Mexico!

For almost two years now, Drew's mom has been planning some kind of vacation for his side of the family. She and Drew finally found the BEST deal on a beach house in Mexico for a week! We have been looking forward to it since we booked it during Christmas and the time finally came the second week of July. Driving down into Mexico when we first crossed the boarder in to Tijuana was completely humbling. At first I was going to use the word sad but then decided humbling is more fitting because the people there are used to their lifestyle and surroundings. The thing is that is their life and they are HAPPY. They don't need all the luxuries we have in America because they appreciate the life they live. It made me realize how spoiled we are and we should recognize our blessings (of all kinds but especially material in this case) every day.

We drove past Tijuana, and through the next little city Rosarito. We got lost a few times but luckily my man speaks spanish and we were back on track in no time. :) We finally made it to the beach house just about 10 minutes past town in a gated community. Each of us basically had our own floor! It was amazing. My favorite part of the house was the top deck, where we spent a lot of our time. We read books up there, did each others' eyelashes, and played games every night.

We ate at lots of different places, a few good, a few not so good. Basically, our family ate lots of cheese quesadillas (since we don't eat meat.) But those were good! Haha. Drew's birthday we went to Thrifty ice cream, which is his favorite, and then did a pinata and opened presents! Fun way to spend his 28th, if I say so myself ;) We spent most of our time at the beach but a few other highlights of our trip are below.