Our Mexico Adventure

Well, we are back! What a wonderful trip we had - full of fun and rest. I will try to recap the trip along with some of the pictures. First things first - No, we don't have the Swine Flu. :)

Highlights:

1. Warm weather - both a blessing and a curse because we love the warmth, but it takes us a little time to get used to it.

2. Took a sunset boat cruise and actually saw some Whales migrating! It was fantastic!

3. Did some bartering for Mexican trinkets -love that!

4. We played Tequila Volleyball in the pool - don't ask, don't tell

5. Great food - and we gained the weight to prove it!

6. Relaxed, napped, went to bed early.... awesome.

Low lights:

1. Took a water taxi out to Lover's beach, and the boat nearly capsized - bad undertow and it would have been very bad if we had gone overboard! Freaky!

2. Some drunk guy tried to get into our room one morning at 5:00 am - long story short we refused to open the door even when the hotel security and lobby tried to tell us that this was that guy's room.

3. Erik and I didn't feel top notch at times (no, not self inflicted).

4. Swine flu - don't have it, but saw people wearing masks at the airport - freaky!

5. Flight delay on the way home due to bad weather in TX, and instead of arriving in Mpls at 9:45 pm on Monday night, we got in at 2:20 AM - we are tired, to say the least.

Over all, we had a great trip in Cabo Mexico. I would recommend the Riu Santa Fe. Lovely hotel. Cabo is a bit windy, and we actually enjoy the Playa del Carmen area better (on the east coast), but still a great trip! Enjoy the pictures below!

Love,

Andrea & Erik

Our taxi driver made a pit stop at this convenience store so that we could get snacks and drinks as we headed to our hotel. In Mexico, passengers can drink beer while the driver is driving.... so we did!

Here is the interior pool at our resort - there was a total of 4 pools, one interior and three that overlooked the ocean. Awesome!

This is the stretch of beach by our hotel. We never laid out on these loungers because it was hot. Plus you really couldn't swim in the ocean at this area. So we spent out time at the pools.

Here is one of the swim up bars at a pool that we hung out at. It seemed to have a younger crowd here. I have never seen so many tattoos in my life!

This is me on Wednesday I believe. We went down to check out the sand and the people selling various Mexican trinkets/junk. I ended up buying a brown cowboy hat. I got a good deal!

Erik looking hot! This is the same day -Wednesday - and we were trying to get a bunch of pictures of the hotel, beach, etc....

Erik and I took a water taxi out to Lover's Beach. He gave us a little water tour and we saw fish, sea lions, boaters, people snorkeling, etc... It was totally awesome until.... he tried to get us in close to the beach to hop off. The under tow was super strong and it sucked the water back out before he was ready. The boat dropped and we hit the ground and tipped. We took on a ton of water. Both Erik and I almost went overboard. Not cool. But all is well.

So here is Erik helping to scoop the water out of the boat. Some other guy hopped on from a different boat with a water pump to suck out the water. But until then, Erik and the driver spent about 5 minutes bucketing water out.

Here is a picture of Lover's Beach. This is where the water taxi was taking us. It was beautiful!

On the other side of Lover's Beach is a different beach. It is called Divorced Beach. We checked it out. There was this great wave crashing up on the beach and it made for great pictures. We'll just ignore the name of the beach.

Me on the same rock. It was really pretty on this side of the beach!

Last picture of Lover's Beach. It was neat to hang out here and watch the boats. You can see the huge Cruise ship that was docked in the bay on this day. A regular occurrence but with a different boat each day.

On Saturday we went for a Sunset Cruise. A 3 hour tour. (yes, those jokes were told!) It was amazing! They started here in the bay of the Marina. This wasn't the ship, but I forgot to get a picture of it. It was much larger and awesome!

As our sunset tour started, we went past the famous Stone Arch. This is to the left of Lover's Beach. Great Pictures!

Here we are on the sunset cruise. We sat next to a really nice couple from Denver. The weather was perfect!

Yes... that is 2 drinks in my hand. But the more shocking fact is the one in my right hand is a margarita. Yuck. I got it down to the last 1/4 and gave it to Erik. I don't like Tequila.

The BEST part of the cruise was seeing a mommy and baby whale. This is the very end of the whale migration season, so we didn't think we would see any. It was AMAZING! I tried to get pictures, but they didn't really turn out. The tiny dark spot in the middle of the water is the whale (hump back whale).

There was another cruise going on for this group on the pirate boat. It looked fun!

Here is a self portrait of us. It was windy, as you can see from my hair whipping all around!

This is one of a million amazing sunset pictures from the boat. Fantastic!

After the cruise, we went into town and had chips and salsa (along with beer!) at this popular bar. We were there to early for it to be hopping with people (we left at 9:30 pm), but it was still fun! We hung there with the couple from Denver.

I got talked into learning how to Salsa dance. I have learned that I am NOT talented when it comes to dancing. I was the worst one out there. But it was funny!

Hard to see the faces, but on our last day (Sunday) we hung out with this interesting couple at the hotel. They are from Missouri. We ended up playing Tequila Volleyball in the water, and then water polo. It was fun, but tiring.

On Thursday night, Erik had booked us to eat at one of the hotel's restaurants. The only one open was the Mexican one. We didn't mind! So we both got these great fajitas - mine was all beef, and Erik had beef, chicken, and shrimp. It was very good!

We then had these guys come over and play music for us. They said they would play something romantic! It was nice, but I forgot that they play for tips. Oh well - good thing the hubby had some money!

Me ordering a drink at the bar - at this point I think I was into drinking something called a Blue Ocean. Or was it the Corona's..... I'm not sure.

This picture is for you Billy! Doesn't Erik look so cool?

Okay - here is the last one. I thought I would end on a cute one of us!

Mexico here we come!

Sorry to continue blogging about Mexico, but.........

It's here!!!!!!!! Our flight leaves in a matter of hours. On Monday 4/20 our flight leaves at 5:35 am. The Taxi is coming to get us at 3 am....... ugh. Hope I sleep on the flight! It was hard leaving the kids this evening. Both Erik and I were teary eyed as we drove away from them. They will be missed!

Enjoy your week everyone! I know we will!

Andrea

So... where are we going?

I just realized that in my previous post, I never explained where in Mexico we were heading off to. A burning question you have been asking yourself for 2 days, I'm sure! We will spend our time in Cabo, Mexico. Here are a few pictures!

Don't you want to go now, too? Yippee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In ONE week...

In one week:

• We will be getting up before the crack of dawn...

In one week:

• We will be flying in the air....

In one week:

• We will be in swim suits and sunny, warm weather...

IN ONE WEEK:

• WE WILL BE IN MEXICO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just wanted to let everyone know that we have been counting down, and it is one week away. Just fyi.

We can't wait!!!!!! :)

Happy Easter from the Johnsons!!!

Myles coloring Easter Eggs with Mom on Saturday night

Here is the final product - very colorful!

Easter baskets for the kids - they were happy with what the bunny brought them!

Holly checking out her basket early this morning.

Myles seems happy about his fun Easter basket goodies!

Happy Easter everyone!

Today was a good day! The Holiday fun actually began yesterday (Saturday) when Myles came with me to the store to look for a shirt he could wear to church. He was very helpful and looked at all the tags to find size 5. (It actually was good practice to hunt for specific numbers on a small tag!) Then at night we put Holly down to sleep, while Myles stayed up later to color eggs with Mom. He had a good time and was excited about what they looked like.

My alarm clock went off at 5:00 am so that I could "hop" around and hide 50+ plastic eggs with candy in them. Many were very easy so that Holly could find them as this was her first Easter to participate fully in the egg hunt! The kids woke up around 7:00 am (Yippee! We slept in!!!) and the fun began! The kids ran around and gathered up eggs, and put them in a big basket. They started to eat candy right away - I wasn't going to be that mean Mommy that says no! Heck, I wanted some too! :) They then noticed their Easter baskets and started to check them out. Myles was totally blown away that the Bunny knew he liked Star Wars (weird, huh?) and Holly was most thrilled about the sunglasses and the little wind up hopping baby chick. Guess it doesn't take much to make them happy!

Next it was time to eat and get ready for church. We knew it would be packed at church and we were desperate to get a spot in the "kids are tantruming" area outside the sanctuary. So we got there about 35 minutes early and had great success! The kids looked adorable - Myles in cute brown pants with a short sleeve brown/blue button down shirt, and Holly in the cutest pink Easter dress that I've ever seen (not that I'm bias or anything!). I'm so sad that I never got a chance to take any pictures, but you'll just have to believe me when I say the kids looked perfect! Church went off without any issues. Myles totally played with these 2 other boys while Holly hung out with me.

After church, we went to have lunch in Blaine at my parents house. My sister and her hubbie, along with my Aunt Hilda and Uncle Tim were there. Holly basically didn't nap more then 20 minutes, so there were several (okay... make that tons!) melt downs from our adorable little girl. We ate some tasty Lasagna, fruit, salad, and bread. Later it was cake and ice cream. Basically Erik and I didn't eat dinner tonight because we were so full. Happy... but full!

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We got back home around 4 pm and just chilled. Played outside a bit, but mostly just hung out. Soon it will be time for bed for the grown ups. I can't wait!!!!!

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Happy Easter everyone! Hope you had a great one!!

Love, Andrea

Hey Gwen... here is your prom dress!

Gwen - you mentioned that you and Justin are going to prom, so Erik and I picked out the perfect dress for you! You can find this beauty at JC Penny in the Junior section. You will look so pretty!!!!!!!!!!!!

Andrea

Nice weather = Biking for Erik!

Now that there is nice weather, Erik is back on the bike! Here he is sporting his new uniform! What a cutie!

Andrea

Bridal Shower for the new Bietz girl!

Andrea, Nicole, and Erica

Last weekend we had a Bridal Shower for Nicole - Patrick's fiance. It was great to see everyone! Members of the Bietz family and family friends gathered to celebrate the upcoming wedding. Nicole's mom and sister were able to attend. Everyone was so nice and it was tons of fun!


Andrea