Christmas Day in Mexico

This was the spectacular sunset on Christmas Eve at Los Palomas!

We awoke to a beautiful Christmas morning! Blue skies, a beautiful ocean and Santa had found the kids in Mexico and filled all their stockings! We could've never imagined we would be staying in such a luxurious place as the Los Palomas Resort! Thanks to Jared Parker for making our accomodations arrangements! It was spectacular! We felt a little guilty to be staying in such luxurious accomodations, considering the purpose of our trip there. But, later we found out that the owner of the Condo we were staying in had donated all the money we had paid to rent the condo for the week, back to Families Helping Families organization! We are so thankful for the owners who let us enjoy their 'little bit of heaven on earth' in Puerto Penasco. Here are some of the pictures of our condo, the beach, the view and swimming pool areas.





We were feeling pretty spoiled. It looks deserted! That's right, for the first few days we felt like we had the whole place to ourselves!
Seth treated us to his gourmet omelettes for Christmas Breakfast! Thanks Seth, delicious as always!















































After we had spent some time on the beach and in the hot tubs in the morning, we took a trip to the marketplace in downtown Puerto Penasco. The Finlayson's showed us the tricks and tips for getting a bargain, haggling for better prices and the best place to buy FRESH SHRIMP!



The shrimp are HUGE! Puerto Penasco is famous for their shrimp! The marketplace was so colorful and a fun outing for the kids!

The kids had gotten some Christmas money from their Grandma and Grandpa Wynn, so we decided they could use that money at the marketplace, and see how much they could get with $20.00. Liesel already had her list made out. She wanted a sombero and some maracas. Caleb found a cool Nacho Libre mask, just his size. Jesse haggled for a good price on a poncho, I think he paid $15 for it, later in the day Nathan got pretty much the same poncho for $9!! Seth found himself some brass knuckles! We hope we can get those across the border! Ammon found some bracelets that he liked. One handmade with his name woven into it. I found myself some designer? Gucci? sunglasses. We bought fresh shrimp and scallops from Mr. Fish and fish vendor, one of the members had recommended to us. It was a great Christmas Day shopping!


Later that afternoon, we had a special Christmas late lunch in a restaurant at Los Palomas called the La Citron. It was good food. We enjoyed the pools and beach some more in the evening and cooked our fresh seafood later that night. The kids watched movies until late and we had all had a wonderful day!