Life has been hectic!

I havent posted in a while, just really busy with, well.... life! I took everyones advice and have decided to not sit and sulk in my misery (ok, its not that bad but you get the picture right?) and enjoy the rest of the time I have left here. I cant wait to go back for another visit before we move, hoping the end of this month or beginning of next, we will see how soon the consulate here can get us the paperwork we need. On another note, I am finally a Mexican citizen YAY!!!!! I will be picking up my official birth certificate on the 28th of this month, so excited to know that I will be able to look for work when we get down there.

Lunch in Teochitlan

I hope thats how you spell it. We ended up being there for the birthday of on of my comadre's sisters and so we decided to invite the family out for a birthday lunch and someone suggested Teochitlan. This is a small fishing town with a nice lake surrounded by tons of seafood restaurants. They had a nice water play area for the kids that was a hit, it was so serene, cool and calm, we had a great lunch! Here are some pictures but again, they dont do the place any justice, my camera was acting up and I wasn't able to get a flash, they look dark but you get the idea. My lil guy was loving his hot dog and I included a pic of my plate which im not sure what it was called but I do know it is a heart attack in the making!

Town Plaza

Since I hadn't been to Mexico in a while and all you hear in the U.S is how dirty everything is, I was imagining that everything in the town was filthy and falling apart but to my surprise the plaza and church were just as clean and beautiful as the park. I added the last pics that include my girls hair, getting their hair done every other day was one of the highlights of the trip for them!

Scenic Views

I have always loved the country and consider myself a country girl so when we actually move to Mexico, I want to live in the country or Pueblo. Luckily, the town my father was from is perfect distance from beaches and Guadalajara so you have the best of both worlds. The town is small and you can easily walk from one end to the other in 1-2hours so we walk everywhere when we are there, no need for a car. We went to the "unidad deportiva" while there and it is at the outskirts of the town and the scenery was beautiful and reminded me of why I love it there. The park was very neat and clean and well maintained too. I'm not that good at taking pictures so you cant really appreciate how nice it is.

Our future home

This will be our home when we eventually move to Mexico, it's small and needs a LOT of work but we are excited to get started!

Im going to Mexico!

We leave on April 2nd and I couldn't be more excited because my mom, brother and one of my sisters is coming with us! I am a little sad that hubby is not coming with us but we will manage to have some fun anyway :) We will only be there until the 13th so we are going to be really busy and are hoping to squeeze a one day trip to Guayabitos in there. I have never traveled anywhere alone with all 4 kids so it will be interesting to see how I manage. On a side note, the last time I went to Mexico was in 2001 and they didn't require passports then and since we haven't left the country since, none of us had passports, so what I though was going to be a relatively inexpensive trip is turning out to be really pricey! Our airline tickets were also a bit pricey but my option was a direct flight through Mexicana or less expensive flights on the other carriers that required a layover, well with 4 kids ranging from 1 to 11, which would you choose?