mexico... part 1

John and I were lucky to go to Mexico after Christmas with the group Families Helping Families. What a perfect week. We are already thinking about next year.

On the drive down we stayed in Laughlin, Nevada. A little gem of a town that sits on the Colorado stream..er river. It looked like a stream to me. But we ponied up the big bucks and John sweet talked the reservation desk and we stayed in a room on a boat. Here is John and Dan putting sunglasses on Mr. Laughlin.

The boat. And us.

The hotel in all it's glory at night.

Parker, Arizona. Yippeee.

Mariachi night. Aye, Aye, Aye, Aye.

Papa.

Learning the saw.

Soccer games every night after working on the house were the huge hit. This is the last night. I believe it was Mexico 2 USA 1 for the series.

Regina's dinner... the "mocajete"

Dinner at Flavios.

Zach and Lauren.

Mariachi band.

Emily. Isn't she adorable? Those cheeks! The kids in the neighborhood that we were working in came to hang out at the house every day. I wanted to bring them all home. They were so cute. Plus, I was missing my kids so it was nice to get little people hugs all week.

The house in progress.

Building a wall with my hubby. It was soooo fun to spend so much time with him!

Juan. I loved him. He was my favorite. He worked all day long on the house. Or would take our wood scraps and build things out of them. He was a.dor.a.ble.

Me and A.

All the cute little girls. Dulce, Natalie, Emily and Fanny. Too cute.

This is the beautiful lady who we built the house for. Her name is Paulina. She was so grateful and beautiful. It was such a wonderful experience to help her. These families work so hard to qualify for these homes and it is wonderful to be able to help them.

The Parker/Buxton/Jacobsen/Murdock/Connors crew

such fun people.... :)

Oh yah, the condo too.

What a perfect week.