Nuevo Vallarta – MX
So yes – I’ll fess up… I admit it – one month since my last post and it feels like it has been AGES… but in truth – I think I’ve been a bit toasty, burned out… just plain tired… and while I’ve taken a break from posting – photo actually has been going full steam ahead… So fortunately, just before this month, Vaness and I had a chance to go on a vacation with my family to Nuevo Vallarta, MX and stay at the most excellent Grand Luxxe 
Nothing was spared in everything that a luxurious vacation should be. Amazing and gorgeous accommodations, great views, tasty food, warm weather, and a crystal clear-near private-endless-huge-mongous pool – and all this with my family that now includes my wife! Taking a break like that is just what the doctor ordered. And if we hadn’t, I think this past month and the many months ahead would have created pressures beyond my ability to handle. Thanks mom and dad for a vacation to remember Here are a few snaps many have already seen, but I thought I’d highlight with some here on the blog Starting with my fave sunset shot of the trip – and on the right, relaxation at it’s finest Wish you were there… Enjoy!
We really did have the pool to ourselves so many times, see in the next pic – and that’s just maybe one quarter of what we could have swam around to – it was AWESOME. I actually learned how to do a lap too! I know right? The guy that sinks ‘naturally’ learned how to swim like a fish… okay for maybe 20 seconds, but heck if I needed to swim from one end of a pool to another I think I can do it. Open water, ummm no. We all had a good time there…
Aww.. beautiful wife and on the right you can see where we stayed – we had the middle third of that 2nd floor you see CRAZY…
Mexican Coffee, done Neuvo Vallarta style with a table-side show like I’ve never seen On fire. Pun fully intended. Five points if you know what the pun’s two meanings are. And we also all hammed it up for the camera for a quick minute…
During the nightime Vaness and I taught the now famous board game, Settlers of Catan, to the family! And while at first it was received with the look of confusion that might remind you of 3rd graders in a nuclear physics class, they got it… and most importantly – THEY GOT HOOKED. Like a drug man…or if you prefer… like Starbucks – the legal analog. They now own the game and two of it’s top expansions. Yah, WE don’t even own two expansions. Twas fun… and oh yah – mom – I want a rematch.
We also got a chance to explore – if only for a small bit, and soaked in the sun, shopped, and enjoyed a spirit or two…
And finally – another one of my favorite shots of the week – just the pool and a view that will always take me back to peacefulness and rest, always a good reminder…
Thanks family for a vacation first – one where now 6 of us are all together for a trip! Truly – here is to more and more great times and memorable travels
Beautiful right!?
They were definitely excited, and you gotta love their smiles… but in truth – all throughout the shoot they’ll be bringing some major heat – and take hotness to a whole new magazine-worthy level… Exhibit A (one of my faves of the day – and trust me – there is more):
by Daniel
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