Viva Mexico!!!!!!

Despite the crime in Mexico...Roberto and I traveled to Cancun Mexico for a week with some great and awesome friends. Kwami and Rinita are truly two of a kind and really compliment each other!




The weather in Cancun was absolutely spectacular, the beach was AMAZING, the food was fabulous, the drinks were tasty and endless, AND the service was EXCEPTIONAL.

We stayed at a resort called the Royal Caribbean and it had a private beach. The resort was SOOOO empty that the private beach felt like our own personal beach:). We could not have asked for more.





Rinita, Kwami, Roberto and I spent a lot of team lounging at the beach and messing around:).






There were days where we would just sit at the beach and just stare at the Caribbean for HOURS on end because it was so beautiful. The water looked like it was glowing! We also couldn't get over how fine the beach sand was. Regardless how hot the day was the beach sand NEVER got hot. It never reached a temperature where you couldn't walk barefoot on the beach. The beach sand was beautiful!




















Every night at the resort and at the adjacent resorts there was a dinner theme night. We had dinner at the Royal Mayan one night and the theme was Mexican night...go figure;). They had live entertainment which included the different styles of dancing in the different parts of Mexico and a show on Mayan history. The meal was FANTASTIC! The tacos were ACTUAL tacos! None of this taco bell hard shell stuff. The margaritas were ENDLESS. All you can drink is always a good way to top off dinner.







One day, we agreed to go visit some Mayan Ruins. It was amazing. The history behind these ruins is intense. We bumped into a lot of iguanas. They were so cute! Some would pose for us and once we were done taking pictures of them they would go into they little holes.











We decided to take a boat and visit Isla Mujeres to snorkel the coral reef. The snorkeling was AMAZING! We snorkeled with schools of fish and I swear I saw multiple Nemos! It was so beautiful. I have never in my life seen water so clear. The sad part was the boat ride to Isla Mujeres got me severely seasick. I don't think I can handle a cruise. We were told the boat ride was a 15 to 20 minute ride. In reality, it was about a 45 minute ride. It was tough but I didn't throw up:). I would have if the ride took longer than 45 minutes. It was rough BUT worth it!












Roberto and I are so blessed to have each other AND GREAT friends. We had such a wonderful time with Kwami and Rinita. They are so down to earth and awesome! We look forward to our next trip and another drunken adventure with them:). Thank you for inviting us and we love you guys!

Trip to Austin

Robert, the fur babies and I decided to take a trip to Austin to visit some family. We stayed with my cousin Cindy (aka tinkie) for the weekend and we had a blast! We visited 6th street Friday night. It was a high energy setting.






We also visited my cousin Alan and his family. Their daughters are absolutely adorable! It is crazy how kids gravitate towards Robert. Bela (short for Isabela) and Lana (short for INCREDIBLY CUTE) truly enjoyed Robert's company. Bela insisted that Robert sits next to her when we went out for lunch and drinks! We had a lot of fun and a lot of laughs with Alan, Christi, Lana and Bela!





In the end, Nanook and Aluche LOVED staying at Cindy's house because of her stairs! They would run up and down them for HOURS. We didn't mind one bit...they slept like angels:). I thank God that Cindy enjoys hanging out with our puppies. Nanook really enjoyed being with Cindy too!

The Little Girl From Across the Street PART 2!!!!

Andrea and I missed each other so much that we decided to hang out AGAIN this week. She drove back to our house on Monday morning. The plan for this past week was to have a SATC (Sex and the City) marathon. We were positive that we were going to get through all six seasons and the first movie.

Note: Andrea and I truly disliked SATC II. In our knowledge that movie doesn't exist!

Sadly, we were unable to get through the marathon because we were disturbed by taking naps, ridiculous laughter, going to the beach, going to the wine bar, cooking and playing a lot of dance central! We did make it through half of season 4.

I came to the conclusion that Andrea and I could honestly become beach bums. Growing up we didn't have the luxury of going to the beach whenever we wanted. We were fortunate enough to have homes with pools! We spent a lot of time in the sun and swimming. Now that we are almost fully grown up:) we go to the beach. We had so much fun! We didn't realize how loud we were laughing until all the people around us kept looking at us. We didn't care. We were having a freaken BLAST!



I took Andrea to Chelsea's Wine Bar. It was her first experience at a wine bar but definitely not her last one. We met up with some of mine and Robert's friends and drank a few bottles of wine hehe. Of course, we laughed really hard! I don't think I have laughed that hard and for a consecutive period of time since I was a kiddo! This picture really sums up me and Andrea!



I also took Andrea to Rocket Park. She was absolutely amazed how big the rocket is and how tiny Apollo really is. There is a lot of history at the Rocket Park. Andrea thoroughly enjoyed visiting it too:).



I can't describe in words how much fun Andrea and I truly have. I can say that Robert has expressed to me that he has never seen two friends bond so closely. Now that he's had the opportunity to get to know Andrea he can see why we are so close. He is amazed by the friendship Andrea and I have.

I will close this post saying I thank God everyday that Andrea is in driving distance and we have the oppotunity to hang out a lot more. Finally, I will continue to pray that one day Andrea lives across the street from me again.

The Little Girl From Across the Street!

One of my child hood best friends, Andrea, visited me in Houston this week! She just recently moved to San Marcos, TX. I have known Andrea for 21 years!! When we were small kiddos growing up my pops started referring to her as the "little girl from across the street." That title stuck to her for 21 years!

It was such a wonderful visit. We Netflixed, I cooked her some wonderful meals, we went to the beach, we ate great seafood and we had countless laughs! At one point, Andrea laughed so hard she choked on her water! I had to conduct the heimlich maneuver on her! It was scary but it goes to show how much we laughed.

Here are some pictures of me and Andrea at the beach in Galveston, TX.







Here are some pictures of me and Andrea at the Boardwalk in Kemah, TX. We had some dang good seafood that night!





I am so happy that were are closer to each other now. My goal is to persuade her to move to Houston, TX. I just pray one day we can actually live in the same city again. What the heck, I will even pray for her to live across the street from me again:).