Similar to what we did with our friends for all of our 30th birthdays, we all planned another trip to Mexico to celebrate our 40th birthdays. This time everyone had to get babysitters as we left the kiddos at home and had a kid-free 5 night trip to Mexico. It was amazing! We planned a two week trip around this so in July we first flew from London to Arizona where we could spend time with Nate’s Grandma Nancy. She hadn’t met Elaine yet so it was a must-do trip. We enjoyed time visiting with her and letting the girls get to know her better. We of course had to make a stop at our favorite Mexican restaurant there.
From Phoenix we flew to San Luis Obispo where we went to my parents'. Of course we had an obligatory first stop at Firestone and then it was off to San Miguel. It was lucky timing that my sister and her kids were all visiting my parents at the same time so that made it extra fun for the girls to hang out with their cousins.
Nate's parents also made the trip down to San Miguel so there was lots of excitement around the house!
We were there for 3 nights before Nate and I took off for Mexico. With the exception of one quick night in London when we were house hunting, Nate and I have never spent a night alone away from the kids since Josephine was born. We were overdue! And my parents were nice enough to watch the girls while we were away.
We met up with Kristine & Aaron, Louis & Keelin, Dave & Angie and Christian in Cabo San Lucas and all stayed at an all-inclusive, adults only, resort. It was pure heaven!! I have to admit though, it probably took a good two days before I really got used to the fact that we were there with no kids. I got to just lay around and read a book, work out as I pleased and eat with no interruptions. We had an amazing time! We ventured off the resort once for dinner at Javier’s which Nate had heard was highly recommended and then secondly to spend time on a yacht that we rented for 4 hours. That was a highlight for sure!
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| Happy 40th to us! |
As all good things do, it was time for it to end and go home. But we missed our little goofballs and were excited to see them when we got back to San Miguel. And eventhough they had a blast with Grandma and Grandpa and Auntie Julie and their cousins, they were thrilled to see us when we got home.
We were only there for another night before heading back to London and attempting to deal with the horrible thing that is jet lag. Back to reality…
