It's MEXICO time

And the adventure begins.......

Paxton's FIRST trip on an airplane! Here she is going down the tunnel towards the airplane.


"Get a shot of me going into the plane!"

View of the wing!!

Here is the outside market we went to Thursday to get some fresh fruit.

This was 1 of 3 parrots hanging under the tent shade.

Wonderful market!!!

Here is a light for pedestrians to use to cross the street. Paxton told us in her history class the teacher was talking about the lights in Mexico having little runners on them...the closer the numbers get to "0" the faster the little guy starts running. We thought we would get this shot for Mr. Dixon!!

These trees were lining the roads in Morelia. They were so gorgeous!!

This is all the necessesities for the parties!

Craziness!!!

Saturday not only brought the big day for the wedding but also it was Paxton's 15th birthday!!!

Happy Birthday, Paxton!!!! I love you!!!!


My baby!!!

Saturday and the festivities are under way!!

The bride getting ready at the house.

Help from little sister, Yuri.

The beautiful bride, Alejandra!!

Yuri pinning on the veil, again.

Lovely lace dress!

Making a final adjustment to the veil.

Pinning on the boutineir (how do you spell that???)

Picture time at a downtown hotel in Morelia....

Yuri and the flower girls {nieces of Heder}.

The flower girls at the fountain.

I just really like this shot for some reason. The flowers in the courtyard of the hotel were so pretty.

Hanging out while the pictures were being taken.

Caroline, Rosie, Victoria and Yola. Ale's mom's sisters (-:

Ale's cousin, Jasmin, Jaime, Maurisimo, Paulina (Ale's nephews and neice), Yuri and Mento pose for a picture for us.

Yuri and Mento

Yola and Jasmin

Yuri...what a ham (-:

Mento

Through the trees...the wedding party with the little ones!

Relaxing and taking it all in...Yola

In the courtyard.

Just like this shot of the palm trees.

Kyle and Mento screwing around.

Yuri, Vicky, Alejandra, Sacramento and Sacramento Jr.

The groom, Heder Castro!!

Kyle...isn't he looking good!!

The church....

Yuri and Mento coming down the aisle.

Jasmin and Paulina {Ale's cousins} coming down the aisle.

The bride and her dad.....

In front of the alter shot.

These are Heder's parents...aren't they so CUTE!!! (-:

Moving along to the Reception....

These are some of the centerpieces...simply GORGEOUS!!

Here is another centerpiece.

Just a picture of the seating area.

The bride and groom's first dance as a married couple (-:

The band singers. They hung in there until the bitter end, and even had 3 outfit changes!!

During a couple of the dances there were props brought out...this is a puppet.

Paxton on the dance floor!! GO PAXTON!!

The dance turned into a chain dance where one person holds onto the person in front of them and they go all around the dance floor.

Some more props...costumes and boas!

Just a couple of candids from the crowd....
Kyle

Jennifer

Victoria {Momma Vicky}

Concha {another exchange teacher we had at CE, from Spain}

Paxton and Yuri, one of my favorites(-:

Ale's Aunt, Caroline

Mento and Jennifer

Love this feet shot.

The single ladies with veils in their hair, waiting for the bouquet. {Jasmin caught it!!}

Balloons

Some kind of kite puppet.

The Reception the following day...for family and very close friends.

Ale and Paxton chatting.

Dinner....pork, rice and frijoles (beans).

Mento and Paxton.

An Aunt and Uncle of Ale's that did a great Mexican dance...lots of foot stomping!! They were awesome!

This is where you go when it is 95 degrees outside!!! The shade!!!

What started out as a friendly little game of soccer, Mexican style....

turned into a friendly little game of American soccer {football!!!!}

And finally, a shot of Paxton and Yuri!!!

Back home!

FIRST AND FOREMOST:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM!!!!


Back from Spring Break...late. Our Spring Break officially ended yesterday, Monday, instead of Sunday like everyone else. We flew back from Mexico Monday afternoon, got into Seattle around 3:00 and home by 8:00 p.m. It was a good trip...fantastic wedding, a little on the hot side weather, good friends and what feels like family, and an all around not-to-long-away-from-home trip. Will be posting some pictures soon.


Got home from work today and moved into the yard [that is what happens when the weather shapes up and the sun decides to shine!]. I felt like mowing the lawn so I went out and the John Deere started right up! That was a nice surprise!! After the lawn I moved onto doing just little odds and ends. It was nice to get out of the house and start working on the outside appearance. My trees are starting to get little leaves on them and the lilacs are working themselves into fat little buds. Spring is a great time of the year.


After reading Marcie's blog I feel the urge to show you what project I am currently working on:

This bunch of material scraps is being altered:

Into this single braid....which will eventually turn into a rug! You know the one...all our great-grandma's had one in their house. The braided rug...I can hardly wait!!


This is it for now!! Good night everyone!