Thursday, January 7, 2010

BAJA and Back!


First of all Happy Holidays! We hope everyone had a great 2009!
We decided to say a big Adios to 2009 with a family road trip down the Baja Peninsula. We loved it, the kids loved it, the car didn't love it but we made great memories along the way!
Wow we started out driving and 3,000 miles later we made it home again and we were still craving tacos! :)


We were traveling a little less than three weeks and filled most of the time camping on beaches, fishing, collecting sea shells, driving to new places, eating amazing food, listening to Regans Spanish skills, going on horribly maintained roads, keeping our eyes peeled for a Dulcería! (candy stores) and don't worry even on a beach in Baja Santa still found us :)

My top 10 things I loved about Baja:
1- Sandy beaches all to ourselves.
2-Huge sparklers to celebrate with.
3- Tacos, Tacos, and Tacos with a bottle of Coke.
4-Ferry boat being late so we could get on it. (saved us 9hrs of driving)
5- All the "Hunters" (what Ryker called the Mexican soldiers dressed in camo with guns)
6-Cheap auto repair (got new shocks after a few crazy stretches of road)
7-Seeing whales swim by in the evening and then again in the morning when we woke up.
8-The fresh fish and shrimp plus now we know Ivy loves to eat octopus.
9-A hot spring campground with our own private pools.
10 -Being together as a family.





CHRISTMAS DAY 2009




Skylar loves the Beach!



Look its frosty the SANDMAN :)


Here is a picture of our rig...we bought this car about a yr. ago and Regan fixed it up and transformed it into our Baha Cruiser. We knew this car was destine for a road trip but it BARLEY fits three car seats in the back seat so we knew we had to go now...before any more kidos arrive, which is happening in MAY! :)

We Love and miss all our friends and family, we hope your year of 2010 is full of happy adventures and lots of happy joyful moments.
If anyone needs a beater car for a road trip call me...you can borrow mine.



10 comments:

Jennifer said...

You are AMAZING! I don't know how you pulled off such an adventure! My first obstacle would be getting Michael to agree to such a thing:) And you're having number 4?!?!?! That's awesome! You are superwoman!

Akina's said...

Oh my goodness sounds like such a blast!!! I wish i had the guts to do something like that!!!

Lindsay said...

Wow April!
What a great adventure. It sounds wonderful and scary... to me. You have always been such an adventurer. I tried to send you a Christmas card, but I guess I didn't have your right address. You should mail it to me- lindsayweight@hotmail.com
Love you April! And what a beautiful family!
:)
Linds

jesieo said...

oh yay on number 4!!!! that's amazing! congrats to you guys, you seriously are definite adventurers. the trip sounds great, and the pictures are awesome! happy new year!

Amy said...

ok so we haven't even met #3 and you are on to #4. You amaze me apes!!! You are braver than I am. I'm still trying to talk myself into #4. Looks like your trip was amazing and total April and Regan style. I would expect nothing less. The basement should be done in a few weeks so we expect you here soon!!! love you guys

Cain Family said...

What a great way to spend Christmas together!!! Happy New Year and congrats on the new one on the way!

Kristi said...

WOW that looks like it was such a great trip!!!! Congrats on #4! at this rate you are DEFINITELY going to beat us to #5 - we are going to stick with 4 for a while....;)

dani said...

it looks like you had a blast! congrats on baby number 4-and i am glad none of the 'hunters' hunted you guys!

Abby said...

WOW! What an adventure. You guys are so much fun, and your kids will always have such great memories. Happy New Year!

sara said...

LOVE.EVERY.SECOND.OF.THIS! :D

SOOOOOO FUN! (Jess can't stop talking about "the tacos" when he comes back from Baja) :)

Yay Baby #4!!!!!