Mexico 2012

Back in July, on our Schmidt Family Vacation I mentioned how I had the vacation itch and wanted to get something booked.  Jill and Adam mentioned they were going to Mexico in October and that we should come with.  It didn't take much to talk Andy into it and we had tickets booked a few days later!  Then in August my sister Danielle had the same itch, so she booked flights too!  My parent's had an extra week vacation to use through RCI, so we were able to book an additional 2 bedroom unit at the same resort.  It ended up working out perfectly, and we had such a great time. 

The funniest part was two days before we left, at Henry's 4th birthday party, we found out that we had a little miscommunication on flights...I accidentally told Danielle the wrong dates, so her and Brian we booked to fly out one day before we left.  Not funny to Brian, but it ended up working out perfect as they were ready to leave after 5 days in the sun.  Just couldn't believe we found out about it just 2 days before we left!

Here are some pictures of our fun in the sun in Mazatlan, Mexico:

View from our balcony.  The mountain in view is Deer Mountain, which we climbed up on the 3rd day of our trip.  We started out our days on the balcony eating breakfast each morning.

Sisters poolside!

The resort, The Inn at Mazatlan.

Adam in the pool enjoying the waterfall.

They had a 'Official' Senor Frogs store every few blocks.

The first night we walked across the street and enjoyed 'Gus and Gus' and had our first plate of seafood and enjoyed a live band singing 'A Horse with no Name' and watched Monday night football.  The second night, we walked down the beach and found a great seafood place right on the ocean.  We got ourselves some more seafood!

Our third day we were escorted by jet ski over to Deer Island.  We had a very interesting hike up the mountain.  What was supposed to be an 'easy' hike, turned out to be a not so clearly marked path up a pretty big hill. 

But we made it all the way to the top!

At the bottom of the mountain we had fresh lobster prepared for us by the only occupant on the island.  It was an awesome experience having the entire place to ourselves.  Andy enjoyed a drink out of his first coconut.  Our friend 'Eddy' picked it fresh off the tree and hacked the top off right in front of us. 

Me and the hubs on our balcony before dinner. 

Night out on the town.

The next morning we decided to hike again, sending my legs into serious soreness.  Especially since I decided to take a detour gone bad....  After our hike we ate at the Shrimp Bucket and shared some serious shrimp buckets and Brian and Adam had the best burritos they've ever had in their lives. 

We made it back to the pool in time for our daily happy hour.  Loved me some Pina Coladas! 

Danielle and Brian's last night in town.  We ate at Ernie Tomatoes, out on the patio with the beautiful sunset behind us.  Andy and Adam had the biggest burritos ever. 

We went out in style - it isn't a real vacation without some karaoke!!

We got to the airport on Saturday in time to watch the Iowa game from the Dish Network app on our iPad.  Of course the game went into double ot, so we missed the ending, but at least we had something to keep us busy in the airport for 2 hours. 

Such an awesome trip!!  It was the perfect amount of time to be away.  The kids were so excited to see us, and we were ready to see those crazy kids.  Thank you Jill and Adam for letting us crash your wonderful Mexican vacation!!