Thursday, February 26, 2009

Little R&R?? Don't mind if I do!!

Puerta Vallarta Mexico!!! It was such a fun week!! Many people joked about how i was sent to Mexico to figure out if i really wanted to marry Ty or not....well i came back didn't i?? haha. My parents company supplier did their big trip so my parents took me and my brothers and sister. My Aunt Ann took her daughter Amanda aka my cousin, and then my Aunt and Uncle Karen and Mitch came...and then a we knew some of the other people that were there that we knew from other company trips. these pictures are not in any sort of order...i didn't want to take the time to go through them...so just look. i'll do little tidbits next to them. During my stay Sunday we spent most of the time on the plane. haha. our captain had problems with his navagation system. good good. so what was supposed to be a 3 hour flight ended up a 5 hour flight. haha. we got to Mexico alive and well, and finally got our room after a 1.5 hour wait. great. ah, it was so nice there. the weather, the air. food. everything! Monday My family went into town. It was our shopping day!! I didn't really buy much. everything was kinda all the same. but it was fun. it was funny trying to watch Tyler and Spencer find gifts for their girlfriends. They said they had to be pretty goo because both of them told their girlfriends they'd text them when the plane landed...whoops sorry boys we are in Mexico and there is no service. haha. Any ways we walked forever!!!! my feet were so super sore!! i think they are still sore!
(pictures: Jared, Kim, Tyler, Emily, Ann, and Amanda...getting ready to go snorkling....in the water. Nicole Amanda Emily at Los Arcos on the boat. Emily Tyler Spencer and Nicole on the boardwalk in Puerta Vallarta.)
Tuesday we went whale watching/dolphin watching. we saw about 12 whales...none of them breached though sad. and then ran into like 50 dolphins!! it was amazing!! they were playing and jumping all around! (pictures to come later) we went snorkling at Los Arcos, (visability was bad...and we didn't see much...) then we went to the Los Animials playa. Where Tyler, Spencer and I went parasailing!! that was fun!! what was neat was being able to see the whales from clear up in the sky!! cool!!






(pictures: walking along. Nicold Me, Spencer and Tyler waiting in the lobby to go wale watching. :) Nicole Amanda and Me on top of the boat getting our sun in...or rather trying to stay warm, it was kinda a chilly, like around 60's, morning.waiting outside on the beach/resort for our room)
Wednesday My dad, Tyler, My uncle Mitch and I all went Scuba Diving!! Holy Fetch! scuba diving really does scare me to death, but it is also the best thrill ever!!! It''s so much fun! I love it! The water was freezing and even with a 5ml suit i still froze. our first dive visibality was maybe like 10 feet if that. and we only got down to 60 ft. i was a little paronid cus i couldn't see and i sucked air really fast....plus i got super super cold. so i had to surface. (i felt really bad that my dad was my dive partner. he could have stayed down but cus of me he had to come up :(. our second dive i was still freezing but i didn't want to waste the oppournity to go...so i went anyways. this time when we got down visability was a little bit clearer we had maybe 30 to 40 ft. but the dive was much more fun! there were so many neat rock formations under the water! it was so neat. i'm used to seeing all sorts of bright fish...so it was weird not see that...but i've never been able to see formations under the water...and that was cool! however becasue i was so cold i really used up my air fast and i was shivering bad...so i once again surfaced. :( and made my dad and I miss the cave the other dove into. :( when we surfaced there was a little whale watching boat that was um...maybe 250 yds away and my dad laughed and said "they probably thought we were a whale...nope just divers" then our boat drove over to get us and when we got on everyone asked if we saw the 2 whales! they were between us and the whale boat when we surfaced....uh. no. thank heavens! i'd have probably had a panaic attack! so if we had had better visability ah...we would have ended up seeing this HUGE black thing swimming next to us! yikes!!!














(Pictures: Waiting in the lobby for our room having a drink. the ones with straws were non-acholohic. and the clear ones with lime...those aren't lemonaide..it's tequilla! haha. casa magna Marriott resort. Me and Nicole on the bus. Los Anamials Playa. Me Tyler and Spencer waiting at the airport)
Thursday: Tyler Amanda and I. along with some friends, Jared and kim, and Mike and Cheryl went on a zipline, waterfall repelling tour! wow that was fun!!! i love ziplines...they are a blast! but i had never done any kind of repeling. so down a water fal was going to be fun! it was fun cus you'd go down and then you'd land in the waterfall pool and have to swim to the side...oh my heck it was fun! it was a tone of work...very exhausting. but fun!(Kim has the pictures, i'm waiting for her to email them to me then i will post them)








(Pictures: Me Parasailing..story..the one who is the last one hold me or the one on MY left was funny. I pretty much was proposed to...and once again made a fool of myself during a proposal. haha. he asked me if that boy -pointing to tyler- was my brother. i said yes. -I was so sick of everyone askeing if me and tyler were a couple!!- and then he said well can i be his brother-in-law?? i looked at him so confused...and he proceeded to tell me i was pretty and to have fun. then laughed. i hate this proposal stuff. i suck at it. i didn't say yes to Ty for like 5 minutes...and i didn't say no to him for like well i didn't...cus it wasn't until i was up in the air until i figured out what he was even saying!! i'm retarded....all of us "downtown" once at the dolphin figure which was on beverly hills chiuhaha and the other one we were walking over a bridge)
Friday: was the day we had to head home. :( i told my mom to just not cancle the credit card and i will charge everything to the room...also to just bring a laptop and i'll be at my wedding via internet...and then Ty can fly down to mexico and i'll meet him in cabo..they didn't go for that. haha. it was a fun trip! It was nice to get away and to be with my family! even though nicole did tell me "Emily this is going to be the last family trip you get to go on with us....you're going to be married soon...." wow there sis. are you kicking me out of the family. you were disappointed at christmas cus you'd have to get Ty a gift now too. and you've already claimed my room and my stuff that wont fit into my apartment. my bed as you're guest bed...now you're kicking me out. good heavens!! I love you though!! It's amazing how a trip to places that don't have a lot can cause you to really start thinking about what life is really about....just the basic simple things. Family, Love, A place for shelter. Many times at home i really do forget about those things. Right now is such a prime example! Trying to find a home with Ty, Stresses me out, so much that i fight him in everything...whereas i really should just be thankful that he loves me and he is willing to work super hard when he can so we can afford a little bit better of a place. we probably wont have a lot but i'm okay with it. i have my family...and i'm gaining a family. Tyson loves me and I love him. Ty's going to school and is on a scholarship, has a job that he can come back and work after the semester and i have a good job right now. I try to remember the simple stuff, but sometimes it's so hard. . . . .












(Pictures...Me shopping, Me and Nicole after the Mexican Fiesta. Me dancing with a Mexican during the Fiesta...He just grabbed me out of my chair and pulled me up to dance!!! The cutest little boy ever!! he was 12 and he sang amazing...(in spanish) and he even walked off the stage and pointed to me!...or maybe nicole we were sitting by each other...)



(Pictures: the most darling litte girl. she didn't want the candy when the pinata broke...she just wanted the pieces. she'd pick them up and fix them then walk over to her dolls. she's adorable...I fell in love with her. My family at the Fiesta. 3 little kids sitting outside during the fiesta, watching.)



(the Cute little girl...and a new little boy "roping". and a dancing horse...








Amanda Tyler and I on this little river raft with an engine out in the middle of the ocean!! Nicole's shot at breaking the Pinata. Look at this Yatch!! yes that is a helicoptor on it. I had to take a picture, cus Ty wants a helicoptor....thought this would be an idea for him. haha. Spencer with some foregin substance in his tequilla cup....don't worry he played a joke, it was only water in it. Amanda and I coming back from the Zipline tour.








This is Tyler getting ready to board the big "mexican yellow limosine" haha. and then me and amanda getting ready to get on it!! it's what we rode to get to the back country for our zipline. The top is the whole gang. Amanda Tyler Me and Christian. then there is just me and Christian -he was a guide for the trip- and he called me either...girl with pink camera, or Amelia...you are in Mexico you need Mexican name. haha. however Amanda was the main target. she was Barbi...Porcelin doll...The guy upstiars makes no mistakes, you are an example of that. and then a guy wanted to be her boyfriend!! what a trip!!



Me and Tyler on the Scuba boat coming back...I was beat so i was just laying on the groud in the sun listening to the waves...then Tyler brought me a pina colada. yum!! i love those boats...they are stocked with yummy stuff!!! no worries it was a virgin!! Then there is me Tyler and my Dad getting ready to jump ship!

















Tyler was my plane riding buddy!! doesn't he look delighted to be my partner?? both look very cute of him. :) Me and Nicole are playing the the pool. she got on my shoulders...so i got on hers...that way didn't work!




Me chillaxin near the pool. Mom Me and Nicole taking a sit. :) These stinking weird chair formation things right on the sidewalk!









There was like 10 of these sculptures along the beach...made of sand. it was amazing!


the view from our hotel room!








Me and Nicole. yes i was in Mexico and i was still looking for wedding ideas! but look at this one? i could do my stargazer lillies in the center! Standing at the ocean looking back at our hotel.















don't worry the dring have straws! haha. and yes i look absoultly delighted to be having a drink...or two!!! The view of the hotel lobby!
Well folks...that's the end of my trip...minus a few pictures i may put on here now and then!
Thanks Dad and Mom for everything you do for us, and all neat and fun places you've taken me! I have so many fun memories from being able to travel with you guys. nevertheless, even if we didn't go on trips, you guys would still be the best! you do so so much that a lot of times i take for granted, and i'm sure in a couple of months i'll run into a whole lot more! I love you guys!!! Thank you again for everything!!

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