Majalca

We traveled to Majalca, Mexico from June 29 through July 4.  This was the first trip that Catherine's taken to Mexico.  (It was Daniel's fourth time.)  The trip there wasn't bad at all.  It took us about 10 hours.  We had Aunt Cristi and Uncle Brian with us, and they helped out a lot.  Aunt Cristi made some fun games to play in the car with Daniel.

The kids had a blast! David's aunts, uncles, and cousins took such good care of us.  The kids loved playing in the sandbox, jumping on the trampoline, riding the ATVs, and playing on the playset.  The highlight of the trip for Daniel was probably climbing the mountain - three times!  The first time he went with one of David's cousins, Javier.  I thought they probably wouldn't make it very far before Daniel would get tired or need to turn around, but soon I could see them way at the top of the peak!  He was a really tough climber, even using his hands to crawl up some tough rocks.  He went again with David and one of David's uncles, Adolfo and then a third time with David and me.  Daniel also did a really good job trying to improve his Spanish, and he played a lot with his second cousin, Roberto.  I'm not sure how they communicated, but they both seemed to talk a lot to one another. 

Catherine (being the daredevil that she is) loved the ATVs.  She rode in one of the covered ones with David andme, and she would put her hands on the little half-windshield and yell wildly as we went fast. She didn't even seem to mind when it was spitting rain in her face!  She also loved the slide at the house and did it over and over and over.

 

We were glad to get home, though it was a long trip back.  It took us about 12 hours to get back.  Abuelo and Abuela rode with us on the way home, and they definitely made the trip a little easier.  Despite being in the car forever, when we pulled on to our road, Daniel said, "Well, that was a short trip!"