This is our first day in Belize. We went to a different beach and played and swam every day! The kids loves building sand castles, drip castles and looking for shells. They loved throwing on their goggles and getting in the crystal clear water and seeing the bottom and all the fish. Lane is so pleased to be at the beach. He thought the plane rides were "awesome". He would countdown to "blast off" right before we took off.
Chase thought going to Belize was quite the life adventure. I think he missed the big ocean waves but once he realized how warm and calm and beautiful Belize water is he was converted and swam lots everyday.
Hear I am swimming in the caribbean waters of Belize (no this picture is not altered and it is the ocean, not a pool). Amazing.
Tally and Chase playing on the beach by the Grand Caribe Resort on our first full day there.
On our second day we went to a beach near the bridge/canal in town and just hung out all morning. Cade say this log and shimmied his way out to the end and just played out there for quite some time. He and the fish were quite content.
The kids playing on the beach under the shade of a palm tree on our 2nd day. Most of the beaches in Belize have palm tree so it is nice to get some shade from the sun.
This is a picture of our villa at Reef Village Resort. There are no cars on the island (except for a few taxis and some govt cars) so everyone walks, rides a bike or drives golf carts. This was our golf cart for the week. Cade was fascinated with the cart and was the keeper of the keys all week. Lane thought it was great that he could ride in the front or the back and he didn't need a carseat in any spot.
Rhett and Lane on our patio one evening.
The kids on the golf cart one night when we went into town for dinner.
One afternoon we went into town to do some shopping and here are the kids frolicking in the water. It didn't seem to matter if we had swam all day, cleaned up and put on dry clothes, as soon as we got near the water they got wet and sandy. Good thing our villa had a washer and dryer in it! You know you are a mom when you do lots of laundry on vacation.
Lane being cute and silly!
Our beautiful Tally!
Last year when Rhett and I were in Belize we met this wonderful lady, Angie, who sold us all our jewelry and come to find out she belongs to our church. We chatted a lot, met her son and just felt a sweet connection to this nice Belizean lady. This year we took the kids to meet her and buy all our souvenirs and jewelry from. She is so kind and it was fun to meet up with her a year later. She braided Tally's hair (you'll see the picture a little bit further down). The Belizean people are so kind, generous and really just treat you like you are family, not just a tourist. It is such a great place.
This is the pool at our resort. Here are the kids and the dad getting ready to hop in.
Here is the only picture of our whole family that we managed to take while on our trip.
Tally playing on the beach at our resort pool with her cool new braids.
I am swimming in the water with the kids at the beach in front of our favorite restaurant, Estelle's. We had so much fun. The food in Belize is too yummy. I always come home with a few extra belizean pounds to work off.
Here are the kids at the Belize City Airport watching the jumbo jets land and taxi. You can sit on the outside patio and get a full feel for how big and loud the planes are. Lane loved it!
Overall it was a truly magical family vacation. It wasn't the same as going without the kids because now I am exhausted but it was just as great in different ways. It was great for the kids to get to see their relaxed mom and dad and for us to not have to hurry anywhere. We were able to play games, stay up late, talk and just enjoy being together. What a trip.
2 comments:
what a great trip. it looks like you were all so relaxed. I wish we were there too. call me.
Those are going to be great memories. It is so beautiful there! The pictures you got are so artistic, too. Probably hard to come home after that.
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