Ryan and I took our first vacation since we had been together! We traveled to Mexico with his entire family to celebrate Mike and Holly's wedding. It was terribly hard to leave the kids and we felt really guilty leaving them out of the family get together but we had a good time. It really was an "adult" trip so they wouldn't have had a lot to do and Ryan and I would not have been able to spend the quality time together.
And we were off! Our first plane ride out of Fargo bright and early!
After we boarded our second plane in Chicago we were off to Mexico!
Even though it was not even 11 am we had our first celebratory Margarita's on the plane. They were tasty and followed by a couple more!
The first day we arrived in Cancun the weather was not very nice. It was raining and even chilly out in a bathing suit. This was the view from our room which was gorgeous!
I was amazed by the great service at the resort. Everyone was very friendly and eager to take care of your needs. We spent a lot of time (when it was nice) outside playing in the ocean or laying by the pool. The other time we spent at the bar in the resort or eating at one of the restaurants.
The wedding was nice with an ocean view. I couldn't believe how many people (complete strangers) lined up their beach chairs right next to the ceremony to watch. There were even several people videoing on their cell phones!! I would never do that to people I didn't even know! We had dinner outside followed by a dance. After the dance we all headed to the beach for a concert that was going on. It was a lot of fun. This was the night I definitely had the most to drink. Ha! Ryan and Kristy and Arin impressed all the guys with their awesome dancing, it was great. Ryan grabbed this little video mostly of his mom and dad dancing but there is glimpse of the whole family. I had to include it because our kids loved the video and Kenzie really wanted to "go there and dance wif Papa!"
So we ran into a few Vikings cheerleaders at the resort. That made Ryan and Gary's entire trip! It turned out they had a Vikings fan event going on at the resort and had a big screen with the game playing on the beach on Sunday. The guys were so excited and even I'll admit that was a pretty cool coincidence, what are the chances?
The last 2 days we were there were definitely the nicest weather wise. Why does that always happen? So we soaked up some sun and played in the ocean a ton. By day 4 Ryan and I were ready to get back to frigid ND to see our little munchkins. Turns out that a "break" from your kids isn't all it's cracked up to be. I guess we are weird. We had a fun, warm vacation but we can't wait to take our kids somewhere for a family trip!
Since I was kind of preoccupied with our upcoming trip to Mexico we didn't plan a formal birthday party for Landon this year. We let him bring his friend Axel for a supper and treat of his choice. He chose Chuck E Cheese for supper and Cherry Berry for desert.
We took everyone bowling before supper which was very fun. Ryan and I had just as much fun as the kids!
Landon had a very good score and won both games! He thought that was pretty cool.
Then it was on to Chuck E Cheese's for some games and pizza!
The kids all had fun and it was nice that it was a weekday because it wasn't very busy at all. It was almost tolerable…almost. Ha!
After a little Cherry Berry we called it a night! It was a fun birthday celebration and everyone was exhausted by the time we got home!
Happy birthday to our big 7 year old! SEVEN years old. I just can not believe it. Landon is looking and acting more grown up every day. He is still the sweetest boy around with a heart of gold. I just can't get enough of him. I would have loved to keep him home with me all day to celebrate but he was excited to go to school and share his birthday treats! Arin bought Landon the pictured shirt and tie before school and he insisted wearing it on his special day. It made him look more adorable than ever. I panicked a little when I realized the tie was a real tie and I didn't know how to tie it. Saved by Google yet again!
He enjoyed his special birthday treat before school!
So excited to open presents! Love this little boy to pieces!
We went to the farm for the weekend so Ryan could help with harvest and we could have a little birthday celebration with Landon. Ryan usually tries to get back to the farm to help with harvest for at least one weekend so it seems as though we have celebrated quite a few birthdays with Landon there. Sue had got Landon a Vikings cake and he thought that was pretty awesome!
Who doesn't love a little birthday cake?
The kids and I entertained ourselves with riding with Ryan, Gary and Sue. The kids sure thought they were "helping!" I am glad they get to experience a little bit of farm life! Landon spent the most time "helping" and Kadence had the most fun playing on the walkie talkies!
Grandma was driving tractor in this picture and one of the kids was with her, hard to tell.
He puts people under anesthesia and combines corn…all in a few days work.
I really wish I would have had my camera for these pictures but I guess some shots from my phone are better than nothing! It sure was a good weekend at the farm even if we hardly saw Ryan! The kids had a lot of fun with grandma and papa!
Just a cute blurry shot of my little Eskimo. Had to include it!
