Our Los Palomas Trip!!

As we are first crossing the boarder into Mexico for the first time, Tatum sees a horse on the side of the road. She then asks us, "Do horses still say neh in Mexico?". That was probably one of the funniest things she's ever said to us.

We stayed in Los Palomas in the Cordoba building (rm 108) Thurs-Sunday. We went with Daryl's two brothers (Byron and Aaron) and their families. We stayed in a 4 bedroom, 5 bathroom place, so everyone got their own bedroom and bathroom (we actually ended up with our own suite that was part of it..you can rent it out separately though). IMO, we had the best condo in the whole entire place. We went into town to shop and the weather was extremely hot, muggy and miserable, but we still had fun. Jen and I went to the spa on the last full day we were there. We were the first customers, so they hadn't quite worked out the kinks and we flooded the place when we each showered after the sauna. Water was going down the hall and as I was laying there getting my massage, I could hear them mopping up the water, I felt horrible about it. Tatum was much more brave this time of the ocean. When we were in San Diego, she barely would touch the water. We actually swam in the pools more than down at the beach because it was just easier with the kids. We went to the Aquarium to see the fish, sharks, turtles and the poor seal. I felt really bad for him. We fed him fish and all he could do was swim back and fourth in hopes of getting more fish, since that's all there really was to do for him. Daryl bought some fireworks in town, but we got in trouble for shooting them off and could only use the sparklers. Then an hour later, someone really put on a show for us right in front of our balcony, so that was a ton of fun since our 4th of July really sucked this year due to bad weather. This was the kids first time in Mexico and my first time back since being a mom. I am so not ready to be home yet. This was the first real trip (other than Flag or Cottonwood) that we've gotten to travel with our van and it was SO much better! It was truly humbling to see the people live the way they live here. You really feel for the pregnant women and children working the streets trying to sell their goods to you. We are truly blessed.