we made it back from mexico! here are a few random shots to get you started!

it's no wonder daddy gets his teeth shot out when he walks around with that look on his face!



santa was at walmart!

a favorite restaurant just a walk down the beach

grandma great and grandma anna collected sooo many shells on Stinky Beach!


some random puppies laying in the weeds, they were so cute!

how i spent most of my time on the drive down

how kennedy spent hers


driving along i found this butterfly just sitting on the carpet...i got to hold it! i also found a bee. but i didn't realize that posed a problem, and it poked me. (don't worry, i only screamed bloody murder for about twenty min...in a small enclosed motorhome).

me and mom just hangin out


this is how we spent most mornings, i got in the habit of waking up at about 6:30 am, but i guess none of the adults wanted to get up with me!

this is where i got to sleep! i was high above everyone else, like a bunk bed!

daddy had a little episode...he wasn't supposed to take his medicine without food, but he didn't listen

spending pretty much every day at the beach was awesome! how many people do you know who were playing in the sand on christmas day!?

my first true experience at the ocean. i thought i was the only person out there. and after running half way to panama, i realized the beach was a bit bigger than i realized!









it's always a fun time to get out Bruce and take him for a swim!




even kennedy enjoyed her time in at the beach!




dad and grandpa spent all day, every day out boogie boarding. they say i went for rides last time, but i didn't buy it.






the last day on the beach held a fun suprise for the kids! the water was way far out, but left the sand wet right up to the beach. it was fun to dig in the sand and make puddles!

a trip to stone island is always in order! pretty much only the locals go there, so it's always a relaxing day!

after a short boat ride, we arrived just in time to hold a big lizard! (well, i was too scared, but mom helped).



the water here is much calmer, and after recent scares with the waves, i was anxious but nervous to enter the water.


the water is also very clear, you can look right down in the water and see the fish! dad went out to snorkel, but returned quickly after he was stung by a jellyfish! he had welts wrapping all down his arm! needless to say, mom had no intention of snorkeling after that.

i became very concerned when my string came untied on my swimsuit! but dad came to my rescue.

personal dancing horses!

every night was like a fiesta in our rv park! because it's right on the beach, there were lots of weddings, and parties. but my favorite part was the horses! the owners of the park also owned these horses that would dance when music was played! the riders would wiggle their hips, and they would dance! one time when another horse was performing, we saw the other horse over dancing by himself! it was a class act!

most years we bring down toys and clothes to split between the orphanage and the church. we took a trip to drop it off to the orphans.

after a quick look around, we were able to go outside and meet the kids!






once the kids saw kennedy, they couldn't stop touching her!





they loved her tiny hands, and wanted to know if she had teeth. :)




after i got bored, i discovered some chickens, and lots of baby chicks! but try as i might...i couldn't catch any!

we took a day to drive out to some petroglyphs. we had never been there, but after communicating with some locals, we found the spot!

when we got there, all we saw were these huts, and a "museum". we were upset because we thought there would be real petroglyphs. someone suggested we walk down to the beach and look around.


we walked out to the beach, and there were just all these rocks. we were skeptical about all this, but as we hiked around, we found lots of engravings with different amounts of wear, depending on where the tide came up...plus a few extra suprises as well!






after looking around, we were free to spend the afternoon doing what ever we wanted. daddy went for a walk on the beach with some friends...this is how i spent my time.

always leaving me...this time on a zip line tour! but i stayed home with grandma great, grandpa mike, and kennedy. we had our own fun!

first was a trip to a small town where they stopped and bought empenadas from a lady who baked them in a clay oven. daddy got caramel, and mom got cheese. they were to die for!


they drove through lots of small towns along the way...very charming!



this church was built by the french, and has bodies buried underneath it!

next was a trip to a leather "factory". they had you pick leaves off the lemon tree and hold them to your nose if you were sensiteive to smell...you definately needed it!





the grand finale!




daddy had a vision...he was flying like superman with the harness flipped around backwards...these are the results.

thank goodness santa knew where to find us, christmas day was riot!

christmas eve we set out the stockings for santa...

...and in the morning the were filled up!





kennedy was happy as could be when mom let her hold a candy cane...but she didn't even get to have a taste, poor girl.


santa bought me a nerf gun! it was so awesome i had to start playing with it right away!


for lunch we have a tradition of having a potluck with everyone in the rv park, and the missionaries come too! i guess kennedy and i wouldn't know...we slept through the whole thing! mom said it was real nice.

trips into town were always an adventure! here are a few of our escapades!

the central market is nothing like the grocery store at home! it has all sorts of strange things to eat, but lots of yummy fruits and veggies! this is also where we get the best tacos in the world!




SEASHELL CITY! there is lots of fun stuff to see here! everything is made out of shells, or something taken from the ocean!



these are dolphin bones!


it is sooo cool in here!




senor frogs is a popular tourist outlet. mom says if she wants to pay those kinds of prices, she'd go back to utah!







there was a girl with her dad riding in a new car she got for christmas. i wanted a ride, so i said "hola, chica!" but grandpa said that wasn't nice, and to call her "nina" instead. either way, it worked. her dad made her stop, but she wasn't very thrilled to give me a lift!

we have a tradition after church of stopping to watch the cliff divers! they jump from so far up, and have to be careful to not not hit the rocks at the bottom!

we made one more important stop, in hermosillo. they have a temple there we got to visit! it was so pretty!