Mexico!!!!!

I work for an awesome company! As much as I would love to be home instead of working....I'm thankful to be working while Joe is looking for new employment and I'm thankful to work for a company that is more than generous to its employees. We set certain goals each year and are rewarded should those goals be met. Well, I met my goal this year (as in years past but due to being preggers and then a young baby was unable to make the trips in the past) and the reward was a trip to MEXICO! I was able to take Joe and Zachary with me too! We stayed at an all-inclusive resort in Playa del Carmen. It is about an hour south of Cancun.
This place rocked! I'm telling you if you have ever debated over whether or not to stay at an all-inclusive place or not....you have GOT to try the all-inclusive! Joe and I were talking on our last day there that we felt like we starting eating when we got there and didn't stop until we left. They had the BEST food!

And as you can see Zachary got in on the food action as well. Here he is chowing down on some mussels.

There was a private beach that we went to a few times but it was pretty windy. And if you remember from my posts about Hawaii, Zachary is not a big fan of the sand. Zachary was a bigger fan of the pool. At least we can say that we went in the Caribbean a few times.

They had this great central area at the resort where most people would gather before and after dinner at any one of the several restaurants. They had this huge fountian that Zachary loved to run around several times a night. They would have different performances going on as well to entertain the crowds.

One morning while Zachary and I were hanging out in the pool area....

....Joe was learning how to scuba dive! They gave a complimentary lesson in the pool and then a group would go out into the ocean. Joe said that he would love to become a certified diver after this experience. He said it was definitely one of the highlights of the trip.

We went into town a couple of times and saw these monkeys. Zachary was so excited to see them.

He even got to feed them some sunflower seeds.

Both Joe and I wanted to see some Mayan ruins while we were there. So we went to Tulum. It was only about 45 min from where we were staying. We were going to take the bus but decided to pay for a guide. We had this guy all to ourselves! This guy had a degree in Mexican history and architechture. Joe got more out of it than I did due to Zachary trying to climb under ropes and get up on the ruins and basically just running all over the place. But that's ok...he had a good time.

This place was breath-taking! We learned that this was a place of worship, a place to trade goods, as well as a look out point for any invaders. It was a lot of info to take in...I can't remember it all. But you can bet that Joe could give you the complete run down. So if you are interested...give him a call.

And here is Zachary's new "I'm smiling for the camera" face.

Like I said before...all-inclusive is the way to go. No worries about food or drink the entire time. We had 24 hr room service, a bar downstairs that had sandwichs and fruit all the time, and a most helpful staff that could answer any questions that we had. And I do have to say that they were so friendly to us....especially to Zachary. Here is the link of the place that we stayed at. I highly reccommend it!

Now we just need to work on losing all of the weight we gained while we were there....and maybe some more.