Rasmania 101: Cancun

It seems difficult to put together a newsletter after taking a couple of weeks off. There are reasons. 1) a lot has happened and I have to remember what there is to write about,
2) I have gotten lazy after not having to do this for 3 weeks,
3) As is somewhat usual after vacation, I came home and found myself sick with a bad cold this weekend.
So here is my attempt to put something together to mark the last 3 weeks of life in our family.

Roy and I flew to Cancun on Friday, February 8. This was a couple of days before Yuna's birthday. I made sure to give her a little attention before we left and took her to choose a gift from Target. Dan and Jieun, you should thank me--I buy your kids toy pets for their birthday so you don't have to get them the real thing! I also found this picture in my messages on the day we flew out:

Yuna watching TV

I responded to this picture that this reminded me of myself when I was young (believe me, I don't do this anymore). I could never just sit there--I had to be upside down or at least have my legs in the air.

We spent 10 days in 80 + degree weather, which was incredibly wonderful--even though it poured rain on one of the days. There were only about 3 days where the wind was calm enough for me to paddle board (Roy kayaked--it's easier), and for both of us to sail. We snorkeled by paying a small amount of money to be boated out to a reef, which is apparently a national park in Mexico. We saw many more fish than we saw when we paid a lot more (last year) to go out on a catamaran that we signed up with through the resort. We also saw turtles and eagle rays.

This was one of the most relaxing vacations ever--we had 5 massages in 10 days because we found a couple of inexpensive places on the beach. We swam in the pool nearly every day and of course, we ate--too much. We've never really participated in resort activities, but this time we found ourselves playing volleyball, taking dance lessons, and doing water aerobics. We also spent a day away from the resort in XCaret.

Our favorite restaurant there was The Barcelona--it was
a buffet with plenty of fresh vegetable salads, papaya, pineapple
and other delicious fruits. They also
had plenty of meat to keep Roy happy
Unfortunately, their breads and desserts were also delicious.

When asked if we were celebrating anything, Roy said, "Well, it was
my wife's birthday Saturday. I guess they just heard "Saturday" because
my room was decorated and we received champagne, fruit and a slice of cake.
Don't worry, we didn't drink the champagne.

Our next favorite restaurant was their French restaurant (Weird to
go to Mexico to eat French food).

Roy at the Lobster House

At XCaret with Caitlyn's turtle "family"

Paddleboarding

Practicing Balance moves on the Paddleboard. I did fine until I
tried to raise the opposite arm, too. Then I went in.

Roy sailing

Catharine Sailing

The night we ate at The Grill it was pouring rain. We were outside with only a partition between us and the rain. It was great. This is the video:

The family carried on while we were gone. There's a lot going on. Adrienne and AJ are finishing up their home and hoping to move in a few weeks. Sara had surgery and is recovering. I was able to have Ori and Effie over for a few hours to help out. They were darling. Dan is still working on his schooling at Berkey on line. I think he has a study trip planned in April. Caitlyn and Jennie are having fun with dating, and Crista and Matt are waiting to find out the gender of their new baby (due in July). Andy and Elise are also preparing for their move in June.
Pictures from while we were gone:
Yuna had a birthday party