viva mexico!

well, if i thought it was hot here, it was nothing compared to the blistering 90 degree plus days and nothing below 85 degree nights of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. not to mention the insane humidity! seriously, you walk outside and in 30 seconds (i'm not exaggerating) you are wet with sweat. but, apart from the heat, the trip was amazingly fun! the whole fam was jam packed in one house with some pretty cool features. like a tree in the middle of the open entry way. the house had 3 main levels (technically 4, but that was only a level to enter the house). pretty cool house. and looking down at the beach from the other direction. amazing views!

our tree. so, up that stair case was the front door/entry way, where there was another staircase that led up to two bedrooms (one for my aunt and uncle and the other for Justin). the door in the picture leads to the dining/living/kitchen. to the right of that door, was a gate that opened onto the patio where the pool was (the entire house was open air except for the bedrooms and kitchen/living room areas, which thankfully had AC)

Jenna, Jamie and Betsy in the pool Jamie dunking Betsy and Jenna. go Jamie! :)

too much love for me...i think i'm gonna puke. haha

spider! spider! spider! seriously one of the most disgusting things ever! there was a spider just like this one in Jamie and Jenna's room. i heard a scream from Jenna and went to go investigate. it was gigantic and black and thoroughly gross, so i had no problem smashing it. Jamie handed me a shoe and i hit it hard dead on. but, when the shoe came in contact with it, it only smashed the bulge of the spider and hundreds of little tiny spiders came pouring out of it all over the floor. it was like a sci-fi movie or something. after that we just got the bug spray.
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speaking of bug spray...this was my leg after playing beach volleyball for a couple hours as the sun went down. i woke up the next morning with more bug bites on my body than i've ever had in my life...put together! i looked diseased and it itched SO BAD! so, i'm gonna now have malaria: great.
more stories of my adventures to come! :)