Mexico Trip

Adam and I went to Mexico a few days after Christmas with Adam's family. We took Shelby along with us! Getting to Mexico was a little bit crazy. We had to stay the night in Phoenix on the way there. But once we got to Mexico it was a blast! Shelby loves the water. She did not like the ocean very much because it was a little bit chilly. The pool at the hotel was really cold so we never got in the pool but they had these "hot" tubs which were filled with luke-warm water and so that is what we played in with Shelby. We were able to do so much fun stuff! I love it mostly because it was so warm! I am not a very big fan of the cold weather out here in Idaho. So by the time we got to Mexico it was a Wednesday night. So that night we did not really do very much besides eat! The next day, Adam and I went with his brother Matt and his cousin Pat to roam around the island. The island we went to was Isla Mujeres, which is right off of Cancun. Then on Friday it was my birthday! I turned the big 23 years old. In the morning we went Snorkeling. My mother-in-law, Gay, and my sister-in-law, Amy, were so kind to watch Shelby for Adam and I. We had so much fun. We were with Jim (Adam's dad), Matt, Pat, Dan, and Chelsea. The guide took us to see a turtle farm afterwards. It was pretty neat. It was mainly sea turtles, which I had not seen very many of before. After that, the guide took us to lunch. After lunch, we went to hold this nurse shark. It was scary. I need to get the pictures from Amy! The best part of the experience is when we were getting back in the boat to head back to our hotel. Pat served his mission in Chile and so he speaks Spanish. It was great to have him along because he really helped out with communicating with the Mexicans. So since Pat speaks Spanish, he was talking with this Mexican that was in the boat across from ours. And one thing that you have to understand is that Adam's family has this thing about acting gay. Their mom's name is Gay and so they call themselves 1/2 gay and acting gay is a joke in their family. So while Pat was talking to the guy in the other boat, he thought it would be funny to ask him if he wanted to go on a date with Matt (Matt is not married). And of course Matt did not know what Pat was telling the guy and so he looked at Matt and Matt started waving and smiling at him. So the Mexican thought Matt wanted a date with him. Pat told us this after we had pulled away from the dock and we all thought it was hilarious. That night we just went out to the downtown area where all the people gather. They had fireworks at midnight. The next morning we left at 650 to head to Chichén Itzá. It was awsome. We had a LDS tour guide and so he gave us the LDS perspective of the ruins. And his name was even Nephi! Dan and Chelsea were so kind to babysit for us! After the ruins, Nephi took us to this Cenote. It was amazing. Only Amy and Josh had their swimsuits and so the rest of us just jumped in with our clothes on! it was pretty cool! Then on the 2nd we decided to rent golf-carts. Most people on the island drive golf carts and scooters. So we cruised around the island on the golf-carts. Adam, being the mechanic that he is, decided to rig the golf-carts to go as fast as they can go! He just happened to have some zip-ties with him and so he made it so you just pulled the zip-ties and then you could have full throttle. We called it "nitro". it was great because we were able to pass all of the other golf-carts. The rest of the time we just hung out at the pool and beach. We all drank our hearts out in non-alcoholic drinks! (it was an all inclusive resort) We ate a lot of food but most of the time it wasn't very good. We were sad to leave the warm beach but I guess we all have to get back to real life sometime!