We had the opportunity to go to Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico with the entire Williams clan for a whole week. We left Boise early Sunday June 7th (a few left Saturday) on 4 different flights to get down to Mexico and we were able to stay for an entire week. My parents were super generous and let us all use their timeshare condos to stay in and also helped out a lot with the cost of flights so that we could all get down there. It was really great to have everyone there (minus Hyrum and Xander). For the most part we just hung at the resort and played in the pool and on the beach and in the ocean. Everyday I would wake up and head to the gym and usually get back before Craig and Brooklyn had woke up. We would then eat breakfast and get ready to head out. We would swim and play for a few hours and then head back up to the room for lunch and nap time for Brooklyn. After nap we would then head out again for a few hours before dinner. Brooklyn was such a little fish. She would swim all over the pool with her water wings and blow her bubbles and float on her back. It was so nice to not have to hold her or be right next to her the entire time in the water. We ate a lot of chips and salsa, mangoes from the vendors, built a ton of sand castles, played some sand volleyball, boogie boarded, and spent a lot of quality time together. Brooklyn loved having so many cousins around to play with all of the time. She followed Kirah and "Tobi" (Kobi Jane) around constantly, they were super good sports about it.
Wednesday afternoon we took the bus into Puerto Vallarta and walked through the market. I got a ring and we got Brooklyn a dress, purse, necklace and bracelet (sounds like a lot for Brooklyn but actually cost less then 20 bucks). After the market we headed to PiPi's for dinner, a tradition for our family. Thursday morning a few of the group went out for a dune bugee exertion, they came back super dusty but all had a great time. Friday evening Grandma and Grandpa kept all the grandkids and ordered room service while the rest of us went out to dinner, an awesome fajita place. Tiffy's family had to leave Saturday and then Dad, Missy and Dallin all had to leave Sunday morning for Europe. On Sunday Craig, Brooklyn, Tucker and I headed into town again to walk along the boardwalk. This time we took a taxi back to the resort since we knew how long the bus ride back was (over and hour), it was definitely worth the $15. Monday morning we headed out to the pool one more time before heading to the airport and back to Boise. It was such a great trip and we are so grateful that we were able to be there with my whole family.
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| trying to decide how she felt about the ocean |
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| Brooklyn lovin on Kobi |
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| The whole family at PiPi's |
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| Brooklyn loved dancing to the mariachi band |
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| Snack time |
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| She was so good about keeping her hat and sunglasses on the whole trip |
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| This was our "big" sand castle |
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| This was Brooklyn's hiding spot |
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| She was not wanting to get her picture taken here. The joys of a 2 year old |
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| The view from my parents Pent House condo |
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| All the Williams siblings |
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| He totally loves us |
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| This is the most still I saw LJ the whole trip |
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| All the grandkids (minus Xander) with Grandma and Grandpa |
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| She loved to go "up down" in the waves |
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| taking a break from the sun |
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| She wanted to sit on all the statues on the boardwalk |
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| We really thought these guys were statues. |
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| coloring with the cousins |
