Back to Reality!

Dang, it's cold here at home!
:-)

We arrived home from Cancun about 10pm Friday night ... of course we hopped off the plane in Peoria in our shorts and flip flops and shivered all the way home!

It was a great, relaxing week for our family in Mexico. A little rain, but mostly sun, sand and warm days! We enjoyed the resort and its awesome pool ... and took a couple of side trips. One day we took a free hotel tour that took us by bus through the Hotel Zone, where we got to see lots of beautiful hotels and also some that are still recovering from Oct 2005 Hurricane Wilma. Hard to imagine what this area must have looked like a year ago! Then we took an incredible boat ride out to Isla Mujeres, where we lounged on the beach and ate lunch ... then hopped back on the boat for the second stop and some straw market type browsing.

Our second trip a couple days later was back down to the Hotel Zone by bus for some shopping ... yes, I did actually get Mitch to agree to go shopping, but only because it was a rainy day! It was a good souvenier stop, and TJ finally got the ukelele he had been begging for all week!

Smooth flight home, although we did have a bit of turmoil when our landing was aborted at O'Hare due to a plane in our way (yikes) and we did a hard, fast UP ... back to the sky and land of circling planes! After a few loops in the sky we gave it a second try, which was successful ... but a bit much for Abby and she experienced the joys of air sickness. UGH! But after her feet hit the ground, she was just fine and did great on the short hop from O'Hare to Peoria.

Today has been spent unpacking and getting laundry done ... reorganizing for the work and school week ahead! I have created a long photo show from our trip that you can see here ...

http://www.photoshow.net/tremontscotts/2006_travel

If you are longing for a little sun and warmth right now, these pics might do you good! I'm going to enjoy them for awhile, and hope they get me through the wait for Spring Break in Destin! Check out the new countdown clock at the top! HA

Glad to be home, and so glad to have shared this wonderful week together as a family!