Quick trip to Mexico

I was surfing some of my fave travel web sites a couple of weeks ago and ended up on the West jet website. After making a few quick keystrokes on the site we found ourselves on a 737 two weeks later. Laura was pretty stoked as it's been a long winter and with two small kids you certainly loose some mobility and are more housebound than you'd like. So, this was a treat for her. We know we are truly fortunate to jet off to a warm climate like this - it hasn't become commonplace for us.

We stayed 8 km north of Mazatlan at a large 3.5 star hotel called Pueblo Bonito.. Its a beautiful Mexican styled hotel owned and staffed by locals. We were there for just eight nights - but it was a perfect time. We had a one bedroom suite with a small kitchenette and west facing balcony. From the balcony we watched eight glorious sunsets and also the five flamingos that stayed free of charge at the hotel .

On our first few hours there we went out in the ocean to play. Ava was immediately knocked over by a wave- no big deal but then she got away on me, climbed up onto a wall and surprised Pancho the resident black iguana. Both of them were quite frightened. Ava had a good thumb sucking session after that.. Jesse ate many, many hand fulls of wet pacific sand and cut his third tooth on it!

Dad and Mum had some time to hang out , think, ponder life and work on their Margarita recipe but mostly fed, changed and tended to the kids somewhere new and without the slush and snow for a week. PS - the local food was tops!