part 3 (much delayed…)

So sorry for the delay on getting the last of our pics up…I’m sure you were dying in anticipation right? Ha.

Our last stop was Cozumel, Mexico and we went to Tulum to visit the Mayan ruins. It was really warm but apparently perfect weather compared to how hot is usually is there! It was absolutely gorgeous and I would love to go back with an LDS guide to get a different perspective.

The ruins were overlooking one of the most gorgeous beaches I’ve ever seen. We were more than ready to take a dip!

The waves were pretty big, but the water was so warm and I seriously LOVED it! I’m so used to the cold California ocean so this was amazing. We did some body surfing and enjoyed the beautiful scenery.

There were iguanas walking all over the ruins and people were obsessed with them.

After we got back from the ruins, we still had time to change clothes on the boat and head back to Cozumel for the evening. I was really excited to shop and there were a lot of places selling things, but I ended up only getting 3 huge bottles of Mexican vanilla! I grew up using my grandma’s Mexican vanilla and it’s amazing so I was way pumped to get some for really cheap!

We walked all the way downtown (we thought it was closer but it was really about 3 miles!). We had dinner at a cute little restaurant in the main square. It was really yummy and Dan got some more Mexican coke!

Our cute heart shaped towel…precious.

Dan loved the scorpion towel animal.

Out waiters were so awesome! The one on the right was from Haiti and the one of the left was from Indonesia! They were awesome and the guy on the right (“D”) always had this huge smile on his face! I’m so sad this pic didn’t get it

We got off our ship around 9:30am and our flight didn’t leave until 5:30pm. We had pre-booked a shuttle to the airport and so we had to go on that right after we got off the ship! It was quite a long day…

We are so sad our trip is already over…

I have a few more pics that we got developed from our underwater camera that I will post as soon as I scan them onto the computer!

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This is a long post and I will put up pics of the rest of our cruise soon! But I forgot that I didn’t put any of Mike’s wedding!

Dan’s older brother Mike got married on December 21. His new wife is also named Hailey so there are now two Haley/Hailey Hill’s in the family! It’s pretty confusing for the kids but she’s awesome so I don’t mind sharing the name with her .

The temple was amazing and watching them get sealed was beautiful. It made me love Dan so much and I’m so grateful that we could share that special moment with them.

This kid is funny.

It was pretty cold at the temple and really hard to get any pics with everyone smiling! But it was still fun and the boys got in a snowball fight afterwards.

The reception was at Hailey’s aunt’s house in Farmington and it was an amazing house. It was massive and beautiful and I had to take some pics of the gorgeous kitchen!

All the siblings (minus Jon) with Mike and Hailey.

Theses pictures aren’t the greatest because someone just took them for us and it really is impossible to get everyone smiling at the same time with their eyes open! But we tried…

The kids are so funny and I love looking at all their different expressions. Hilarious.

Awkward Hill Family Christmas Photo 2010 below.

Less awkward Hill Family Christmas Photo 2010.

Dan and I had our first Christmas morning together at our own home and it was great! We had a small budget for gifts this year because we just went on a cruise and we bought a bunch of tools and other things the day after Thanksgiving. But we still loved our gifts!

Dan got a backpacking towel, a church book, running underwear, and a neck gaitor for running. I got a punch bowel set, lotion and a cute purse.

After we had our Christmas morning together, we spent the afternoon with Dan’s family. We had lunch with his grandparents, and all the great-grandkids got cute hats.

Then we went to Dan’s parent’s house and exchanged gifts (we draw names). It was really crazy and chaotic, but so fun. The whole family was there (except for Jon in Brazil!). There are 27 of us total and Amanda is due with a new baby in March and I can’t wait to meet him!

Dan and I got a sweet measuring tool thingy and a iHome from his parents!

We got a set of Christmas movies, popcorn and of course Diet Coke from Jon and Julie (they drew us).

After that, we headed to my parents for dessert. We hung out and watched Elf on their big comfy couch in the basement (I seriously love it!).My parents bought us an air compressor combo kit and I was ecstatic! It has two nail guns and a staple gun and I can’t wait to use it! I have so many projects and I think I was more excited than Dan was to get this (and he was excited). Steph got Dan a sweet Jazz shirt and got my a home décor thing I have wanted for awhile.

On Sunday after Christmas we invited everyone who wanted to come up to our house for dinner and everyone ended up coming! We honestly thought Walmart would be open on Christmas so we could get a few things, but nothing was open! I couldn’t believe it! But luckily everyone pitched in and brought food so we were fine.

We turned on a  Christmas movie for the kids (love Comcast onDemand!). It was awesome to have everyone in our home and it seriously brings me so much joy to have people we care about in our home-whether it’s close friends, a few family members,  or 30 people! We had a great holiday and we’re so thankful for all our amazing blessings this year! We can’t wait to see what 2011 has in store for us…