Cabo, Mexico {Arrival & Day 1}

Within days of arriving home from our big Disney Cruise vacation in November we got word that Justin’s Dad, with encouragement of his sister Tami, had booked a Fletcher Family trip to Mexico over mid-winter break.  Gotta say that sure lessens the post-vacation depression when you have another coming up so soon.

This was our first time to Cabo and we were excited for a week of relaxation and time with family.  Grandpa selected a all-inclusive resort on the Sea of Cortez in San Jose Del Cabo, which is about 30 minutes from Cabo San Lucas. 

We had a direct flight from Seattle and it was super uneventful.  How sweet is it that all the kids are such easy travelers.  The kids loved sitting next to their cousins and were basically plugged into some sort of device for the entire 4-hour+ flight.

Tami had shuttles outside and waiting when we arrived in Mexico and they took us straight to the resort.  By the time we arrived we were starving so we headed to the buffet for dinner.  Tons of food and lots of options – can’t say the food was Amazing, but it was SO great to not have to do any cooking or put any thought into where we’d be eating each meal.

We had four rooms for the 13 of us - Grandma was sick and didn’t end up coming :(  Unfortunately, we were the last guests to check in that day so we ended up with two sets of rooms in totally different buildings.  Which meant my family was spread across three rooms in two buildings.  Not the most ideal, but it ended up working fine.  Abigail and Carly shared a room with Hallie and were next to the rest of the Baumgartner’s.   Justin and Jason were in with Grandpa (though some nights Jason crashed with me and the littles).

We spent the entire first day at the resort. Eating. Swimming. Relaxing. And soaking up the SUN.

Pretty awesome view at breakfast.

Not a bad spot to spent the day, right?

This kid could (and did) paddle around in the pools ALL. DAY. LONG. and never tire.  He’s the happiest kid and was so, so easy.

He also quickly caught on to the beauty of ordering drinks from the pool bar.  He loved it so much that when I tried to get him a drink from the restaurant side he insisted that we get in the pool and swim over the bar.  Just a bit spoiled, no?

The resort had water aerobics most mornings – which was fun to see Grandpa out there participating in.  Justin captured this little clip of Grandpa doing his thing.

Grandpa also took a few cooking classes during the week and let us enjoy some of the delicious guacamole he made this afternoon.

The Baumgartner’s friends (the Crabtree’s) were just wrapping up their Cabo vacation and joined us at our resort that afternoon.  The resort had beach volleyball twice a day – 11am and 3pm. Gotta say the Fletchers have some sweet volleyball skills.

coming down to watch/join the action

   

I was surprised with how well Jason was able to play.  I didn’t know he had any volleyball abilities, but he held his own and even took a few dives to help his team out.

Not sure if I took any night pictures during the week (I’m only able to mentally tackle one day of pictures at a time) so here’s a crummy phone picture of the resort.

We asked the front desk about things to do that evening and they opened up the kid’s club area for us to use.  Nothing spectacular, but the kids enjoyed playing a little pool and ping-pong before heading to our rooms for the night.

Couple fun pictures from Abigail’s phone: