Trip to Mexico - Part IV

We spent a couple nights on the beach, watching the sunset. That's one of the things that makes the Pacific side of Mexico so great. It's tough to beat the sun setting over the ocean.

Some the flowers were gorgeous. I had to try to get a picture of this long row of bugambilias. It doesn't quite do them justice, but you get the idea.

Here we are right before we got in the taxi to go to the airport to fly home. I want to go back!

Trip to Mexico - Part III

One of our favorite meals in Mexico was at a restaurant in Zihuatanejo, called La Cala, which means, the cove. The tables overlook a gorgeous cove where the waves crash against the rocks.
Karla and I set on the end of the table, and we were literally less than a foot from the wall that drops down to the cove.

I had shrimp tortilla soup and scallop pasta that were amazing, and you can't beat the sound of waves crashing during dinner.

Toby and Brent decided to build a sand castle one day. I think their effort was pretty impressive.

It lasted all day, but the nighttime waves eventually washed it away.

Trip to Mexico - Part II

Most of the second day in Mexico was spent lying on the beach...you can't beat it!
After Brent and Toby arrived, we went out to a wonderful dinner at Villa de la Selva, which had an amazing view, and delicious food.

We had a wonderful time, even though as you can see from this picture, I had already managed to get a bit of a sunburn the first day. It turns out that sunscreen works, but only on the places that you put it on. ;)

We were there for a gorgeous sunset. You can't beat a delicious meal with a view of the sun setting over the ocean.

Trip to Mexico - Part I

We just returned from a wonderful, relaxing trip to Ixtapa, Mexico. We went with my mom, Toby and Karla, staying at my mom's condo. This is the view from the balcony of the condo...beautiful.
Mom, Karla and I flew in on Saturday, while the boys stayed in Oklahoma City to watch the end of the Big 12 tournament, and met up with us on Sunday. We had a nice day with just the girls. Here is mom and Karla at our first night's dinner. We went to mom's traditional first night place - La Hacienda de Ixtapa.

The condos are built on a hill, so they have a gondola ride down to the beach...fun in and of itself.

Here's a pic of mom as we rode down the gondola, heading to a relaxing day on the beach.

More to come...

Front Door, Concrete for the Pool, etc...

It's been a while since I've posted any progress on the house, but this is kind of the slow time. However, here are some of the changes. They put in the front door, which was a splurge that we absolutely love.
We also discovered a feature that we love that we didn't even know about, the inside glass has little latches that you can unhook and open, so that you can let the breeze in. How fun!

They have delivered the brick. You can't really tell from the picture, but this brick is atrocious. It's going to be covered in stucco, but before it is, I'm sure there will be a lot of angry and scared neighbors.

They also have the sheet rock laying around in side. That will be one of the next big transformations to see the walls sheet rocked.

I couldn't get a good pic of the full pool from up on the balcony, but this is most of it. On the right is the spa, raised about 18 inches above the rest of the pool. Then, we have a little tanning deck, then on to the shallow in. You can kind of see on the left, we are having a portion of the pool with a negative edge that will flow over a rock wall on the other side into a basin, and we will have another little patio over there. I can't wait to swim in this thing!