Tankah Bay

We took a trip to some warm weather in Tankah Bay. Although the Tulum area is much busier than when we first started visiting years  ago, I still think it is one of the most beautiful places on earth.  Tankah Bay has the beauty, but so far the crowds are managable. Our place was still on a dirt road, directly on the beach.

Great view from the balcony

Sunset and moonrise over the bay

Plenty of space to relax

A fun day sailing with friends

And a morning visiting some fabulous cenotes

Choo Ha was probalbly the most striking cenote

Tamcach Ha 

That blur is Calvin jumping off the 50 meter platform

Multun Ha 

We descended 88 spiral stair to reach this one

And one afternoon on a very crowded Tulum beach We took a walk to the far end of the beach under the ruins and the crowds were a little thinner.

Wrights visit February 2022

 The Wrights made the drive up from Santa Barbara and once again brought a nice snowstorm with them. We got about 4 1/2 inches at our house.

While the kids enjoyed the snow, Calvin and Rosie cleared the drive

And the kids experienced snow cones made from freshly fallen snow

And then created a new variation of fresh snow with orange Fanta

And, of course, a little ski time

Jimmy opted out of skiing one day and we fed the birds at Virginia Lake

I love the natural curls in Alice's hair

Fine dining with the grandkids

Leah's creative statements

And James' M&M shooter

Ingrids 4th birthday party

 One of the great things about living close to family is that we get to celebrate together often. Rachel organized a fun party for the big crew of cousins in town to celebrate Ingid's 4th birthday.  

The kids starting the party by decorating their own party bags and then using them to gather eggs in an "Ingrid" Egg hunt.

Ingrid is telling Leah where to find an egg

Following the egg hunt there was pizza for everyone

Kid's table

Big kids table

Cake and presents

And a little cousin wrestling

Copper Mountain 2022

 We spent a long weekend in Colorado with Butch's family at Copper Mountain.  It was a ski trip, but Emily and I missed the skiing, she because she had a badly sprained ankle and me becasue I am done skiing.  The result is a ski weekend blog with no pictures of skiing, but we still had some fun off the mountain.

Calvin waiting patiently for everyone to get ready

The kids are ready to go

Afternoon skiing for the boys

The great M&M challenge.  The world record for stacking M&Ms is 5. Most of us managed to stack two, but Zach is the clear winner with a 3 stack.

Emily braved the icy streets of Frisco in her orthopedic boot to join Lucy and I for a little ice cream and shopping

The last day Austin's boot made skiing painful, so he joined Emily, Lucy and I for a liitle time enjoying the sunshine at the resort and then another little snack at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory on the way back home.