Oh, Mexico

Bueno, so we missed last year's trip down to San Carlos due to the fact that Mexico is apparently now a WAR ZONE and I have a hard time exposing my children to areas where there is even the slightest chance of getting shot and/or kidnapped. Because I'm a good mom like that.

But somehow I got over that small issue because we did, in fact, drive down to San Carlos for the annual trip to my mom and Jim's condo. Happy to say that we didn't get in the middle of any drug deals gone wrong. It was actually a pleasant trip; we made sure that we filled up on gas before we crossed the border and drove during the day and all was well. And it's really only the getting there that makes me nervous. The actual condos are in a very safe and secluded area. It. Was. GORGEOUS. The water is so warm and the place we stayed was really nice.



Mason and Quinn are both part fish, so they were in the water most of the time. Another nice thing about this beach is the waves are small and we can let them go in by themselves and sit on the beach and watch without any danger of their getting knocked down or sucked away. Always a plus.

Cardon got to see the ocean for the first time. He wasn't too sure how he felt about it. LOL



Jim was nice enough to take the boys and Jake out for a sail on the catamaran. Made me a little nervous, but they had a blast.



Anyway, we had SUCH a good time. Definitely won't miss it again if we can help it.

One funny thing; Jake and I took the ocean kayaks out to a small island out in the bay to snorkel. Well, on the way there we saw something in the water that we first thought was a large sea turtle due to it's size and shape. But as we got a little closer, we realized that it was instead a large, bulky packages wrapped heavily in plastic and tape. You can bet that we paddled away as fast as we could muttering, "We didn't see anything...we didn't see anything..." LOL Can't be too careful!