One of the fun parts (and perhaps the most stressful) of traveling in a foreign country is trying to figure out what to order from the menu. I am a little picky...tending to steer clear...

Immediately after arriving in the picturesque mountain town of Tapalpa our group set off on a hunt for a place to spend the night. There were three cars in the procession...our friends with 3...

Tapalpa is 1 of the designated 36 "Magic" towns in Mexico, and is a small alpine mountain town Southwest of Lake Chapala and Guadalajara.   It rightly deserves this title, and were thrilled to...

Jared received a phone call from a long-lost second cousin, who was visiting Mexico with her (Mexican) husband and their 7 children, for the very first time! Long story short, our little two bedroom...

The last quarter of school, every child is highlighted on their very own "Star Day." On this special day, the parents of the Star child are invited to come to class and do an...

A new roof, that is... Sometimes I find it amazing that we can be friends with people that we can barely communicate with! One of the new families in our church ward/congregation has 3...

I didn't take any photos that do this justice... But the place to shop for groceries in Guadalajara is at the Abastos. It is not easy to navigate, as it is block after block...

A treat given to some mothers at a church event... Cantaloupe with the seeds hollowed out, and vanilla ice cream put in its place...and topped with a chocolate wafer stick. Yummy!

Ella and Maiya enjoy having play dates as often as possible. One day when their friend, Alex, was over...we discovered them in the front gate "selling" beaded jewelry they had made. We thought it...

I don't know why the word "edible" has always come to mind when talking about my kiddos. But that is definitely the word that I use with this one, since he is just so...