We had a great vacation a couple of weeks ago (yes it has taken me this long to post) with my family in Mexico. We stayed in a beach-front villa in Puerto Morelos (about 20 miles south of Cancun) and had a blast! Here are a bunch of pictures.
The view from our balcony
Nat and Adam swimming in the pool
Swimming with t-shirts on....gotta love being sunburned!
This was the first time Adam went to the beach....he squealed with delight each time the waves came up. Sadly, this face was never to be seen again. For whatever reason he decided he was scared of the waves and refused to go near the water.
Playing in the sand
My Mom and I swimming in a cenote.
This area of Mexico has fresh water pools that come up from the ground and form cenotes. We had fun snorkeling and swimming in them. They are pretty cold which would've been perfect any of the other 6 days of sweltering heat we had, but the one day we chose to go, it was cold (relatively speaking) and stormy. Oh well.
We took a boat called a catamaran to go snorkeling off of Isla Mujeres. Adam seemed to enjoy the boat and kept saying "boatz boatz" as we sailed. He didn't like getting in the water however, so Nat stayed on board while the rest of us snorkeled.
This picture with Adam's tongue sticking out is actually him saying "boatz". Don't you just love the color of the water?
Adam's hair was so cute and curly from a combination of humidty, sweat, and sunscreen. If only he had those curls all the time!
This is how Adam spent the trip back.....happily snoozing away in Daddy's arms
My Dad relaxing on the boat. Yes, that is the real color of the water!
Just after this picture, the boat driver purposefully hit a wave just right so that water rushed up the front of the boat and practically right over the top of my Dad. It was hysterical to watch!
We went to some Mayan ruins called Tulum. We heard you can request a Mormon tour guide when you get there so we did and it was awesome! He explained all about how the Mayan's built their temples and holy sites so that on certain days like the summer and winter equinox, the sun will shine through some window or hole at the perfect moment. What was even more fascinating was that they also had several buildings that were built to have the sun shine through on April 6th...the day of Christ's birth.
In the squares above the pillars in this picture, each one has a carving. The first is of a man (God), a man upside down (the descending God/Jesus Christ), and the 3rd one is empty (the Holy Ghost). Had we not had our Mormon guide, who's name happened to be Moroni, we would've never learned any of this or even noticed. It was a real testimony builder for me to see first-hand that the Mayan people were descendants of Lehi and knew of the gospel and worshiped the same God and Jesus Christ that I worship. It was so cool.
We went to a place called Crococun Zoo where we got to see and touch lots of native animals.
A crazy monkey with a chunk of banana in its mouth
We took a boat called a catamaran to go snorkeling off of Isla Mujeres. Adam seemed to enjoy the boat and kept saying "boatz boatz" as we sailed. He didn't like getting in the water however, so Nat stayed on board while the rest of us snorkeled.
This picture with Adam's tongue sticking out is actually him saying "boatz". Don't you just love the color of the water?Adam's hair was so cute and curly from a combination of humidty, sweat, and sunscreen. If only he had those curls all the time!
This is how Adam spent the trip back.....happily snoozing away in Daddy's armsMy Dad relaxing on the boat. Yes, that is the real color of the water!
Just after this picture, the boat driver purposefully hit a wave just right so that water rushed up the front of the boat and practically right over the top of my Dad. It was hysterical to watch!
We went to some Mayan ruins called Tulum. We heard you can request a Mormon tour guide when you get there so we did and it was awesome! He explained all about how the Mayan's built their temples and holy sites so that on certain days like the summer and winter equinox, the sun will shine through some window or hole at the perfect moment. What was even more fascinating was that they also had several buildings that were built to have the sun shine through on April 6th...the day of Christ's birth.
In the squares above the pillars in this picture, each one has a carving. The first is of a man (God), a man upside down (the descending God/Jesus Christ), and the 3rd one is empty (the Holy Ghost). Had we not had our Mormon guide, who's name happened to be Moroni, we would've never learned any of this or even noticed. It was a real testimony builder for me to see first-hand that the Mayan people were descendants of Lehi and knew of the gospel and worshiped the same God and Jesus Christ that I worship. It was so cool.We went to a place called Crococun Zoo where we got to see and touch lots of native animals.
Here is Adam standing with a deer. We were able to feed them grapes and nuts.
A crazy monkey with a chunk of banana in its mouthAdam and Nat looking at a lizard
Adam and I holding a crocodile!
Adam is trying to kiss this macaw. 
Adam is trying to kiss this macaw. Nat kissing the macaw
We had a wonderful time with my family and although traveling with a toddler is quite exhausting, it was worth it and we have lots of great memories!
