Fall Break ~ Cruisin the Riviera

Our vacation was a different experience this year since the boys were the only one's to have a fall break. It was a boy's high adventure vacation and my mom and I were lucky to be apart of it. It was such a treat to have my parents be able to come on a vacation with us. We felt like it was a vacation of a lifetime because it was such an amazing experience! Wade had everything planned to the T. Our itinerary was total fun and high adventure!
Riding quads in Mazatlan on the beach and in the mountain range. They had a tropical storm a few days before we arrived so we were able to ride through mud and water which made the adventure all the more exciting. The beautiful scenery surrounded us.

Puerta Vallarta was filled with zip lines, rope climbing, rappelling, and "swinging through the tree's with the greatest of ease", as Nana put it. The buzz around the cruise ship was," even the Nana and the Grandpa did it". They were like kids having the time of their lives. "Let it Rip, Potato chip", was Nana's favorite saying before we zipped through the canopy's. It was a beautiful tropical Forest and amazing to be able to have a bird's eye view of it all!

Cabo was filled with a day of snorkeling, para sailing, beaching, and site seeing. The water was the perfect temperature with beautiful tropical fish all around. We felt like we were in an aquarium. The boys loved para sailing tandem.

The cruise ship was one of Royal Caribbeans larger ships with all the fun amenities attached, which included; ice skating, rock climbing, rollerskating, golfing, basketball, dodge ball, ping pong, etc. There was never a dull moment on the ship.

The boys loved all the teenager activities. All the teenagers became fast friends and had so much in common! Many of them were members of our church even our good friends we met from Australia. Our boys and the three Aussie boys beat the crew in dodge ball, it was the red heads and Aussie's against the crew. They beat them, the first upset in 451 games. It was a highlight. The boy's said it felt like an EFY cruise.

Our Australian friends are already planning on coming back to visit us this summer and we hope we can visit them soon.
Mitch came home from school today very sad that he couldn't be with his brother every minute of the day. They were inseparable and enjoyed being roommates and "best buddy brothers", as I've always called them.

So as you can only imagine we are having "After the Cruise Blues"!