I will pretty much let the pictures tell the story, but I'm sure they don't do the Islands even close to justice of what it's really like.
The Resort {El Marques} We got a great deal on the AFV Club site for only $350 for the week!
Spent several days at pool/beaches. Most of the beaches were black sand.
{Playa San Juan}
{Playa Fanabe}
{Teide National Park}
Highest peak in Spain and is home to a volcano. Allie was super excited to visit the volcano as she had just finished up a unit on volcanoes at school and wanted to collect some rock and crystals to bring back to share with her class.
Dance like nobody's watching
{Flipper Uno}
Since we are big into boating and it has been a while since we've been on one, we decided it would be fun to go on a boat ride. One of the many pamphlets in our room was for this cool looking pirate ship themed boat. There are even pirates on board and there is a plank (rope swing), and it's all inclusive -- food and drink. It just so happened the day we signed up to go that the wind decided to pick up and the sea was ANGRY! It was so incredibly choppy. We were surprised they still went out. Allie and Avery started freaking out right away thinking that we were going to tip over. The water started spraying over the side and getting us wet. They didn't like that either. Then I threw up! One of the pirates took Blake from me while I did my thing and then they helped us to the back of the boat where it wasn't as rough. As soon as I get back there I see a huge wave come crashing over the boat and immediately know that the girls just got soaked and are probably freaking out even more. Sure enough they are then being brought to the back of the boat, crying and wrapped up in blankets. Then I throw up again, and then Derek follows suit! Meanwhile, Blake is sleeping on my lap.
(The girls were looking at the blog tonight and I was sitting next to them. We came to this picture of me and the kids. I mentioned something about my smile and then Avery said, "You look so pretty and so skinny and you look like you're 10." LOL Then I turned to Allie and asked her if she thought I looked skinny. She smiled and said, "You look like a woman is supposed to look." LOL!!!!!!! I know I am not skinny and I make jokes about being fat too much....I need to stop so my kids don't have low self esteem and worry about body image like me. They sure do know how to make me feel good though.)
And then we left the port and it was the worst flippin 3 hours ever! And yes, it looks calm here. This is when we pulled up close to the shore for the food/swim break.
{Loro Parque}
This place was awesome! Very similar to Sea World, but the ambiance of the place is out of this world.
Allie so badly wanted to get picked for this.....
Allie did get picked for a part in the bird show
{Siam Park}
Dubbed the Number 1 water park in the World.
The last day we realized we didn't have a family photo........so we pulled off the side of the road and got one. :)
{Random Photos}
Island across the way....La Gomera
Doesn't this kid look like Macaulay Culkin?
I don't take food pics often, but here is one of Spanish Paella. Super yummy!
And we always get the yummiest pastries on these trips. This one isn't the prettiest we've had or the yummiest but to give you an idea (and this is just from a cheap supermarket!)
Poor Gummy Bear!
Last night, we had dinner in Playa de Americas. I love the restaurants right along the ocean!
And Allie had to get a pic with this dolphin statue
Here are a few takes of the whiny part I was talking about. In all fairness, I don't think they were feeling 100%. Avery missed most of school the week before the trip. She was just really congested since she can't blow her nose very well and then it all gets into her lungs and her lungs are weak as is. Blake started the cough the day before we left and he doesn't know how to blow his nose at all so he was miserable.
Plane ride over was easy with him....he just wanted to sleep
Every time we turned around, this is what she looked like. So disgusting! We really need to work on her manners.
{Kids Say The Darndest Things}
Avery reallly had to go the the bathroom, but we had no where to go so we told her she was just going to have to hold it. She was freaking out saying that she couldn't so then we told her to think about something else. She said, "I can't! I can't even look at you and Mom because you have blue shirts on!" Obviously the blue made her think of water, which made her think of pee.
I got a little bit of a tan. During the last couple of days Avery started calling me "Hot Cocoa."
