Isla Mujeres

From my current perspective it is hard to imagine how close we were to not going to Cancun. We were hesitant about leaving our kids- is that the right thing to do with them being so little? We decided to divide them up- Allie and Luke to one house and Wesley to another. We knew the families, their kids, their homes and routines and most importantly our kids knew them. In fact Allie and Luke were quite excited for the "slumber party". Allie did a good job taking care of Luke and being a caring big sister. Wesley did very well too. He slept well and ate well and both families got the kids together often so they could see each other and play. There were no tears when we left and no clingyness when we got home (except for Wesley the first night but I will tell you about that later). It seems as a family, we hardly missed a beat.

So we left the cool weather of Albuquerque winter and arrived here:
Yes that is a shot from our actual resort. We stayed in a villa (2 story complete with kitchen and living area, 2 bedrooms and 2 baths) with Vic and Molly, our extremely gracious hosts. As soon as we stepped off the plane, the fun began!

Our first full day, Monday, we took a ferry out to Isla Mujeres. Here are the happy vacationers waiting for the ferry (and the only time the rest of the trip that my hair was actually brushed).

Zooming across the turquoise water made me slightly nauseous. But it was a short trip. At the top of the photo you can see Cancun and the coast and then of course the island itself.
We rented a golf cart where the 4 of us could be together and drove around the entire island.
We were amazed to watch this guy paint completely free handed. The sign was 20 feet long and it was some municipal building with the last two words being Isla Mujeres.

We stopped for lunch at the south end of the island right before we went snorkeling. The warm sun, the crystal clear turquoise water, the tropical fish.... aaahhhhh so perfect! Besides the fish we saw an old canon, a ship anchor, and an old abandoned rope course the we climbed on. We climbed up on top of the platform and then jumped back into the ocean. It was so fun!

Can you guess which flippers were Jason's?
We watched the sunset at the north end of the island. So romantic!
One person we talked a lot about and thought of often... she is the reason we were there. It goes without saying that we would have given it all up to have her back.