Saturday 5 July 2008

Tenerife, Canary Islands

This year's beach vacation was successful. It was even better because Krissy came with us to help with the girls and act as tour guide.



The hotel was very nice, and the pool was even nicer (there were actually several pools, but the one I'm referring to was shaped like a lagoon and surrounded by palm trees) However, the water in the pools was salty, which was a bit of an adjustment for everyone but Isabelle, who didn't seem to mind.

The girls had lots of fun on the beach (sand castles, paddle boats, playing in the waves and lots of tasty munchies), and mommy found her dream shoes (unfortunately, they cost 600+ euros, so daddy said no).


Other highlights included:
  • Church in Spanish (Krissy took us to church in the branch in which she served while in Tenerife). The members were very nice, and Ally and I didn't have any trouble understanding 'church' Spanish.
  • Good food and eating meals in places with ocean views.
  • Shopping (although Ally was actually pretty reasonable and didn't break the bank; of course, she's still upset about the shoes...).
  • Daddy went parasailing, which he's always wanted to do. He wasn't disappointed and can hardly wait for the girls to try it when they get older.
  • Really, most of the time was spent relaxing / playing at the pool or beach.
Here are the highlights:

Only picture we took of the entire family (we'll have to do better next time):


I thought these pictures were cute of Ally / Isabelle and Krissy / Maddie:




The Love Train:



Buried in the sand:




The cutest beach bunnies ever:







5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I wish we could go back for some more of our beach holiday. I miss you guys tons! It looks like I didn't duplicate too many of the same pictures on my blog. Love y'all...can't wait to see ya in August!

Vanalee said...

It looks like you had so much fun. What great pictures of everyone. Where is the one of Luke para sailing???? Isabelle is very photogenic. I love the one of Maddie buried in the sand!

Emily said...

Another fun adventure for the Colton family. Yes, I am sitting here wishing I was there in the tropical paradise. One of these days I have to stop dreaming and actually go somewhere!

Ruth said...

glad to see isabelle loved her sunglasses. we need to all do a beach vacation sometime. we could bury all the girls and make a mermaid family--david can be king tritan. love ya ruth

Bjorn said...

Looks like you're definitely living it up -- like I always knew you would in life! Not at all surprised.

Very jealous of your vacation -- the beach looks great!!!