Progreso

I have so many pictures and so many things to say about our trip, that it's hard to narrow it down.  We took a cruise out of Galveston to Mexico and the Western Carribean.  We went out of Galveston because we went to visit Sally (my awesome sister) and her family in San Antonio.   More about that in another post.

Our first stop on the cruise was the port of Progreso.  We only had about 7 hours before we had to be back on the ship.  We spent about half of it at the mayan ruins.  We hired a tour guide to show us around the grounds.  We learned a lot of interesting things there and really enjoyed it.  Then we spent the rest of our time in port at the beach.

The girls had their hair braided by a Mexican woman on the beach

The boys had fun in the ocean.  The snorkleing wasn't very good in Progreso, but they had fun trying.

Dzibilchaltun

This is one of the ancient mayan ruins we visited in the yucatan peninsula. It was about a 30 minute drive from our port in Progreso, Mexico. We took a taxi there and our driver waited while we toured the ruins and then took us back to the beach.

It was so interesting to see the ruins of a civilization that lived there in 500 b.c.

This was part of their marketplace

This is the Temple of the 7 Dolls

(Harold is trying hard to look like a true tourist)

The 2 ladies sitting in front of us thought they were clever pretending to be part of our family

This is the Ceynote, a natural waterhole, on the grounds of the ruins.

There were tons of fish in there, some of which would come up and nibble on your feet when you stepped in the water. (I didn't stay in very long for that reason)

Shout Hoo-Ray

One year older and wiser, too. Happy Birthday *clap* to you.

And so ends another birthday extravaganza.

She really, really, really, really, really

wanted a sleepover this year.

I agreed. (Not sure why.)

She invited 4 friends and 1 sister.

1 throw up (went home), 2 dramas (with crying), 1 movie, ToNs oF JuNk FoOd,

17 episodes of Hannah Montana, lots of giggles and good times, not much sleep.