Back to Reality

We are home from our week in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Reality has set in. There is a pile of laundry taunting me. There are hungry people here who think I am responsible to feed them!


This is where I wish I could spend another week...

The Villa Del Arco Resort and Spa
{ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh}




Check out our "sweet" suite! Two bedrooms and a full kitchen AND a washer and dryer!!

Shae and Aunt Laurie (Luff child #4, only girl) didn't waste any time hitting the pool!

Here is part of the crew on the way to go parasailing. (sorry, no pictures of that, gotta wait for Steph to send me the pics.)

Another highlight was the dolphin experience. Can you believe they are strong enough to pull big boys?

This is BEFORE Lindsay had figured out what this was all about!
(Shae, Aunt Beckie, Scott, Linds, Dottie (aka Grandma) and Gordon (aka Papa)

Cute picture..but WHERE is Lindsay? Clinging to me while I was keeping Gavin happy in his stroller so Beckie could enjoy the dolphins (Beckie is a HUGE animal fan...she was in HEAVEN!)

Let's try this again with Lindsay....at least she is in a picture with the dolphin! She was scared to death!!

Here is the reason we got to go on such a beautiful trip together.

These are Scott's parents, Gordon and Dottie Luff. They have been married 50 years! Their 4 sons and their wives and their 1 daughter along with the granchildren decided to plan the whole thing as a surprise. We all saved and saved and planned and planned. On August 15th, their anniversary, we presented them with the itinerary..........and boy were they surprised!!




Here is the whole clan! Eleven from California and ten from Dallas! We waited too long to take the picture...wish it was light enough to see the beautiful view!

Barry (second oldest) and Stephanie with Averi and Brady (our twins!)

Brian (third -middle-child) and Lisa with Cooper, Hannah and Jackson

Brad (youngest child) and Beckie with Austin and Gavin

Gavin is trying to decide if he likes Mexico........

Pool Fun!!

Sott (oldest ) and me (hee hee) with Shae, Lindsay and Anna

Table for 21 please!!! The food was delicious..we are all going to be dieting after this trip!

Shae and Hannah

Scott did this for hours! I don't know how he wasn't sore!!

Anna, Hannah, Cooper and Jackson had a BALL in the waves..they did bring loads of sand to our rooms inside their swimsuits though!

Cousins :)

Lindsay is no dummy. She kept a safe distance from the water! She has told me over and over that playing in the sand was the best part of the trip!

Papa taking Austin for a dip!

Oops..repeat picture!

Part of the California Luffs on the way home! We had a wonderful time just being together and hanging out by the pool, loving on each other's kids and visiting with nothing else to do but enjoy our time together. We are usually together for Thanksgiving in Dallas or in California, so it was fun being somewhere that no one had to cook or clean! (but I gotta tell you, there were NO.Mashed.Potatoes.)


The kids and I made some snowman ornaments that I will be posting directions for after I conquer my chores.....UGH! Like I said, back to reality....but I kinda like my reality so it's okay!