The weather was perfect this time of year since it is their dry season, so we had zero rain & highs in the upper 90's. Bryan & I went for run or walk every morning and one day the girls joined us in the gym. Sadie ran a few miles on the treadmill & Sophie worked on her stretching/jumps for cheer:
Another morning, we borrowed bikes & went for a ride around the area. I was told we would see monkeys, but we never did:
On the mornings the girls didn't work out with us, they would sleep in & meet us for brunch. You know this is always my favorite meal of the day! I love a big brunch on vacation & this time it had a Mexican flavor & a great view:
I like a big brunch followed by lots of drinks by the pool. Ha!
Our resort actually had happy hour twice a day from 11:00 - 12:00 and again from 4:00 - 5:00 where all drinks were bogo. Needless to say, we ordered more drinks than we usually do!
The beach was huge, but the waves were crazy and it was always a red flag, so we didn't spend as much time down there. Sophie wouldn't even get in because she didn't like the waves that big, but Sadie loved it:
Sadie & Bryan went down the beach for surf lessons one day, but Sophie didn't want to do that also. We all surfed last time we were here but since Sophie didn't want to, I stayed at the resort with her:
Otherwise, we spent most of our time at the pool. Bryan & I reading, while the girls ran around & played:
They had water aerobics every day at noon & I loved it! It was the same instructor every day & he had the best play list:
And this is what our patio looked like after swimming all day:
We were never in a hurry to leave the water, so we stayed for sunset every day. The sun started descending around 5:00 & was dark around 6:00, plus they had s'mores on the beach every night so how could we pass that up?!
We had dinner reservations at every restaurant at the resort, so we literally never had to leave. It was nice to shower, clean up & then just walk to dinner. Afterwards, we hung out in the open-air lobby upstairs where they had live music every night:
Of course, the views up there where just as good with everything lit up at night even though we couldn't see the ocean:
Per tradition, we played Farkel at dinner every night & this year Sadie was the big winner!
And we got gelato every single night! They even had sorbet since I am df so strawberry was my favorite:
We celebrated my birthday while we were there. Bryan talked to the kitchen & they made me home made macarons since they are df & gf. It was definitely a surprise:
In a random moment, our very last night there, we were sitting at the sports bar on the patio watching basketball & Sadie told me a few of the boys from her school were there. I looked up & sure enough 2 families we go to school with were there:
That was definitely a fun surprise!
The girls always make friends when we travel & this time was no different. Thankfully we saw all of them at brunch our last morning there before we flew out:
Fun fact - we hardly saw any animals this trip except for iguanas. We saw them daily, in fact, they would crawl under our pool chairs, around our table while we ate breakfast & we even saw one jump in the pool & swim to the other side. That was a first!
It was a fun spring break - very relaxing & lots of quality family time. Pura Vida!
