Swimming with the sharks, San Pedro

Day 3 in Belize.  Dawned beautiful again and Zack and Jess had a great day planned.  We went out to go snorkeling and swimming with the sharks with Eric and Jiggy.  Amazing.

First stop was snorkeling. The boys all jumped right in and had great time with Jiggy at the lead.  

Sting rays.

Then it was off so see the sharks. After chumming the water tons of nurse sharks showed up and Mason was the first to hop in with Jiggy.

Jiggy went right to the bottom and brought one up.

Without hesitation, Mason grabbed on for the ride of his life.  He was my water boy.

We did a little fishing on the way back in.

Yellow tail snapper.

A little rain storm.

Trigger fish.

Saturday afternoon we loaded up and headed to the airport to go to Playa Del Carmen.  We decided to fly to Corozal, Belize and drive up to Playa rather than taking the ferry to Chetumal.  We were handed our plastic boarding passes and waited patiently for our 10 seater plane. Ty got to sit up front with the pilot.  

I was super nervous but it ended up not so bad,  a cool view and a short trip back to the mainland.  Bye Belize, we will see you soon!!

San Pedro - Day 2, a cruise with Biggz

On Thursday Zack and Jessi had their friend Biggz take us out on a bit of a booze cruise to the resorts on the north end of the island.

Our first stop was Tranquility, the northern most resort on the island.  Love the Christmas tree.

The snorkeling started here.

Next was Secreto, the prettiest by far.

No bad days.

A little snorkeling along the way. 

Next stop, Rojas.

It does not get better than this.

The boys and Biggz. They just loved him.

Mace and the Godfather. He loves his Zack.

Last stop, CocoBeach.  

And then, nap time!!  Zack and Jess far outdid themselves with the fun stuff in Belize, and there is more to come!! 

Christmas in San Pedro, Belize

Zack and Jessi and Eric have been talking about us going to Belize for years.  We finally decided the kids are old enough and took Zack and Jessi up on their offer, it was so worth it!!!  After a cancelled flight and a two day delay, we arrived  in San Pedro on the ferry from Chetumal, MX on Christmas Eve.  Every minute of travel was worth it! This is the view from their patio.

We had a lovely dinner on Christmas Eve and Christmas day started like this.  

The water is unbelievable.  

Town center with a tree and all.

Christmas morning we rented a golf cart (not too many cars on the island) and went up North to a few resorts/bars and made our way back down. 

We had a blast jumping off the dock at Las Terrazas and taking as many pictures as I could of it.

Besties.

Ty joined some local kids for some games.

We ended a wonderful Christmas day with dinner at Zack and Jessi's with their friends Brook and Mark.  It could not have been a more perfect Christmas day!!!