Thursday, May 27, 2010

Turks and Caicos

This past week we took a fabulous family vacation with Marcus’ parents and brother.  We headed to the Beaches Turks and Caicos.  I knew as we were landing the water was going to be nothing short of amazing!!!  It was an awesome vacation with lots of fun in the sun!  The weather was wonderful, the resort was AWESOME (would totally recommend for families) and the kids had a blast.  They loved playing in the pool with DD and Daddio, building sand castles and collecting sea shells, and the absolutely loved the water park on the resort grounds.  I think Madelyn loved all the yummy sweets she consumed!  Thank you so much for such a wonderful vacation!

How do you pass time in the Miami airport……(our first flight left at 6:00am and the kids were up since 3:45….but they did AMAZING…slept on both flights :)

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Look who was there to greet us at the resort: BERT! Madelyn not so sure…

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The Room…it was 2 steps away from the pool :) very convenient

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One room had bunk beds and yes…Mason slept up top one night!  I wasn’t sure he would stay all night up there, but the last night he did and loved it!!!

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Day 1: Swim, EAT, Play…playing on our patio before we suited up for the day

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We had a cabana at the pool and beach reserved for us everyday that way the littles could get out of the heat and in the shade.  It was fully stocked with all the drinks and food we needed.  That is what is nice about an all inclusive resort :)

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Water Park FUN!!!

At the water park there was EVERYTHING you could imagine for the kids…restaurant with sesame street characters, popsicles, a smoothie bar, ice cream, pirate ship splash park, slides, surf simulator, lazy river, and much more!  We would hit the water park every day…sometimes just with Mason when Madelyn was asleep since he wanted to do slides and she was much happier just swimming in the baby pool. 

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The Pool: we spent the majority of time here swimming in the morning, eating lunch and just hanging out!  It was nice that when we put sister down for a nap we would just take the video monitor with us to our cabana and swim and we would be just steps away! Mason was starting swim lessons the day we returned from the Turks, but while we were there we worked on swimming…he eventually started to love to go under and remembered everything he was taught last year from lessons!! I am so glad….I just hope sister loves it as much…she starts lessons in just 1 month!!!

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The Beach: This was by far the most beautiful beach and water I have seen!  Mason loved building and destroying sandcastles while Madelyn was not sure about the sand in her toes! 

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We had a great time, thanks DD and Daddio!

7 comments:

allyo said...

Ya'll look beautiful as always. Such a sweet family. Love and miss you guys!

Finally an Abrigg..... said...

j.e.a.l.o.u.s :) that said, can I come to your house for a vacation? as a matter of fact, we will be in Conroe the week before the 4th of July, through that Sunday, the 4th. I would love to come say hi!!!!!

Hollie Reese said...

How fun! We are headed there in a few weeks! Now I am really excited!

Hollie Reese said...

Hey...so when I mentioned to my family about your trip they are asking all kinds of questions! Will you email me when you get a chance? hlc662@aol.com I would love to chat about the trip and get some tips from you!

Leigh Ann said...

LOVE the pics of the kids on the beach!! Did you take those?! So good! Looks like you guys had such a good time. I'm with Molly and would love to come vacay at your casa this summer:)

Kimberly said...

AWESOME!!! That looks like so much fun! Looks like we will for sure have to go there one day while the boys are still wanting to travel with us!

Angie Seaman said...

What fun! My husband & I are headed there with our two kiddo's June 25th-July 4th. It's our first time to go to Turks. We can't wait to frolic on Grace Bay Beach. So ad you guys had a great trip. Now I'm even more excited to get there. :) Let me know if you have any advice or pointers that you think we should know ahead of time. We live in Naples Florida but will be flying out of Miami like you guys did.

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