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12 Days of Christmas - Mexico

December 19th, 2014 began our 12 days of Christmas trip! 

 On one of our layovers - I got super cheap tickets, but that meant a few layovers! I didn't mind too much...
 First day there we travelled to a town a ways away where they sold a lot of wool products - neat to experience. This town was definitely not so well off.
Missing the kitchen - Manny pulled 5 ingredients out of the cupboard and fridge and we made these cookies!
 At the mall overlooking part of the city!
 Suppose it became Lyd and my thing to take a picture with every character we saw!
 On a walk by a lake! Pretty & Chilly
"Going down town, spreading good cheer"
 In Taxco - "Cheers"
 In the mine - our tour guide was incredibly cute! Was about 8 years old, but don't mess with him - He know's his stuff!
 King-Kong - Was a big smelly costume:)
 Another restaurant overlooking Taxco
Manny and I being goofs - you can't see from this pic, but this was on a super busy road with a lot of bends and curves!
 Christmas Eve - was neat to experience their culture
 The Christmas Tree
 Mumma Nora and Papa Luis - the dear folks that welcomed us with open arms and warm hearts!
 All of us before dinner!
We ate Christmas dinner at 11pm - tradition for them!
 We wanted to say Merry Christmas in a special way - here are a few of the "out-takes"!

 Any guesses which letter this was to be!?
"Merry Christmas" all the way from Mexico
 One of the many adventures in the evening - this was "Water-Pong"!
 Buying souvenirs at the Pyramids 
 It was crazy busy and so nice and warm!

 

 At the top - beautiful scenery and a great place to reflect

I like us! Me with some incredible kiddos who have become like brother and sister to me!
 In Xochimial on the river

 So this was our trip in a nutshell - here we are again at our favorite airport - Texas, US
It was a great trip - thankful for so much: the open doors, the relationships, the experiences, the food:), the great weather....I could go on!
Mexico was on my bucketlist of places I wanted to see - so now I get to cross that off! Now it's time to get back to real life and I'm so ready for it! It's great to get away from normal, but it's so good to get back to it!
Hope you all had a great Christmas and so excited to see what 2015 holds for each and everyone of you!
Cheers from me to you! Happy 2015





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