Mazatlan

Oh I LOVE a vacation! Mom and Rick were so generous and let us tag along on their recent trip to Mazatlan and we had a blast!!!!! Here is a recap of our adventure in Mazatlan, Mexico.

It's all about location, location, location.....And they were all awesome! Here is a little taste :)






City Tour
We were able to see a lot of Mazatlan through this tour. Including the cathedral, market, historic housing and much more. It was freakin' hot because we walked quite a bit but still fun.









We Love to EAT! Some restaurants were good and one was HORRIBLE! (See shrimp picture, I still get nauseous when I look at the picture).







Our First Zipline!
I guess during the rainy season the zip-line tour is beautiful. It was pretty ugly but the lack of landscape did not diminish the awesome adrenaline. 2 thumbs way up!








Trip to Stone Island
This was the day Jon and I were really sick. Mexico and I do not get along when it comes to my stomach....freakin Mexico. Anyways!, we still had a fun day and Jon rode a horse for the first time.....I know CRAZY! I think they were more like ponies. Sad side note, horse conditions in Mexico are soooooo sad, I wanted to take mine home!








Because who doesn't like a night or two out on the town.....






Apple Soda Obsession
I got my mom addicted to an awesome Mexican apple soda. It's so ridiculously yummy. I actually got hooked on it during my honeymoon and was able to bring a ton back because we were on a cruise....not so lucky this trip!




And now the saddest part of the trip.....coming home!




There are seriously tons more pictures but this post is already long enough! :) Just a few more memories I don't want to forget:
- Best chicken avocado sandwich EVER!
- Watching a movie every night
- Mom trying to get me to play NERTS with partners
- The gecko Jon knocked the tail off of as he swept it outside and the tail kept wiggling for a really long time.....super gross! But kind of cool.
- Collecting sea shells for the kiddies
- All our pool friends
- The pool geckos
- Falling asleep a lot!

Cake Class

We look so studious in these pics, love it! Anyways, Shauna and I had talked about taking a cake decorating class for forever. We found out Roberts offered a beginners class, which I actually had to end up sneaking my way into. Shauna kept reminding to sign up and well, me being me, I put it off and when I went to sign up the class was full. With Shaun's crazy 5 kid schedule it would be months before we could take it together again, so I bought my supplies, crossed my fingers and showed up to beg the teacher. She was an awesome lady who, after a little hesitation, let me join the class. It really turned out to be a lot more work than I thought but we had a blast and made some pretty great cakes. Now if I could only tackle the fondant beast!