Monday, January 29, 2018

Our visit with Emily and Matt 1-18-18

They’re here!!
We are so tickled that Matt and Emily have come to visit!
We had to get up early (3am) to go pick them up at the airport.  Their flight came in around 5:15am.
We came home and all of us took a snooze. We had a bite of breakfast and packed up and headed to Manzanillo,  It was so wonderful to visit and catch up with them!
At the airport!



Outside our mission home.




A traditional picture in our car! 



We stopped at the Guadalajara Temple 



I think their all night travels 
finally caught up with them..


Our first evening dinner at the Italian
restaurant at Las Hadas


followed by some Gelato 


Las Hadas' musical presentation right there
on the beach. We actually had a difficult
time finding a seat.... :)
It was fun to watch.




Emily and Matt went up on stage 
to take a picture with the performers.


Manzanillo and Colima Zone Conference.
We were so happy that Em and Matt could
join us for the day.

Dad and I teaching..






Matt and Em were good sports when dad
invited them to come and play this is a
spoon, this is a fork game.
This is a spoon.  It's a what?
It's a spoon, oh... it's a spoon.
round and round they go..
then they add a fork going round
the other way.  It gets crazy fun.











Talking to their little boys. 


At Vaquero’s for dinner.



Breakfast Saturday morning at
Las Hadas




Peeking down at the crabs and colorful fish 
along the rocks below




We walked up to the overlook where 
the breakers are and hunted for shells.








Dad and I had to return to Guadalajara
for a stake conference, and left
these guys to snorkel and kayak...
and Matt was going to go out
scuba diving at 2pm. We’ll
drive back tomorrow afternoon
after our conference to meet up again.

Sunday night, back in Manzanillo
for dinner.


We took a drive to downtown Manzanillo.








Breakfast at Dolfines buffet.





Getting ready to check out of Las Hadas


We stopped at several lookout points
on the way to Vallarta.



including this lovely spot.






Dinner at Los Polomas





and then we walked along the marina in 
downtown Vallarta.








Tuesday we took the Vallarta
Sailboat Adventure.









It was a wonderful day.. a bit overcast
and we were glad the sun was not beating
down on us.  We were able to see a about
15 whales and dolphins swimming in
groups of 5.  It really was the highlight
of our trip. 
We came home and went to Sayulita and 
walked around.


We split a Burrito Revolution burrito.



We caught a gorgeous sunset just in time.







This week just flew by.
Can't believe we are saying goodbye
already.  We sure love our kids!