We're Back!!

Okay I know only one picture is a crime after being on a beautiful beach for a week, but all the pics are on Spencer's phone and I haven't taken the time to import them all onto my computer, so here you go, our happy faces in Riviera May, or actually at the ancient Mayan ruins of Tulum!  And yes we are ridiculous and both have Ray Bans.  Thank Spencer's boss.

We had a really, really relaxing time.  It was beautiful and humid and green and the rooms were nice and spacious and airconditioned and the food was delicious!  So delicious in fact that after a week of wearing bathing suits and gym clothes, trying to fit back into our normal clothes was not so fun, but totally worth it ;). 

Okay so a break down of what we did:

Day 1: sleep in, get up and go to breakfast, lay on the beach, play some killer sand volleyball (guys I blocked a shot for the winning point!!!! and yes i know, i know that means the net was too low, but go with me here!), get a drink from the bartenders walking the beach, go to lunch, lay by the pool, read some good books, go back to the room and take a nap, go to dinner, drink and eat some more, go to sleep

Day 2: got up early to go to yoga (7 am!!!) repeat of day 1

Day 3: decided 7 was way to early for vacation yoga, repeat of day 1

Day 4 and 5: repeat of day 1 and 3, I start to get a little antsy

Day 6: I start to get really antsy

Day 7: drag spencer to Tulum and Playa de Carmen, get harassed by a bunch of mexicans trying to make me buy cheap jewelry, or get a tatoo, or get braids in my hair, or a massage, or anything that would let them take my money!

Day 8: get up early, walk on the beach, say goodbye to the waves, eat and drink some more, get on plane home . . . fast forward a few hours to the Houston airport (okay I had been forewarned it took a long time but still!!).  We wait in a really long line to go through immigrations.  Twice as long as the line for non US citizens!! I thought the point was to have a shorter line ;).  Then we went to get our bags and could only find one of them!  We get more and more frantic as we try to find our bag and the time for our flight to leave gets closer and closer.  At the last minute when all the other bags had come and the conveyer was slowing down our bag finally came out.  Rush through customs.  Get stopped by a lady who says we can't go up the stairs for no reason.  Lady lets us go.  Run up the stairs only to have to wait in another line for another set of security.  Get through security with 20 minutes to go.  We thought we were in the right terminal but our gate was forever far away.  At this point we start running . . . and keep running . . . and keep running.  Finally we get to our gate and get on with just a few minutes to spare!  By this point I'm all sweaty and wheezing haha.  I know pathetic.  I don't think yoga builds up your running muscles ;).  Get home to Tulsa, everyone else's kids are there to greet them and mass chaos insues complete with little Miles running up on top of the conveyer while laughing giddly.

Overall really wonderful trip.  For me to it was perfect timing at work which made it even more amazing. I had nothing to think about work related while I was there.  Instead I could think about what I was reading and about our master plan for the backyard!

Okay book review from the trip (wow I feel like this post is getting really rambly and not really with funny stories haha).  The book The Emotionally Healthy Church is amazing.  Really, really thought provoking.  I think I'll read it again after Spencer finishes it.  The Constant Princess about Henry the VIII's first wife was a fun read plus knowing the ending of the story means it was less stressful of a read ;).  Influence, the Power of Persuasion is weird.  Still trying to figure out what I think of that.  Apparently more people die in car wrecks and airplane crashes after someone famous commits suicide.  So odd. Fast Company, the magazine makes me feel like I have ADD.  Too many things on one page.  HGTV's magazine is awesome plane perusing material. 

So there you go :).  Our trip in a nutshell.  I promise to post more pics next time . . .