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.
On Friday we celebrated Jeff’s birthday by just hanging out.
We went to a fort which was used to fihht off pirates. I came upon this lizard which was hanging out at the fort
We hadv to make a hasty exit due to a digestive emergency. Turns out the pirate fort didn’t have bathrooms.
We had some birthday margaritas at the hotel bar.
Then some hammock hanging.
Jeff’s birthday is on Friday so we are celebrating in the town of Bacalar for a long weekend. It’s on a fresh water lagoon that is really pretty. The above photo is from our hotel.
We never get up early enough for sunrise except today. We ran outside, watched the sun come up then went back to sleep.
We went to a natural lazy river. You walk to one end of the river, get in the water in a life jacket and float back.
Here’s my very graceful entry into the water.
Once in, I looked like a cartoon character sneaking up on someone.
Jeff was much more natural in the water.
I did finally get the hang of it. It looks like we’re the only ones here but it was actually pretty crowded. Lots of orange bobbing in the water.
After we had drinks by the water.
So far it’s been a great mellow trip.
Usually Sven and Sergio nap during my treatment.
This time they were hungry so they dug into the first fruit plate.
I made the mistake of letting then have the guest cokes. The sugar and caffiene made them crazy.
They thought the IV stand was their personal jungle gym.
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We went out with our friends Clive and Steve.
When we got to the restaurant Steve (brown shirt) handed out Thanksgiving napkins.
Jeff and I ordered two dishes to share. Above is short ribs on mashed potatoes. This was excellent.
The second dish was turkey in mole sauce with fried plantain. Everything was good except the actual turkey. This is the second time I’ve had turkey in Mexico. It is not good. But the mole sauce made up for it.
It was a nice and relaxing Thanksgiving.
While we were glad to celebrate with new friends, we are most thankful for all of you!!!!!
