Mexican Fiesta!!!

We were so blessed to be able to spend a wonderful 4 days in San Felipe, Mexico as a family and with some good friends! It was the perfect trip--no one got kidnapped, the weather was great, the food was delicious, we stayed at a beautiful beach house complete with it's own private beach, and everyone got along so wonderfully!

Since our gorgeous beach house (almost 4000 sq ft) opened right up to it's own private beach, our days were filled with kayaking, floating/swimming in the ocean, bogey boarding, fishing, dune sliding, sea shelling, boccie ball, football, laughing, eating great food, relaxing on the beach while the kids ran wild, breathing in the fresh saltwater air, basking in the sunshine, and just enjoying great company.

The gang--all the kids got along so well the whole time.

Our nights were spent at the "kid pool" (as named by Ellie) where the tide had gone out and left a big shallow pool where the dads pulled the kids on bogey boards and then the kids took turns pulling each other. We ate yummy dinners, played some great games (Go Joseph!!), played the Wii and guitar hero, watched the sunset from the house, made s'mores around the campfire, watched movies, ate way too much junk food, almost got attacked by pirates (ok..so it ended up being this amazing lighting storm out over the ocean...), and stayed up until almost 3 am every night chatting (well...at least the moms did--sorry girls!). As you can see in the last pic, our girls were worn right out after their fun-filled days at the beach.

Now, for those of you who know me well, no trip with Alicia would ever be complete without a little drama. (i.e. hurricanes in both the Virgin Islands and Cabo San Lucas, "skunk" and the golf ball murderer, getting a ticket in CO, etc...), so of course this trip was not exempt from a little drama of it's own...

Our first night in San Felipe, a little mouse decided to move itself into the house's dishwasher--right next to my bare feet!! And then that same night, I see a cockroach almost the size of a playing card lurking around right where we were sitting! And who could forget that as the adults were sitting around the fire pit late one night, this little guy (really, not so little--he was the size of my hand!) goes creeping by???

Lucky for us, "Tom the Terminator" was quick on his feet and ran inside and trapped him in a glass. Then enters Allan, the next door neighbor, who, without a shirt on, picks up the tarantula and lets him crawl all over him (I still get the willies thinking about it!--"Come on little guy, you can come home with me and keep me company!")

And I want to know, how come I am always the one to spot all of these uninvited little guests??!!

Later on, (still the same night believe it or not), this big fella (all six inches of him), came scurrying across the floor as we were watching "Iron Man." You have never in all your life seen 6 adults jump up on chairs so quickly!! Again, "Tom the Terminator" came to the rescue and he quickly smashed that scorpion to smithereens!! YIKES!!

For the rest of the trip though, all the other wild life got the message to steer clear of our house, and we didn't see anything creepy or crawly again!

We had such a fabulous trip and would love to turn this into an annual get-away (minus the wild creatures of course)!