Mexico Recap

  Mexico was amazing and so much fun! We are so grateful to Darrel and Laurie for letting us crash their trip and for letting us in on such a great deal!  

Here are a few things we learned from our trip:

• Mexico hot and Idaho hot are not the same!!
• Cooling towels are a must!
• Some of us come home less tan than we went ;)
• American street tacos and Mexico street tacos are not created equal!
• EVERYONE LOVES street tacos!
• Keagan and Jessi really could hang out by the pool all day!
• Strawberry Coladas are amazing!
• No matter how much you try to explain coconut cream they will put coconut rum in your coke :(
• NEVER DRINK THE WATER IN MEXICO!!!  Even to brush your teeth....Heather!!!
• 6 hour + flight layover aren't bad when you're with family
• Thank goodness for GOOD pilots who double check their planes themselves!
• Sometimes God answers prayers at the very last hour through a last minute phone call.  Thank you Hans and Julie Hayden for helping with my crippling fear of flying (bc yes I did need more than my pills to make it through the flights)
• Vacations are always easier when you know your fur babies are being well taken care of at home, thank  you Grandma JoAnn!

Here are a few of our favorite things:

Zach - The Xcaret night show, Chichen Itza temple, swimming through caves at both parks, street tacos, real coconut water, street market haggling, the zip lines and all the food and drinks I could handle.

Jessi - Relaxing by the pool, all the drinks, street tacos, learning about the Mayans (their games, culture and temple), seeing all the different animals, meeting Evelynn with the bull tattoo and swimming in the caves.

Kabree - The black jaguar at Xcarat, the swimming pool, all the ice cream, I liked all the animals that wondered around at the hotel and the ziplines at Xplore.

Keagan- All the ice cream, the strawberry daiquiris, the swimming pool, the hammock splash at Xplore, I kind of liked the ziplines, everything about the hotel, and the shopping. 

Matt - The ocean, being able to just chill and the free drinks

Heather - Relaxing, the sounds of the animals, the places to explore and seeing a new country 

Hanna - Chichen Itza and the Ziplines 

Justice - Ziplines were cool but I loved playing with the sharks as it was a life long dream.

Darrel - 

Laurie - Loved the parks and the strawberry coladas!

Trent - Haggling with the people at the markets.

Haylee - Seeing the beautiful scenery and going to Xel-Ha (a water park Darrel, Laurie, Trent and Haylee went to one of the days).