David & I had a great time in Mexico this last week.....Neil & Caroline Briggs, from our ward here in Syracuse, joined us on our trip! We had
alot of fun, exploring the Cancun area...
The weather was not great for going to the beach or sitting by the beautiful pool...but it was absolutely perfect for hiking and climbing around ruins !
Below are some of our pictures from our Jungle Crossing Tour!
Kayaking at one of Mexico's beautiful beaches!
4 Wheeling (or at least Mexico's version of 4x4) in a
Unibog!
Actual proof that I did go underground, snorkeling in a
cenote cave!
You can tell that I was
alittle nervous, I am holding on to David for dear life.....this was actually the best snorkeling I ever did, I was so nervous about being underground in a cave, that I actually forgot to worry about breathing through a tube!
Our tour group!
Chichen Itza- Mayan Ruins
This was
facinating for me to see the ruins of the
Lamanite people....and be able to walk the lands of the Book of Mormon. The massive buildings, and intricate cravings were amazing....we had an
LDS guide named Lemuel (yes Lemuel-a Mormon Bishop from Cancun)..he made the pages of the Book of Mormon just open up to us!
Our
LDS group-all from Utah!
In front of the Temple of
Chichen Itza!
Above is the Temple of
Ek Balaam- we were actually able to climb up to the top of these massive steps....it was very, very steep! It was difficult to go up, but even
scarrier to come down! Neil and Caroline and David are the three people on the right.
At the top of
Ek Balaam!
This is our guide, Lemuel in front of
Ek Balaam, which was one of the more ornate ruins.
Here we are over-looking the beach at the ruins of
Tulum
The outer walls of
Tulum were something like 12ft high and 18 ft deep for protection from invading armies....we had to walk through this wall to enter
Tulum!
The fourth city of ruin that we saw, was
Coba....once again we were able to climb to the top of the temple...the stairs here were even scarier because they were so uneven, and crumbling! Some steps were 6 inches high, some as high as 18 inches, so it made climbing back down even more of a challenge.
I took this picture of David on our decent back down the steps of
Coba....you can see how uneven and how steep the steps are!
The view from the top of
Coba!
Coba was so spread out and sometimes miles between the ruins, that our guide rented these rickshaw like bikes for us! It was amazing to see young boys and old men alike riding the tourists around for miles in these things! I think it was like 65 pesos which was less than $5
I would have paid double that....it saved our legs for climbing the stairs!
We served the kids a dinner of pizza, breadsticks & vegies and dip.....there wasn't alot of eating going on, but there was a whole lot of fun!
The kids never get to sit at "the big table" when we have our family get togethers....so they thought this was fun to be served by Grandma and Grandpa!
I went all out decorating for the big party!
This is our Bailee bug, who will be 8 on the 23rd of Feb and is getting baptized on the 28th!
This is our Sage who is 6 1/2 yrs old, doing one of her famous poises!
This is our Kenadee, also 6 1/2, with her toothless hugh smile!
This is Hunter who will be five on the 23rd of Feb!
This is our Curtis, 4 1/2 yrs old....he has the biggest and best smile of all!
Eliza has just started doing her "Smile" for the camera....she will be three in May!
Our little Jade, just turned 2 in January! What a sweetie!!
And our youngest grandson, Jake will be two in April...he wasn't feeling well for the party!
We tried taking a group shot of all the kids, but the balloons kept getting in the way, and everyone kept moving around!
After dinner and the games, we all settled in for a movie and my famous homemade popcorn!
I had bought a new movie just for the party...which was actually an older movie called "An American Tale #2"
