Tuesday, June 30, 2009

home sweet home and ready to hit the road again





































We made it home from Cancun Saturday afternoon and had an absolute blast but couldn't be happier to be back home! Why is that? I was dying to get out of town and needing a vacation so bad but there's just no place like home! We relaxed a whole lot and were pretty lazy.. it was great! The resort was wonderful, the beach was beautiful and we really felt relaxed and refreshed at the end of our week.

We went to Hard Rock, Pat O'Brien's, Carlos and Charlie's, Senor Frogs, Planet Hollywood, Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville and a couple other yummy seafood and mexican restaurants. Eating is always top of my list on vacation! We decided Carlos and Charlie's, Jimmy Buffet's and a seafood restaurant called Lorenzillo's were our favorites! Lorenzillo's was on the water on the lagoon side, we sat outside and the sunset there was beautiful.

Our resort was in a great location! There was a big shopping center/mall and resturants in either direction within just a 15-20 minute walk or a quick .75 cent bus ride. We shopped alot, just roaming around looking at all the junk like we love to do! We took the bus down to Market 28 one day where there is a big market that was better than the ones down by where we were and had several authentic mexican restaurants and a wal-mart that we went to to get snacks and some drinks.. it was kinda hard shopping in wal-mart in Mexico! I felt very lost! I tried to get some moouse but I couldn't figure out which one of the products it could be. Very confusing!

Only in Mexico can you:
Jump on stage at Senor Frogs and dance without feeling stupid about it the next day
Go to the "mall" in your bikini top (not that I did!!)
Go to the "mall" with no shirt at all (for the men of course)
Dance in restaurants while people are eating around you
Get offered a shot of tequilla as soon as you walk into a store to shop
Go to a drug store for medicine and walk out with medicine and an open beer for the ride back

Yep, we STILL LOVE MEXICO!

We had a very exciting day Monday, too! Our sweet Molly Jane Mentzel finally came! We cannot wait to meet her! She is just precious in the pictures I have seen. She is absolutely perfect. I know Erik and Katie are completely in love with her and are going to be the best parents! I love y'all SO much and couldn't be happier for you! Y'all are going to have the most loving, happy little Mentzel family! :) Now.. I can't wait to plan a trip to see them! Already ready to go again!

Saturday, June 13, 2009

I Love Mexico!



Well, we are going to Cancun, Mexico in 7 days!! This time next week we will be headed to Shreveport to fly out for a nice relaxing week long vacation! Hopefully filled with good food, good drinks and lots of sunshine :) This will probably be my last post before leaving for vacation because the week ahead is going to be crazy. I have vacation bible school starting Sunday through Thursday every afternoon after work so, I'm packing this weekend and trying to get stuff together before Saturday gets here because I feel like next week is already gone and it's not even here yet! Maybe I'm just a little anxious about leaving for vacation, though!

I will be sad if Katie has Molly while we are gone, but I will be happy if she's a June baby so we can share the same birthday month! :)

On our honeymoon, a year and 1/2 ago, we took an amazing cruise to Cozumel, Grand Cayman and Montego Bay. We had the time of our lives but my absolute favorite part of the trip was Cozumel. I LOVED everything about Mexico! I could walk around and check out the shops for days and the beaches are beautiful! The people are so nice and friendly and everyone is just having a great time. Maybe it's the tequilla shots??? Well, anyway, it's gonne be FUN!




Sunday, June 7, 2009

Peer Pressure

Hey ya'll!! Well, I finally gave in. Yep, Amy has a blog! I can't guarantee that you will hear from me on a regular basis, but I'm going to try my best. I may actually surprise myself. More posts and pictures to come!