Punta Cana–the end

Here are the last of the pictures from our big vacation. We had a great time – once we got past the leaky ceiling and long day of travel. We spent all day everyday at the pool, except when we were at the snack bar or lunch buffet eating enormous amounts of french fries, pizza or nachos with nasty liquid cheese. My dad & Emily did go scuba-diving one day, and the grown-up boys went deep-sea fishing (Rick also did some deep-sea puking…)

Um, can you say sunburn? My only sunscreen screwup of the week…

Me & my darling sister.

My mom. She might kill me for this one but I think it’s the only picture of her from the whole week. I’m not sure how we failed to get a whole family picture and one of my mom & dad with the grandkids. I guess we have to go back!

There are no words.

“Oh, hi!”

LOVE THIS KID.

THIS ONE TOO.

One of my favorite memories as a kid was being up north at our cabin on the Mighty Chippewa River, and my dad sitting on the steps going to the river and my sister & I “tickling his back” and pushing him in. It never got old, and apparently my sister & I have taught our kids well…because I think my dad got pushed in the pool about 1,492 times during our vacation.

I love how Carson is pointing at my dad like “WE GOT YOU!!!!”

“My work here is finished…”

The curly girls under the waterfall.

On our second to last day, it POURED most of the morning and I was sad about missing pool time because of the weather. So when it came time to put Carson down for a nap, I did it by the pool so I could hang out with everyone else (this was the day the boys went deep-see fishing and puking). Carson rocked a pretty decent nap under the shade of an umbrella, and I enjoyed watching his sweet tushy sleep.

I got Mallory this bathing suit last summer on super-clearance at Sears/Lands End. But she wouldn’t wear it last year, and refused for a few days our trip. She said she didn’t want her tummy to show. Well – after wearing it one day, she was hooked on her “tummy show bathing suit” and wore it the rest of the week. We laugh every day about her “tummy show bathing suit”.

Carson waking up from his pool-side nap.

Eating pounds and pounds of french fries.

Here are the boys on their fishing trip.

Here is Rick puking on their fishing trip.

Here is Rick holding a fish that someone else caught. LOL.

I had to keep this picture with the trip – I promise I lathered the kids up with 70 & 80 SPF sunscreen a couple of times a day but we were just outside so much that they got some tans.

I might come back and add to this post with more stuff from our trip but I want to get these pictures up before I forget. Plus I have a bunch of videos to share.