Angel and Anahi's Wedding

We went to Angel and Anahi's wedding on Saturday. It was a lot of fun! The ceremony was in a church in Zihua and then we went to Ixtapa for the reception. It was in a place next to the golf club and it was a beautiful setting.

I think there were 300 people! The ceremony was at noon and the reception at 2:30. We ate when we got there and then again at 6pm, then before we left at 8pm they had tacos for everyone! Unfortunately we missed the fireworks!

Fish Story

We have been here for 5 months now and Syd has only caught one fish because the lagoon closed in November, instead of March, and the sardines left. Then Steve arrived and headed out to the beach to take pictures this morning. The next thing I hear is Steve calling Syd for his fishing rod, shortly after Steve calls me to say he caught a fish (the small one!) and he was really excited! Then the birds arrived chasing the sardines and behind the sardines are the juarel (yellow fin tuna). Syd ran down the beach, casts into the waves and hooks a big one. Steve is so excited watching it all , they were quite a pair!

Ground Breaking Ceremony

We went to Annabelle and her property partner's ground breaking party last night. We rang little bells, burned sage and spread fresh basil around the property.

Afterwards we had champagne, wine and snacks made by Carmen and Tito.

We realized how lucky we are to have such good neighbors.

Patzcuaro (Madeleine's Birthday)

Last weekend we headed up to Patzcuaral for three nights with Barb and Ernesto to surprise Madeleine for her 60th birthday. We had a great time surprising her. We went for lunch at the Patio and then to Mistango for a lovely dinner. We even had birthday cake back at the hotel!

The next day Madeleine and Yves left on the bus and we went to some places along the lake. Barbie got some lamps and a stone pig and Ernesto got a stone boat with a man and elephant in it. Really cute! We got one of those stone carved Mexican men having a siesta for our door stop and we got 4 big fish planters (below) to go on the wall in Bamfield.

The following day we walked around the square, had breakfast and then headed home.

Playa Tortuga

It's been a busy couple of months here at Casa Puesta del Sol. The new property is coming along nicely, we now have a palapa roof constructed at the front of the property on the beach. We often go down there to watch the sunset.

We celebrated birthdays and anniversaries and have been busy with different social events over the last two months. Most recently we welcomed my cousin Darlene and her husband Ron for a visit. Yesterday we headed over to Playa Tortuga with them and got to see some baby turtles.

Turtle tracks:

This is where the turtle eggs were laid:
This little guy is trying to make his way to the water (without getting eaten on the way):

We made sure to watch until he was safely on his way:

And this is a sunset from our new property at 'Los Sonadores':

Karla's Baptism

Here are some pictures from Karla's baptism. I just found out today that her name is spelt with a K. We went to San Jeronomito for the baptism. We realized that was the church we were in for a wedding 20 years ago! There were 7 children being baptised and it was a lovely ceremony to watch. Karla was beautiful in her new dress and was a princess for the day. After the ceremony we went to La Barra for lunch at Tito's parent's house. We had delicious pork and chicken along with rice and tortillas. I believe there were about 20 people for lunch. Two of Karla's cousins were baptised as well. Herminie and Olga's daughter is married to Tito's brother and they had their youngest child baptised today.

Turtle Release

Yesterday Carmen found three baby turtles making their way to the water about 1/2 mile down the beach. She brought them home to show us and to have Karla and Angel release them. Here are some pictures. Osito was worried about the slowest one. At one point he nudged it to get it moving faster and then he kept laying down beside it.