Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

Ezra and I had a few days off work, so we decided to make our way to the Dominican Republic!

This beach was the longest most beautiful stretch of beach we have ever seen!

The sand was so soft and clean, and the water was just amazing!

Here is our Hotel... we just love the RIU Hotels!

The hotel was all inclusive, so that means all the food and drinks, and water sports you could ever want! We took out the kayaks, and Ezra wind surfed...

its so fun to be able to do whatever you want!

No we didn't build these hot babes catching some sun,

but they deserved to have their pictures taken!

It was such a nice long weekend getaway, and the sun and sand rejuvenated us enough to at least get through the rest of this year in Utah!

Bahama Mama

So we cruised the Bahamas with the Jones's and lets just say it was PERFECT!!! The weather was great, the food excelent, and the company... couldn't have been better!

The boys came up with the pose above... obviously... and many more poses were compiled inside the cruise ship. I wish I had copies of them, but they have some tight security over those pictures! Lets just say 80's family pictures! Priceless!


Here we are at the Atlantis Water Park!!! We slid every slide... even the one behind us!


Let me tell you a little about the slide in the background:

1- It's more than straight down, when looking down from the top, you cant see the whole slide!

2- You shoot through shark infested water... no kidding, the slide goes through the middle of the shark tank!

3- With peer pressure, and physical force, I actually went down that monster TWICE!!!

We conqured every slide, the lazy river (with a wave simulator!), the Tower of Power, and so much more! This was by far my favorite day of the cruise!!!

Bahama Beach Babes

While Errin and I were tossing the football around, running routes into the waves, and just enjoying the ocean... these Beach Babes were nursing a pulled hammy, and recovering from Shingles... gotta love the cute old men!

Ezra's favorite thing about cruising???

THE FOOD!!!

Ezra loves wings at midnight, all you can eat buffets, hot sandwiches, pizza on demand....

I love a man with an appetite!

Good Bye Bahamas... Hello Winter in Utah

The Bahamas were hot, sunny and so relaxing...

But now we have to say goodbye, and head back to Snowy, cold, stressful Utah :(

Why do vacations have to end?

MALL OF AMERICA

On our way home from the Bahamas, we had a layover in Minneapolis...

We had never been to the Mall of America, and it was on our "to do" list,

So we decided to extend our stay. We found a hotel right next to the mall, took the train over, and spent the night shopping till we dropped! I found quite a few things... who wouldn't in a mall of this size???There is a roller coaster, and a huge theme park right inside the mall! This place was huge! We ended up making our way through the whole thing in one day, so we took an early flight the next day and made it home in time for the snow!