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We came back to Merida to a new Airbnb. This one is in the same neighborhood but a bit bigger and nicer.

It not only has two bedrooms with two beds, each bedroom has a hammock.

It also has these pillows to protect your head from the headboard which the sloths have taken over.

When not in use the hammocks fold up and hang on the wall.

Then when you need a little rest but don’t want to lie in bed, or your bed has folded laundry, you can lie in the hammock.

And we have two so we can both lie in hammocks at the same time.

Sven and Sergio especially like the hammocks. I found them watching a video from their cousin Rodrigo who lives in Seattle. They let me upload it for the blog.

As you can see Rodrigo can drive. He reminded Sven and Sergio that they learned “Safety First” at Sloth Support School and now he can be designated driver.

Sven and Sergio are now trying to get us to buy a car so they can be our designated drivers. They also want to become Uber Drivers as a side gig.

On Saturday we flew back to Merida, Mexico.

Our flight was early so we stayed Friday night at a hotel near the airport. We saw sunrise from the hotel parking lot on our way to the airport shuttle.

After landing in Cancun we took a bus 4 hour bus back to Merida. It was a long day of travel, but good to be back in Mexico.

Amy and Mike live near the biggest Sky diving place in the country. We went and watched. I loved watching but in no way did it make me want to try it.

They pretty much landed right in front of us.

Sometimes so many were coming down you didn’t know where to look.

And then they would just gather up their parachutes like it was the most normal thing in the world.

A big group went up together and did a formation that was too high up to see. But watching all of them land was really amazing.

When we got back to their house we found Sven and Sergio outside exploring their backyard.

Happy New Year’s. We spent New Year’s Eve with Amy and Mike and their friends. We all wore our yellow socks for good luck.

In Latin America there is a tradition where people wear yellow underwear to bring good luck. We went with socks. Not sure if wearing a yellow wig counts but if so I get double good luck.

Sven and Sergio didn’t go to the party but were ready to ring in the new year when we got home. We all made it until about 11:30 then went to sleep.

This morning we found them passed out. They must have stayed up partying.

This morning we toasted the new year with toast, and mimosas. Sven was so hungover he had to keep sleeping.

Jeff showed Amy how to make sourdough starter and Sergio got a little too into it.

They also tried to play Jenga but didn’t quite get the idea.

Hope everyone had a great New Years. Here’s to 2026 bringing health, happiness, love and laughter to everyone.

Happy New Year’s Eve. We’re staying with Jeff’s brother Mike and our sister-in-law Amy. Last night our nephews Brian and Chris came over with their wives Cassie and Jessica and Chris and Cassie’s kids.

Nephews Chris and Brian.

Niece in laws Jessica and Cassie and grand nephew Hans.

Cassie, Zara and Amy.

It was great to see everyone. Have a safe and fun New Year’s Eve!!

We went for a hike with my family. The kids went golfing so it was just the adults

There were a lot steps so there were two groups, there were the helpers pictured above.

And the ones that needed help pictured above.

After our hike and naps we opened presents.

We’ve been having so much fun with my family. We’re at a beautiful resort with lots of different things to do. Or not do if you are like me and just want to hang out.

My sisters, nephews, niece, parents, Jeff and my brother in law all went on a, hike

The kids went golfing and hung out with us at the pool

There was reverse charades that ended in a knocked down painting.

And a new look for me.

My hair is thinning a lot so I’m thinking of going blonde sometimes when the mood strikes.

Merry Christmas to everyone that celebrates. We spent it packing, really the entire week. We are leaving on Christmas day to go to AZ to see our families. And were throwing everything we weren’t taking into a storage locker.

Here’s Jeff so excited to have another storage locker. Since we rent furnished apartments you wouldn’t think we’d have so much personal items. But, the salad spinners and drying racks dtonteoo add up.

Last weekend we visited our friends Steve and Clive in their new apartment at the beach.

Not only did we have a great day with them we were treated to three different Christmas napkins. I love that Steve brought these from the US.

We also went to an expat bar for drinks.

Merry Christmas to everyone.

I haven’t been blogging much because during the week we do the same things. But on Saturday we went to Parque de Plancha which means Iron Park. As in ironing.

We started by going out to breakfast which was delicious. This was eggs and mole sauce

They had a lot of Christmas decorations including a full sized Christmas tree.

And macrame coasters.

After breakfast we walked to the park.

After nice months the name of this pet food store still makes me laugh.

Jeff tested out his rope skills.

We saw this very disturbing Santa. Why are his legs like that? Is he a contortionist?

And I saw this nice shiny door.

Jeff and I rented kayaks on Saturday. I also tested out my new waterproof phone holder. You wear it around your neck. So it’s good for normal photos and terrible for selfies.

I was excited to rent a double kayak and have Jeff do all the paddling.

This is me finding out we were renting two singles and I’d have to do my own paddling.

Jeff got a blue kayak

This is a photo of my orange one.

The water was so incredibly blue. There was a cenote in the middle of the lagoon. You can sort of see the darker blue water in the distance. It’s darker blue because it gets super deep where the cenote starts.

Jeff tried to remember all his sailing knots to tie up our kayaks while we swam. He couldn’t remember any of them and made a “Jeff knot.”

Cute picture of Jeff swimming.

Selfie of me swimming.

The Jeff knot kept the boats tied up which was good.

We got back in our boats and paddled to another area to swim.

Tried to get a photo of us both.

Jeff took over the camera with better results…sort of.

But then we got the hang of it.

It wasn’t until I added this photo that I realized we were matching the entire time.

We matchedc each other but also that incredible shade of blue.