Weekend in Vallarta

We are truly blessed:) So many fun adventures... This last weekend we headed out to Puerto Vallarta for the holiday weekend. WOW! Amazing trip......it was a last minute decision to head to the beach...we actually had planned to go with some of our friends that we usually do the beach camping trips on a trip they had planned to a city called Michoacan. During this time of year, there are a bunch of butterflies that migrate to this specific place and it's supposed to be a really cool thing to see. The friends we were planning to go with are super adventurous and had planned some stuff we just didn't think the kids could handle. We still would like to get out there at some point and check it out.... we just decided we wanted relaxation and beach this past weekend! And that is exactly what we got;)

We went with our friends Kimberlie and Steve and their little guy Nathan, whom is 19 months. They are awesome people, who are relaxed and like to have fun like us....just our style. Kim had told me last wednesday at the weekly wives lunch that they were thinking about heading to the beach....maybe Sayulita...which is about an hour outside of puerto vallarta. I thought....hhhmmmm the beach sounds fun:) I knew we had talked about our michoacan trip to see butterflies but what can I say?....I'm just a sucker for the beach. And pretty sure Erik was in the mood for some R&R because when I mentioned to him that Kim and Steve were thinking about the beach he was like....."call them!" So that's what I did! We all decided it was a go and immediately started searching for places to stay online. Sayulita must be a pretty nice spot, and especially on a holiday weekend because there was absolutely nothing! Everything was booked....so we started checking in puerto vallarta......a travel agent named April got back to me immediately and found us a few things. I forwarded them to Kim and she liked the same one I liked(we did good girl!) ....I emailed April back and told her save the Grand Venetian property for us! We'll be there tomorrow! BOY were we in for a beautiful surprise! The place was gorgeous! I was like...."are you sure this is $200/dollars per night?" ..."Because....this is amazing!" 14th floor, 2 bedroom, plus pull out bed in living room, brand new, granite kitchen counter tops, decorated perfectly, flat screen TVs in every room, bath tub on the balcony.....get the picture? OH and it gets way better.......sliding glass doors across the back that open all the way up, perfect view of the ocean and pools, perfect 85 degree weather, breathtaking sunset!...I loved it:) I was in heaven.....

The weekend consisted of laying by the pool/the kids were little fishes and did so well swimming~they remembered from last summer and were like little pros, playing in the ocean and beach, eating at super yummy places in downtown puerto vallarta. Which, by the way is pretty cool! The only other time we came to puerto vallarta we stayed in an all-inclusive resort so we never left the place! We were missing out! Downtown is so fun and there are tons of restaurants! I felt like I was in the states~menus in english and waiters that speak to you in english(a little treat when you live in mexico)....and the food was outstanding! Thanks to Steve! He had some really good recommendations for restaurants.....saturday night we headed to Joe Jack's.....we ate fish and drank mojitos. Sunday afternoon we went to cheeky monkey's where they had $1 margs~the boys liked this one! Erik got a pulled pork sandwich......yum. It was SO good. And we also ate some pretty tasty pizzas there.

We were only supposed to stay friday and saturday night but we ended up getting a free night in Nuevo Vallarta (about 25 min outside PV) for sunday night......our poor little Halle girl cut the bottom of her foot our first night there. They were fixing one of the showers and the workers had left some tiles outside the bathroom, and my little angel sliced her foot! It was not pretty and we were so lucky she didn't need stitches! We would have had ONE upset little girl if she was unable to get in the water all weekend! It was hard enough that she was freaked out to get in each day because she was dreading the stinging she would feel putting it in the water! But, she was tough....and NOTHING was getting in the way of her swimming;) Also, they came and did some work on the shower on saturday morning, and weren't supposed to.......no wonder the room was so cheap!?!?...lol. BUT, we did get a free night for the inconvenience and the travel agent was very apologetic and sincere. The free room nice but it was nothing like the one in PV, but we did enjoy hanging out one more night:)

SUCH a fun, relaxing weekend with great friends! I can't wait to do it again;)