Weekend at Snowbird

My parents own a timeshare up at Snowbird Resort and invited us to stay up in their condo for a couple nights. It was a great mini-vacation. We loved being up in the mountains. It was gorgeous! The first day (Sunday) it was pretty cold. It lightly snowed throughout the day.

Things cleared up on Monday and Grandma came to stay! We walked around and enjoyed the clear mountain air.

We made our way to a fun playground...fun for all ages ;)

LOVE these two!!!

The resort hosted fun activities throughout the day. One day we played bingo and Jayne made friends with another little girl. 

They had SO much fun and it was so cute to watch them run, dance and play together. Plus it kept Jayne happy during our bingo fun!

It was a great few days away, getting away from it all and enjoying time as a family!

Hollywood Studios, Disney World - Day 3

We got off the ship from our cruise, had a birthday lunch for Braden with the family at Chili's and then headed to Disney's Hollywood Studios park to spend the rest of the day there. There weren't as many things to see/do in Hollywood Studios so it was a nice way to ease us back into theme park mode. 

We didn't take many photos of our day- I think we were still trying to figure out post-cruise life :) Some of the things we did/saw were the Frozen musical, Little Mermaid show and Phil & I even rode the Tower of Terror.

We saw the Imperial March a go by a couple times and caught a bit of the show but didn't ever really watch the entire thing

We were wandering around the Toy Story Mania ride area and went to take a peek at the map of the new Toy Story land that is under construction. They had these funny army men that kept us entertained. 

We even made friends with a very sweet Disney cast member that gave us instant fast passes for the Toy Story ride (which we didn't have fast passes for and weren't going to be able to go on with a 90min wait). Jayne LOVED that ride and got to go twice because Elle fell asleep so they gave us another special privilege of a baby-swap, which doesn't even exist for that ride. The same cast member found me a little later and gave us 4 free Disney snack vouchers to redeem during our vacation. I was honestly near tears, she made our day!! It was Disney magic at its best.

Jayne had just recently discovered a love for Princess Sofia about a month or so before we left so when we saw that she had a meet-and-greet in Hollywood Studios we knew it was a must. Jayne LOVED it!!

We ended the night at the amazing Fantasmic show. I'd seen it before in Disneyland and knew Jayne and Phil would enjoy it. Elle was very entertained by it all too. We danced to the music while we waited for the show to start and the were mesmerized by it all. Jayne still tells me about Mickey fighting the dragon. Needless to say, we had a very fun day in Hollywood Studios!

Cozumel, Mexico & Wrap Up - Cruise 2016

Our last port was Cozumel, Mexico. We loved getting out and exploring at this port. It was busy at the dock, with three ships all there that day, but we still had a lot of fun! Phil & the girls and I booked an excursion to a fun park called Chakanaab. Chantel and Jocelyn actually booked their dolphin swim there as well so we met up with them and my mom there. They had a great smaller beach area that we swam in. It was perfect for the little girls!

Like I said before,  my sisters and mom were in the same place as we were so we got to hang out with them before and after their dolphin encounter. 

 

 Chakanaab also had a bigger beach area where my mom snorkeled. They had nice relaxing hammocks and a beautiful view on from the beach!

Chakanaab had a great pool which we loved as well as animals, a sea lion show, bottomless drinks and a buffet lunch. There was plenty more to do there but with our little girls, swimming occupied most of our day!  

We had a lot of fun and returned to the ship tired yet happy. The other half of the family enjoyed themselves zip-lining in the jungle that day. Cruising is a tough life! :) 

We loved spending time all together with the Peruccas on the cruise. We have so many great memories and inside jokes. We ate dinner together every night and just had a great time. 

The last day at sea/debarkation day was Braden's birthday so we celebrated with the help of the dining room crew during dinner on our last night.

Can't wait until next time ;) ;)

Mahogany Bay, Isla Roatan - Cruise 2016

Our next stop was beautiful Roatan. It was a clear and sunny day, which we were happy about after being a bit overcast for a couple days. The views off the dock were gorgeous!

Nick, Braden, Chantel and Jocelyn went on a horseback riding excursion, lucky ducks!

They went horseback riding for about 90minutes to a private beach.

They ended up here, where they played, jet-skied and sun-bathed the day away!

The rest of us (my parents, Phil & I, Justin and the girls) visited Mahogany Bay which was just a 10 minute walk from the dock. The walk was beautiful and scenic and we were excited to go swim! I mean look at these cute girls all ready to go! How could you not be excited!?

See what I mean? There's the ship, super close to the beach. But it didn't impact the beach experience at all. Still was relaxing and beautiful!

Elle loved the sand and grabbing the little waves as they washed up. She enjoyed her first ocean experience!

Jayne didn't enjoy the sand sticking to her as much a Elle :) but she definitely loved swimming! Especially playing on the floating bed we rented for the day. It was her first ocean experience too!

We swapped out with each other and did some snorkeling around the bay. There were lots of different and colorful fish. Looking back I'm wishing we'd taken more photos but wrangling two girls, making sure we were all coated in sunscreen and all our beach gear, we just decided we'd just enjoy the time rather than trying to capture photos of it all.

It was a dreamy beach day and we had a lot of fun with these two beach babes!