Best of Cancun-June 2010

Sunrise...

The Resort- NOW JADE Riviera

Our Room
Nacho Libre in our room

The Resort by Night
Beach front at sunset


The Resort from our balcony

The Pools

This is what and where Garrett was found most of our trip...he read three fairly large books!



Sea Kayaking







Breakfast before Chichi-nizta



Our Tour guide Oscar! We LOVED him!

The market
The Arena where they played the first Basket-ball

The captain of the winning team was sacrificed.

The HOOP

The Observatory

Old Cenote used by the Mayans

Swimming in the Cenote


The Cenote from above

The Platform Garrett jumped from
Garrett mid air-Diving into the Cenote

Going for a swim

A night at one of six restaurants at the resort
Hanging out on the beach front


The Lobby by night

Our last night at our favorite restaurant(asian) with our favorite waiter, Jime!
The View

California Family Vacation

Last month we made a trip to LA for my Grandma Passanante's 80th birthday. We decided to make a vacation out of it because we knew this next year (being that it is Garrett first year of Medical Residency or his Intern year) will not be full of family vacations and lots of family time. Thanks to our good medical school friends, the Lunns, we found a great disneyland vacation package through costco and went the same week as them. It was such a fun, relaxing and memory making vacation. We stayed 5 nights at the Disneyland resort just outside of California Adventure, received two character meals, three stuffed disney characters, and a $20 gift card. We enjoyed the park in the morning, naps and swimming in the early afternoon and then returned for the evening. It was so much fun to see Gabe light up seeing his favorite Disney Characters. We had so much fun.










The Lunns












The boys had so much fun sleeping on these bunk beds. Gabe is counting down the days unitll we move to Minnesota and he can share a bunk bed with James.
The Happy Couple, after all these years!

Grandma Joan and Papa Joe!









We also enjoyed time with family on our last day. All my sister's and my brother and their families were able to come, as well as my Dad and his wife Susanna. It was nice to see everyone and spend quality time together. On June 5th (my 30th Birthday) we went to my Grandma's Surprise 80th Birthday party. It was such a great way to spend my 30th birthday, surrounded by all those I love so much.