a few "lasts" of mexico...

the last picture of our 1st house in mexico...

the last picture of our 2nd house in mexico...

the last picture of our 3rd house in mexico...

our going away present... a turtle named 'E' after edgar... the joven that gave him to us...

pina coladas on the beach... we tried a new restuarant before leaving... i loved the salmon with habanero mash potatoes... and i especially loved jones' cinnamon mustache after trying brents pina colada...

one last trip to the beach...

one last sunset on the beach...

one last (unexpected) stop at costco mexico... for a tire...

and my favorite... right before the border i made a few more last calls to say goodbye and then my phone was sent a text from telcel, the cell phone company of mexico, to tell me this (i wrote it down because i always laughed when i recieved this): "your balance is running out of balance, we invite you to recharge in order that you dont have a limited communication... telcel"

para:mexico

siempre nos trato bien... vamos a extranarle mexico...la comida, los costumbres y mucho mas... la gente... gracias por hacernos bienvenidos a su pais durante este tiempito de tres anos... gracias por compartir este tiempo, por compartir tantas cosas, ideas, sonrisas, lagrimas, momentos dificiles, momentos alegres, momentos de crecemiento y pensamiento... gracias mexico gracias... siempre vamos a regresar... visitar... y amar a este pais... te queremos mexico... mua...

spring break... 2009

what did you do spring break...?

did you tie a boogie board to the back of a quad to ride the ocean waves...?... jason and brent did...

but... dont stand up or else...

so... we returned for some fun in the sun to our home away from home... guaymas/san carlos mexico... i loved that i had my camera out and ready... it was so weird driving down this time... both brent and i agreed that we felt different... we felt as we should have... as visitors... instead of feeling like we were returning home after a weekend away... we really felt that we were the visitors now and we were driving to our weekend away... with that mindset... i captured some of the things that we always laughed at when you saw them for the first time... or purhaps even the second or third...

the sleepy sleepers...

the pigs... you can never for get the pig trucks...

eating snacks...

playing peek-a-boo...

and... a few others...

the ambulance or other crazy drivers... see previous post...

the beautiful moutians that all of a sudden come from no where...

guaymas/san carlos is so beautiful...

i always knew this, but after leaving and coming back, looking at everything from a different point of view and perspective... it was like the first time we came... i could all of a sudden remember it so clearly... the smell of the salty air in your nose... the feel of the humidity heavier on your skin... the sounds to your ears of the waves from the ocean crashing, mixed with some mexican mariachi music and loud bases booming from somewhere near by... the colorful buildings and the not so far off mountians that your eyes can see... and one of my most and newest favorites... the taste of the carne asada on corn tortillas... oh we missed that so much already...

guaymas/san carlos is so beautiful...

beach smiles...

rocks and the bucket... jones loved putting rocks in the bucket and then taking them out... then again and again... in... out... in... out....

sand castles...

then we cant forget... that jones loved the quads and will not leave them alone until he gets to have a ride...

one more...

for spring break we went back to mexico for a few days... and of course we had yet one more "only in mexico moment"... brent, while driving us down was trying to pass an ambulance driver who just could not choose a lane... the above picture demostrates what his view of the freeway must have looked like while driving on the center line... brent then proceeded to honk at the ambulance to have him move so that we could pass.... only in mexico... could you or would you honk at an ambulance to pass and they would pull over to let you by... right???

we love you mexico...

to vegas we went...

so... since it was brents birthday and he will be leaving soon* we decided to take advantage of an awesome deal from travelzoo... two roundtrip tickets to vegas, four nights hotel and two tickets to cirque de soleil love for $320.00 usd... amazing???!!!.... i know!!!!!

a few fun things we did...

i have always wanted to try these chocolates ever since i saw them on one of my favorite blogs... and we just happen to walk into ceasars forum and there was vosges chocolate... yum! we tried a few while there and then bought some to take with us... brent tried a bacon chocolate bar... then we both tried a balsamic vinegar italian truffle, a dulce de leche truffle and some of there new darkest of dark chocolate... so good... my very favorite is the red fire bar... it was so good!!!

the belagio buffet... brents birthday desserts... these are only a few that he had to choose from on his birthday...

here is a mini cheeseburger that i loved!!! yes another hamburger... i love them all...

we also went to the coca-cola factory/store and took a tour of the world through there 'tastes from around the world' sodas...

they give you two trays just like this one and then...

... they also give you two sheets of paper that label each soda, what it is called and where it is from...

...we could not understand why some of these places liked what they liked... so different!!!

this is the most disgusting soda ever... it is #7: Beverly from Italy... so gross... at first it wasnt bad... i actually liked it... but that lasted for about 2 seconds... then it became the most bitter thing i had ever tasted... and then it lingered no matter what else i tried to drink... crazy...

altogether.... very interesting and something fun and new to try... but a ton for even both of us to drink!!!

my most favorite thing we did... i absolutely loved loved loved 'love'... it was awesome... it just kept getting better and better... everyone must see 'cirque de soleil love'...

enough said... it was amazing!

dinner at carnegie deli... we still cant believe how much meat is on one deli sandwich...

we had so much fun...

brent...

thanks for such a fun trip!!! i hope you had a most happy birthday!!! i love you with all my heart!!! besos... tu media naranja...

*brent is now leaving april 6th... yeah... we get to spend more time together before he leaves for boot camp...

the parties we had...

party:birthday

for:jones

held on:march 2nd

manaitas and happy birthday...

the cakes...

my first attempt at a fondant cake... 3 tier blue owl cake...

the inside of the ice cream cake...

the pinata...

the thank yous:

for the kids...

for the adults...

parties:going away

for:brent.errin.jones

held on:feb 27.march 2.march 4

party:birthday

for:brent.jones
held on:march 14

no that is not a fire on the table... that is brents cake with 26 candles... he wanted funfetti and that is what he got...

jones... blowing out another candle on another cake... with a little help from his cousin max...

he is getting used to eating cake... he was so excited and could not wait to eat it...

we finally used the pinata...

jones went first...

and brent went last... with his own style of pinata beating... with a machete...

the goods...

rip sticking with daddy...

i had way too much fun making cakes for birthdays this year... mini oreo cookies ice cream cakes, cup cakes, vanilla fondant covered owl cake, butter peacan coconut cake, funfetti 3 tier cake, more funfetti cupcakes... i think that is all of them... so so so much fun! i cant wait to try another fondant cake...

***more on brents birthday coming...