dinner on the side of a cliff...

it doesn't get much better than this!

this place was built into the side of this cliff - overlooking

the ocean and the city.

completely breathtaking.

2 hot 2 handle and 2 ligit 2 quit

these were our "handles" for the trip...chris and maggie even had motions to go with theirs...you guys are so cool!

we took these dune buggies on the highway - it was crazy seeing a huge semi-truck that could squash you in a second if a wrong turn was made! we went through a river - which was way more unclean water than i would care to swallow as i'm screaming through that part. after we hit all of the off-road spots, rivers and the busy highways - we were looking pretty rough.

boogity, boogity, boogity - let's go racin' boyzzzz

i don't think it is the last time for racers - 2 ligit 2 quit and 2 hot 2 handle

to meet on these mexican roads!

amazing race?

so, phil wasn't waiting for us at the end...but, it was definitely good material to use - in case the amazing race is ever hurting and needs to boost their ratings.
90 ft. in the air - zip lines through the tropical rainforest in the mountains of mexico. we were at speeds of 40 mph.
the scariest part - we could barely understand our instructors...what were we thinking?

oncoming riders...

trips...they are always a lot of
work to get ready for...and so much more work once you come home from one - but you hope that while you are there - on this trip - that it will be worth it.

this trip was one of those trips
that when people ask you how it went,

or if you had a good time, you just
answer with a

one-liner...it was
fantastic...amazing...incredible.

we did so many adventurous things,
spent lots of time together -and one of the best parts...we went with some really good friends of ours. chris and maggie. they made the trip extremely memorable and oh, so much fun!

irish jig

so, here we are....at the end of the race. we did it! the first official race that i have run. what an amazing feeling. there were 3,000 runners... i was completely overwhelmed with all of the people at the start of the race. trying to find my pace was crazy. not to mention the temp. being 21 degrees. girls - are you ready to race again? next one is may 12 - riverbank!

one good dog.

"it has been a week..." as ben puts it. i think we can walk away from this week with only a few wounds...
it starts with indy...she has this thing with her ears - allergies, i think.
she shakes her head until she's dizzy - and it seems like she chooses the times when i have just drifted off into my first
rem of sleep...aghhh. she's a dog, i know. but she is a good dog. always right there...to retrieve the toys olivia throws down the stairs, clean up food that is left on the floor, sit patiently as olivia climbs all over her.
and she has these sighs...
like the sigh that you have when it has been a week. in some crazy way - i relate to her.
okay, so here they are - our battle wounds from the week: indy - ever-itching-ear crazy problem...olivia - another new tooth - i think this makes 10! ben - thought he broke a metatarsel in his foot while playing soccer and now has had 2nd thoughts...he thinks something bit him. hmmmm. and then there is me...sleepless me. lacking sleep due to my dog with the ear problem.

back to my dog. she's a good dog...a very good and loyal dog. who wouldn't want or need that...