Thursday, June 1, 2017

Cancun 2017

Luke and I received an offer we got in the mail that we couldn't refuse. We were able to stay in a really nice ocean front hotel in Cancun for 5 days and including airfare, we paid less than $1000. Lucky for us when we made the decision to go, Grandpa Baer said he would come down and watch the kids for us.
Grandpa drove down on a Tuesday morning and Luke and I flew out from LAX that evening. It was a very busy day! We arrived in Cancun around 6am. They are three hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time. Thankfully it was a direct flight and it didn't take too long. Of course we were dragging on Wednesday morning. We ate breakfast at the hotel and they checked us in, so we could sleep for 3-4 hours.



 We spent a lot of time at the hotel, either in the pool or out at the beach.

 
 Our second night there we took the bus to the Ruth Chris restaurant which was about a mile away. The bus ride was a real adventure. Dinner was really good!

 On Friday we went on an excursion which was about an hour away. They had ziplining, ATV's, underwater caves. All sorts of stuff. Unfortunately, Luke wasn't feeling that great and he wasn't a fan of the ziplines.



 We drank only water when we were there, which isn't cheap since you can't drink any tap water. We bought a lot of bottled water that week!


We arrived home late Sunday night. Monday morning we stayed home and saw the kids off to school. Grandpa was nice enough to get Bubba out the door to seminary since we didn't get to bed until almost 2am.
The kids had a good week with Grandpa. He sent us lots of pictures of their various activities. The kids got spoiled with Pop's famous breakfasts before school and ate well each night. We were so blessed to have Grandpa home with the kids.
 Grandpa took Wiggy to Open House. She was really bummed that mom and dad weren't there, but happy Grandpa was.












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That Stop Wasn't On My Itinerary....

So the Hogue's made it to Florida for our first official family vacation. It was Sawyer's first plane ride....and Simon's first plane ride that he can remember. We were excited....the boys were stoked. We had everything we needed! But it seems that Sawyer packed something with him that wasn't on our checklist: a big case of pneumonia. Yes, the little fella made it almost one whole day in Florida before he started heading downhill fast. Our 2nd day in Orlando we were in the Urgent Care south of Cocoa Beach. (By the way, to see a doctor more quickly, it helps if you vomit all over the waiting room in front of the receptionist. Little tip for ya) After chest x-rays they advised us to head to the ER in Melbourne, where they eventually admitted him to the hospital. So, we had 3 night deluxe accommadations at the Holmes Regional Medical Center. The little whipper snapper was a trooper though! The nurses loved him, thankfully, and made us all feel right at home. We were going to send postcards out with pictures of the hospital since we spent 40% of our trip there...but they didn't have any. Imagine that!Hmmm.....maybe its something they should consider.

Florida 2008