The Morris Family: Acapulco Mexico

For Thanksgiving we looked up flights as to where we could go. The only place that was wide open with lots of seats was Acapulco Mexico (reasoning for lots of seats is that they just opened up a flight there and it had only been open for 2 weeks). We decided the night before to go. We knew that we could not get anywhere with family and since we don't have family in Texas we thought let's just go somewhere. Shawn has been working long hours and weekends and since I started working we needed a little get-away and this trip was absolutely perfect. To be honest we were nervous about going to Mexico but right when we landed we felt safe. We had an eventful experience getting on the flight but it would take me too long to write about it.

We arrived in beautiful Acapulco on Thursday afternoon. Acapulco is seriously so beautiful! Thursday we just lounged around at the beach and resort. On Friday we took a city tour. Our first stop (that we had no idea was part of it) was to a jewelry store (of course they always try to sneak one in..) Then, we went to the hotel where President Kennedy had his honey moon which is pretty ran down but has the most amazing view of the city. There we took pictures and enjoyed the scenery. Next we went to see the famous cliff divers. Acapulco is famous for this. The youngest diver is 9 and the oldest is 50. They jump into the water swim over to the cliff, climb up the cliff and dive off the cliff. They are amazing! Jack loved watching them. He could cheer for them and then say "more divers." I was scared for them and hoping no one would get hurt. Then we drove around Acapulco and then went back to our resort.

Saturday and Sunday we spent the whole day at the beach and the resort. We seriously had so much fun just relaxing, meeting new people and being together. It was a very nontraditional Thanksgiving for us and we missed being with family. But there was also something very special being with just of three of us. I LOVE my family and love being with my boys. The whole time I was just thinking how blessed I am to have such a wonderful family. I love that I can have so much fun with them. They make me laugh all the time. I have to say that Jack was also so good. He slept the whole flight both there and back, was a good sleeper at the resort, played well at the beach. He even played by himself so I could read and Shawn could watch the football game which is unusual for him. He said "hola" to everyone he met, and off course made us laugh all the time. He let lots of people touch his hair, take pictures of him and gave hi-five and bones to everyone that would let him. Overall, for him he did amazingly well.

Now back to real life...ugh!

The resort. We were in a little bay which almost felt like a lake. The waves were tiny which was nice but still scared Jack. It was very quite and peaceful. There was a pool on each level but Jack just wanted to play at the beach. We had our own little private beach that was contained. It was nice because it prevented Jack from wondering off. It was perfect for us. The food was also really good but also really pricey.