I love the tradition of spending Fall Break in Rocky Point. October is the perfect time to go- it's not crowded at all, and the weather and water are still nice and warm. This time we hit some unexpected traffic getting into Mexico- it took almost 2 hours to cross the border! There has never been much of a line at all getting into Mexico, so this was highly unusual. It was a bummer, because we were starving by the time we picked up our Pollo Lucas dinner and Walmart groceries and made it home to eat around 8 pm.
Mimi, Grumpa, Max, Morgan, Breezy, Blake, and our fam was the group this year. This was our first time staying at Playa Encanto, a stretch of rental houses in a gated community even farther from town than the Las Conchas community we usually stay at. Our house was beachfront, which was SO nice. The kids could walk themselves back if they needed some inside time with one of their resting relations. We are truly spoiled by the ratio of kids to adults that love them on trips like these. And you can't beat eating ice cream on the back porch while watching dolphins jump in the distance.
The sunrise gang! It was nice that we could avoid waking everyone up by eating breakfast on the patio and hanging out at the beach.
Felix is a natural beach baby
Splashing, knocking down our sandcastles, finding shells - he loved it all!
It only took him one day to learn not to eat the sand.
Beach Isaac is my favorite version of Isaac. He was one happy dude the whole time. There was ice cream to be snuck, stargazing with Breezy at night, and plenty of space outside to dink around. He also tried snorkeling for the first time and had a great time spotting fish!
The only thing cuter than his Pokémon hat was his glorious beach hair. I'm actually obsessed with this picture.
Annie quicky determined that soft sand is perfect for gymnastics.
And more gymnastics.
And more gymnastics. Annie was glued to Mimi most of the time. They were dedicated to hunting shells. We found the best ones ever! This beach is so empty - there aren't people there picking over everything daily. We found lots of sand dollars and beautiful snail and clam shells. Mimi brought a shell painting kit, and we took some home to mount in display boxes.
Look at these beachy buddies!
The Oat is very talented at hanging out at beaches. He was a key contributor to the more ambitious construction plans orchestrated by Blake and Max. He was also my main snorkeling buddy on the day we went to the spot in town by the Reef. He gets to stay up a bit later than his siblings to play a round of board games.
Shout out to Blake for being a good photographer! This was Aaron's favorite night- we walked out into the low tide at sunset. There was an exposed sand bar that let us walk super far, the water was nice and warm on our feet, and there was a gorgeous super moon to light our walk back.
Other things to remember:
We stayed in a room with 4 queen bunk beds. The kids argued over who got top vs bottom, so we had a nightly rotation of beds.
Entertainment included general conference weekend, old Arnold Schwarzenegger Movies, a rousing round of fishbowl, and a 1,000 piece puzzle.
Bye-bye now!
