smart I would have uploaded them in the preferred order but I didn't so now they are all helter skelter and don't really tell a story but I can't worry about it because it is December 5th and this week of vacation in Cancun was so wonderful but put me behind Christmas-wise and the only thing I have done to this point is my Christmas cards, which is great, but there is not one, I repeat not one Christmas item up, they are all still in my attic. Deep Breath. So not as to neglect the documenting of our family story, I add these pictures with a few phrases to help me to remember in the future what fun filled experiences we had in Cancun, Mexico in November 2009.

Hallie and Kami on the beach,

Luke and Khloe bury Ellie alive!Luke relaxing in a hammock.

Every room at Moon Palace Resort had a hammock.
Interestingly, my mom and dad's hammock was stolen one night,
ut management replaced it that next day.

Kami and Tom taking in the deep blue expanse.Preparing to Parasail!Gotta love birds that dive headfirst into the water for their lunch.Game Time!

Luke and Josh poolside.

Hallie has excited eyes while parasailing!

Fun with sand.

We love our players.
Roderick is the one on crutches.
He tore his ACL just a couple days before this trip.

Thanksgiving Day fun? Wet and Wild Water Park

The kindergarten crew.

Luke and Lauren by the Palms

Don't palm trees make nice background?
This is Kami and Mackenzie waiting to swim with the dolphins.

Looking for shells our last morning in Cancun.

The "toilet bowl" - what we called this very cool ride at Wet and Wild.
This is Scott riding it
(before he was flushed out like a piece of well, you know)
and we all took a turn on it!
Never seen anything like it!This is Kiki, Kami an Hallie enjoying
an exhilirating trip on the parasail!

What We Love About Big Cedar Lodge

The SPACES

The FACES

Hallie

Lauren

LukeTom

Kami

Maggie

Ellie

Nana and PapaKyler and Luke

Ana

Raelynn

Kelly and Luke

Nana and Maggie Pie

The Crew

Uncle Fred and Ana

Kami, Hallie, Ellie, Kyler and Luke


The HORSE RACES

The PLACES

Fishing at Devil's Pool

Walking the trails

Bent Hook Marina

The Swimmin' Hole

In the cabin

Brushey Creek

Table Rock Lake

Campfire Wagon Ride


The ACES

Luke has a marshmallow stash in his left hand.....Woops, Luke missed Uncle Scott... good thing he ducked!Got him!!!!Kami's tallest-in-the-world Lincoln Log tower.

Luke got some great presents for his birthday!


The CASESLuke put on his goggles on the way to Big Cedar

Maggie got scared by her daddy. (who was acting like a bear.)

Ellie bein' Ellie. (marshmallow mouth)

The EMBRACES
The WATER CHASESKiki and HeatherEllie and HallieLuke jumping for the ballHeather, Raelynn and Hallie on the canoeAna, Raelynn, Hallie and Kami jumping in the pool

Raelynn on the water slide

Kiki and Maggie

GOD's GRACESIf you got this far, you are indeed amazing. I know I included a huge amount of pictures in this post. But I took 745 pictures and this was the best I could do to whittle them down. They all capture such great moments! I may have beat Katie's record of most pictures in a post, but I must give her credit... she's the one who made me step out of the box and go for it. I'm glad I did. Precious and few are the days we spend with family at Big Cedar Lodge.