Bob's Beach House

The BEST part about visiting Bob down in Mexico is that his house is on the beach… directly on the beach.  The days were perfect… morning shell hunts, boogie boarding and sand playing whenever you want for as long as you want, and then falling asleep to the waves.  Beach house living is the absolute best kind of living.  Maybe one day my Texan husband will realize that and agree to move west.  I am certain that if he spent a few days living at the beach that he would be in love.  The kids sure were in love.  Both of my little beach bums could stay out on the beach all day if I would let them.

The view from my dad's patio… not too shabby.

The stairs that lead to the beach entry and the shower to rinse off before coming in.

My little boogie boarding princess.  This girl is dying to learn to surf.  I am going to have to make sure that lessons for her are on the agenda the next time we come out for a visit.  She has so much fun out there in the ocean.

I just can't bring myself to cut his sandy long curly hair.  I love it way too much to let it go.

I can't get over the cuteness of these little boy speedo shorts that I found at the Walmart in Mexico.  Time to tan those little boy thighs… I'm sure his father totally approves.

These next few pictures perfectly capture how much fun Savannah has out there in the ocean.  I love her big toothless smiles.  

Early morning (really long) walk looking for treasures.

We found lots of goodies… lobster tails...

and crabs… his face doesn't show it, but he actually was really excited about the crabs.

Rinsing off after a full day at the beach.

South Of The Border

Since my dad is now living down in Mexico, there was no way we could get away with not venturing south of the border for a visit.  I'm very happy that we made the trip.  Savannah is now old enough that she was able to notice and question cultural differences.  She pointed out things about Mexico that she liked (the shopping, the food, the fruit) and things that she did not like (the military carrying guns at the grocery store, the border wait).  Overall, she loved her time down at Bob's house and is already asking when she can go back.  Ryder was totally oblivious to the fact that we had crossed over into another country.  Traveling with him and his food allergies down to Mexico was actually not as stressful as I thought it was going to be.  My dad's girlfriend was able to communicate fluently and find out ingredients in things for me.  Surprisingly, the items he is allergic to were not in a lot of the mexican food down there.  Yet, they make up most of the ingredients in the mexican food here in the states… crazy.  I don't get it.  

One of the days that we were down there we went and did the touristy shopping, margarita drinking, and lobster eating thing in Puerto Nuevo.  It was a lot of fun. 

Obligatory ridiculous sombrero and tecate drinking touristy pictures.  You just gotta do it.

A $5.00 Captain America mask/cape combo… you just don't pass up an awesome deal like that.  It was hilarious watching Ryder cruise through Puerto Nuevo wearing his cape.  

Savannah with my dad's girlfriend's kids people watching on the patio of the restaurant we ate at.

The lobsters at the place we ate were HUGE!