Our Grandchildren

I just have to squeeze these two extra pictures in here tonight.

These are our grandchildren: David (almost 18 months old) and Carmen (6 years old in January). They truly are the light of our lives... as people say about their precious children and grandchildren! They truly are. They live in Mexico with their parents. Their father is out oldest son and our business partner in Mexico. The children are bilingual... something I must admit that I am very happy about. Carmen goes to a school that focuses on English. David is quite the little athlete and loves anything that he can kick. Soccer (futbol in Spanish) is his passion... so watch out Beckham! Carmen loves cooking with her mother and riding around the farms with her dad. We are truly enjoying getting to spend time with them... even though it is never enough.

Another flower of Mexico

Here is another beautiful and popular shrub in Mexico. It is very delicate looking but manages to handle the sun and heat just fine. I had one of these on my patio when we lived in Mexico. Wish I could bring a plant back to the States with me but, sadly, it is not allowed.

Who can resist the toy man in Mexico?

My husband buys toys for the grandkiddies

We took our two grandchildren to the town park last night. Of course the man sellig toys knows just who to entice into buying his wares. David got a ball and Carmen got an inflated caterpiller... pink of course! So much fun.

Flowers in Mexico

I know this grows in Texas... but do I know the name of it?? No... These beautiful flowers were on the patio where we ate our lunch today in Mexico.

I wish so much I could tell you  what the name of this flower is. I just love it. So different. When I was living here I had a pot of these on my patio.

Lunch at Boca de Pascuales, Mexico

Lunch at Las Hamacas in Boca de Pascuales

    My husband and I enjoyed such a nice lunch at the beach yesterday. The beach is just barely a ten minute drive from town of Tecoman, Mexico. I love the baked fish, topped with sauteed almost fried garlic, rice and salad. There is potato salad also on the plate but it is not one of my favorites. The drink is agua de coco, coconut water. I love it! Very refreshing.

    The restaurant, Las Hamacas (which means "the hamocks") is a very large restaurant on the beach. All open-air, of course. We love going there and have been for nearly fifteen years. It is located on the second best surfing beach in Mexico. Surfers from all over the world come to surf there... and many of them come to be filmed. We love it when we can catch them surfing.

    More tomorrow!

All set for a week in Tecoman, Mexico

All set for a week in a hotel room in Tecoman

This may not look so interesting to you, but if you travel with your husband on a business trip to a smallish town in Mexico, these may be a few things that you will need:

1. Servitoalla - paper towels
2. Quaker Instant Cereal de Avena Fortificado - instant oatmeal
3. Great Value Crema en polvo - Yes, you may recognize the Wal-Mart's answer to Coffee Mate
4. Platanos - bananas
5. Equate Quita Esmalte con Lavolina - nail polish remover because I will be so bored in this hotel room, I will have time to do my nails!
6. Equate Gel Antibaterial - because even people in Mexico don't want the flu
7. Marias Gamesa - my favorite plain vanilla cookie... that is great with coffee
8. Folgers Coffee Packets - for the desperate coffee drinkers
9. Heating element for a single cup of coffee because I just cannot handle Mexican coffee.. the only thing I could never adapt to.
10. Plastic spoon, bowls and glasses
11. Dawn for washing those coffee cups

    So, see... that's all it takes. Most of these items were purchased at Bodega, which is owned by Wal-Mart.

    And, yes... my trusty computer. Notice one of my favorite blogs White Spray Paint on the screen? So what more do I need????

Carmen in her clown costume - 2007

    The reason why I am here in Tecoman is to give my almost six year old granddaughter and almost two year old grandson a Halloween party. This will be the fourth Halloween party we have hosted. It includes seven of Carmen and David's cousins in Mexico, plus their closest friends... and parents.

    My husband is here for the party, of course, but he is also here on business. For my readers who have not read my earliest blog entries, we farm here in Mexico and lived here for three years to get this new reorganized company "reorganized".

    If you are interested in life in a working town in Mexico, very different from the towns and politics you read about in the papers and see on the news, stick with me. I will show you something a little different.