More MEXICO

So the house we were staying at was right on the beach. I decided to go out and take a picture of it from the ocean. (Dad's in the picture.) It is a traditional "mexican" home on the beach. It was built back in the 50's and is just a little bungalow with a "mother's quarters" behind it. We stayed in the "mother's quarters" and I LOVED IT! I also took some photos of Guyabitos Bay. Guyabitos is about 5 miles from Los Ayala and it is where the street markets are at. I did some shopping here and some sight seeing. We found a bread store here that produces the best bread I've ever tasted. There are a lot of small restaurants on the beach and they serve some of the best tasting fish also.It was a lot of fun to walk around and see the "motels" they have. A LOT of Canadians "winter" here. They have a bunch of buildings that are BRIGHT colors. Our last morning in Los Ayala I woke up early and took some pictures of the ocean at sunrise. I thought they turned out beautiful! You can see a very light fog and mist just as the sun was about to break. It was breath taking to see.

MEXICO

Okay, so now I know how to do this, these are pics from our trip to Mexico back in January. So, there's one of the "branch" that we went to church with. Elder Leavitt (from Wash.) and Elder De la Pena (from East Mex.) did the services each week. Kyle went kayaking in the ocean at Los Ayala (where we were at) and he also did some body surfing in Sayilita. I took a picture from the top of the garage where we were staying.(It's the one of the roof and palm trees with the ocean) I celebrated my b-day while we were there. We went to a pizzeria in La Penita, the guy that owned it was from New York and had a successful Restaurant in NY and then moved to La Penita and opened another down there. He sold it and opened the smaller one that we were at. They have a drink down there called a "Lemonada" IT IS SOOOOOOO GOOD! It's like squirt with lots of FRESH lime juice and jarabe (pure sugar cane, pronounced ha-rah-bay). Your first sip is so tart AND super sweet at the same time! WOW! pucker power but so addicting! I ordered the special that night (spaghetti and HUGE meatballs) YUM! There was a big group of us and after dinner we went over to the jukebox and picked some fun songs to dance to. I had a BLAST!

One more pic to add. :)

PROM 2008

Well Prom finally arrived last weekend and Karlene looked absolutely GORGEOUS! She was in a hurry to leave so I only have a few pictures. The Prom was held at the Eagle Winery. It's very beautiful out there. They were under a tent over- looking the winery. I can only imagine how romantic and fun it was with the vineyards all around the rolling mountainside.

Karlene and I made her wrist corsage and Ian's boutonniere. I think they turned out GREAT!