Mexico

Well-let's just say this was one amazing trip! We had a great time and everything was wonderful. It was truly like a fairy tale. We arrived on Sat afternoon. It was 87 degrees there! They had a corona stand outside the airport, so we helped ourselves :) Katie and her mom cheffaured us through Zihuatanejo and Ixtapa to Saliditas. It was a rough ride past Ixtapa. They don't have very good roads in the country. We arrived at our 'Big White House' and let me say, wow, it was amazing. You walk in the front door and are outside again, but with a roof over your head. The house was called the 'House of Big Waves'. We had our own cook and caretakers. They were great. Augustina made the most amazing guacomole ever! And Pauly was a great help at pointing us to the surfboards!

On Sunday we walked down the beach to a restuarant to eat lunch with everyone that was there going to the wedding. Then, we played some beach golf. That was really fun! The bride's team won, then followed by the groom's. I'm not sure after that, but we did under par on all except one hole, so I'm sure we took 3rd. Then, off to rehersal at the Browns. Rehersal dinner was at our house.

Next day, Nate took off early down the beach for the wedding day. The rest of us laid around and got served. A couple of us went surfing. I even stood up!! We got the wedding around 4 and, wow, take our breath away! It was decorated beautifully, not one detail was missed. The ceremony was lovely, and the dinner was top notch. I LOVE coconut shrimp and that was the main course and the dessert was molten chocolate cake. Need I say more?! We had a waiter just to our table. He made sure our drinks were always full. Nate and I took advantage of that a little too much :) We ended up in the pool fully dressed during the dance (we weren't the only ones). We sat by the bonfire with our new pal Jeff until 5am. Then, decided we should gander down the beach to our house! Good thing we were staying with Mom-she left the lights on for us. It was really dark, we might not have found it in the state we were in!!

We left for Ixtapa and the resorts on Tues afternoon-it was sad. We had it so nice at the white house. But, the resort Nate and I were at was neat. The beds were hard as concrete, but who needs sleep? Nate, Doug, and Dennis went deep sea fishing on Wed. Nate got a 7ft sailfish! He said the fight was incredible. We got some good pictures of that. While he was working his butt off reeling that in, I was getting a massage and facial. It was wonderful. Wed night we went out to eat with the gang again for Mike Bratek's bday. We went to El Faro and dinner was, once again, amazing. Thanks Brateks! Nate and I took the tram down to the beach and walked home.

The rest of the week, Nate and I hung out at the pool. It was really hot, so we had to jump in the pool a lot. (what a problem to have, huh?) We tried some local resturants and did a little shopping. Then, Saturday, we got shuttled to the airport and said adios to Mexico. Daniel was excited to see mommy when he woke up on Sunday. It was a great week.

The reason we went-Katie and Brian

Mr and Mrs Bergner

The welcomeEnjoying the wedding Nate playing beach golf
Us at sunset at the white house
Mom and Dad
View from the white house-breathtaking
Nate's masterpiece
Augustina's famous Guacomole
The ladies of the house (Lynne, Lynette, Joan, Kathy, Lynne and Jen)
View from where we were sitting above.
Nate reeling in Mr. Sailfish

Dennis and Nate with their catches

View from our hotel in Ixtapa

On Ixtapa beach the night before we left :(

We got to release leather back sea turtles into the ocean as part of Mexico's conservation program. (Bob and Marley)

Getting some last sun before we leave...Daniel and Daddy taking a nap together on Sunday afternoon! They sure missed each other.