Blue Chairs resort

Blue Chairs Resort

I fell in love with this bracelet and I could not find it anywhere, I showed the picture to all the street vendors but no one could make it. I guess it was not meant to be.

This guy just played music using a harmonic, on an old crutch with a flashlight attached to the side and he sang his heart out, it was great.

Jake, Tatyanah, Douglas, Karen and Theresa went swimming and the waves were HUGE! They had so much fun!

We made it to the famous Blue Chair resort where we went with some great ladies and their family there. We had lunch at the resort and some went swimming. For the famousness of it, it was ok. But it was great to see how happy and free people were there. We met some neat people, one from Denmark, an actor and his partner from Los Angeles.

Tatyanah is not always the happiest child and she decided one day that she was in a bad mood except Jakob was in a really good mood. Tatyanah was telling Jake he was horrible and she was mad. She lost an anklet and apparently it was the end of the world. Jake started saying the funniest things, but the funniest is when he said, "Senorita I did thee deeshes, please Senorita let me stay." Then he packed up his stuff and told her he was going home to Mexico. Then he put her to bed and tucked her in. The whole time Amanda and I were rolled over laughing. he has a crazy mexican accent the whole time. Even Taty could not sty mad she ended up laughing so hard too! In the end Jake was welcome to stay!

Babies

Beautiful babies

We were at the little fishing village and people were selling their beaded crafts and there was two beautiful children playing on a piece of cardboard playing with a small shawl and a beaded necklace and a small car. I decided to say hi. All the people watched me intently and I started tickling the wee boy, he had the most amazing precious giggle. Their mom came and sat beside me. We played and laughed and laughed and had so much fun. The little boy went and played away from his sister and I noticed the little so I went and picked her up. She had a thin rag for a diaper and she was wet. I felt like there is something I could do, so we were on a mission to find diapers. We finally found diapers but could not find someone that spoke english enough to ask if it would insult the mother to give her diapers. After about 8 people we found a lady who spoke english and said she would love it. We bought the diapers and headed off to see her. She happened to be walking up the street and we gave her the diapers and the boy a ball. She was so happy. A few days later when we went back to Bucerias she was nursing her daughter and she stopped and handed her to me. They were both wearing the same clothes but the little one has on a diaper. I was so happy. She was beautiful. We found a guy to ask the kids names. The boy was a lllooooooonnnnngggg name and he was 4 1/2 yrs old and the little girl was 5 moths old and she still did not have a name. It was neat. I loved them and will always think of them and say a little prayer for them!

Mexico bartering and painting

At the resort there is ceramic and wood things to paint. Tatyanah, Amanda and I decided to paint something each, it was so fun and somehow when it is all done it looks great. We painted them, the guy fixes it up and then they take it home and fire it and bring it back the next day.

Amanda made a bowl for us to have salsa or pico in!

Tatyanah wanted a beach scene so the guy drew it on for her and she is starting her travel wall!

I made a small bowl for my rings and a few small things. I love it!

All of our creations!

Tatyanah has always been a money conscientious girl and it is very hard to barter with her. She went to the Bucerias market and saw a hammock she wanted. She let the guy talk and he started at 700 pesos. She was not interested. He went down to 500 pesos. She was not budging, He said she is a Mexican babina the way she barters. In the end she paid 300 pesos. And got the exact hammock she wanted.

Pie in the Sky

The famous Pie in the Sky!

Amanda LOVES anything cake and we realized the famous Pie in the Sky was waling distance to our resort, practically right outside the main entrance! So we went and has the most luscious cakes ever

http://pieinthesky.com.mx/index1.htm

The bonus they also support education, human rights and animal rights

Mexico

I do not even know where to begin, we had so much fun! There was so many things happening. Tatyanah, Jake and Amanda went parasailing the first day and we went to Bucerias a few times. Jake has a bird fall in love with him. We played with street kids, went to Puerto Vallarta, took a bus late at night. met some great new friends, danced on a table, swam and played in the ocean. We laughed so hard we could not breathe. Ate all kinds of food. Went to an orphanage. We went to the beautiful Guadalupe on Mary's birthday and seen all the people dressed up and hundreds of thousand people in a precession to celebrate. We went to the Blue Chairs resort. We even went to Walmart. We snorkelled and played with monkeys and parrots. We held spiders and learned so much on an amazing nature walk. We even remembered on the 2nd last day to relax!

Tobbaganning

Tobogganing with Family and Friends

Kassia, Jakob, me, Tatyanah, Amanda and Tim...my family!

Getting ready to go down the hill, planning it all out!

Oh my goodness the day before we went to mexico Tim, Jake, Tatyanah and Kassia and all Tim's youth group boys went tobbaging and Amanda and I decided it would be fun to go for a few runs! We had so much fun! I am not one to go on rides ( they had to stop the teacups at Disneyland for ME to get off) so I was excited to take pictures of everyone having fun. Well little did I know I was going to go down the hill. I tried desperately to stop the wicked tobogganing the first time but I LOVED it. We all had a great time.