Wedding Anniversary Celebration!

This year we celebrated our 14th anniversary! I can't believe that next year it will be 15 years! Time sure does fly by when your having fun. In years past our tradition was to attend the Temple and either do a session or just take a picture on the Temple grounds. We weren't able to do a session this year, but I wanted to get some pictures taken with the family. It was a little different this year since we are living in Mexico City, but it was still a special experience. 

Mexico City Temple!

I love this picture of Aurora and I touching the Temple together. It was just a sweet moment.

The visitor center next door is where we took this picture. A nice sister missionary took several pictures of us.  

A nice family photo in front of the Christus!

I love this photo of Aurora looking up at the statue.

Gary got me some roses for our anniversary!

Here are some random photos of what we have done recently. I found a nest of baby hummingbirds in our garden! :)

We took Aurora to the Aquarium by our house for the first time. She loved it!

Shark!

Having fun with the fishes!

:)

Watching Jelly fishes swimming around!

Poisonous frog!

Bearded Lizard!

Here are just some cute pictures of Aurora!

Zacatlan Part 2

While here we visited the Martinez family that Gary knew when he served his mission. Brother Martinez use to be the branch president, but has been suffering from cancer for several years. His wife is a nurse so ever since she retired she has been taking care of him. I can imagine that it has been very hard on her and her family, but this selfless act was very touching to me. Before we left we had lunch with them which was very nice. 

This is a mosaic that she is having done at her house which I thought looked amazing! 

This is a beautiful view of the city.

Here is another apartment building that Gary stayed in when he serving as a missionary for the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It took us awhile to find this building, because they have added more buildings and changed things up a bit. 

 Here we are in a horse drawn wagon visiting Valle de Piedras Encimadas which literally means "Stacked stones"

 Some of the many stone monuments we saw.

 All of these stones have names of what they look like, but I can't remember what this one was called.

What would you call this one?

  This is the "Family" There is a mom and dad and two children.

Another view of the family

 Camel rock

 A wide view of the park

 Taking a short break and enjoying the view

A beautiful atmosphere!

 Penny was hot so she took advantage of the water and laid down in it..lol!

The rock on the left looks like a dolphin coming out of the water.

 In the entrance into the town there is a little waterfall we went to explore called Quetzalapan. It was on a very steep rocky road with lots of pot holes.

 This was once a road into town, but is now a walking bridge.

 Local life

 In the main square there was a festival going on so there were dancers and a small market going on.

Market

We had a wonderful time in Zacatlan and can't wait to go back! I'm so happy that Gary surprised me with this amazing trip!

Zacatlan!

Gary surprised me with a trip up to Zacatlan for Mother's Day weekend! It is a beautiful little town just north of Puebla. This is also one of the beautiful areas that Gary served in as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints! He rented us this really nice cabin to stay in for the weekend! It was small, but we managed to well enough. Dogs were allowed so we brought Zoe and Penny with us. They were happy to come along, but it was hard to visit certain places with them around. When we left them in the cabin they would bark and howl and the owners complained so we had to take them everywhere we went. We decided it wasn't worth it to bring them and that the next time we would send them to the excellent doggy camp they have close to Mexico City.

The cabin on the right side is the one we stayed at. 

Here is our beautiful view from our cabin!

Here are some of the other cabins on the property. I think next time we will get a bigger cabin that has much more space and more than just one room!

Some beautiful flowers just outside of our cabin!

Here is the beautiful Zocalo! its most famous feature is its flower clock, made by the workshops of León Olvera, founder of the Centenario Clock company. This clock has two faces, each of which is five meters in diameters.  It is unique in that it is the only double faced flower clock whose hands are

moved by a single mechanism.

Another view of the Zocalo

Just breathtaking views!

Waterfall!

Here is a beautiful series of mosaics about Christ's life!

The Garden of Eden!

Gabriel tells Mary she will conceive Jesus Christ!

Christ's Birth!

 Jesus being taught to be a carpenter by his father Joseph

 Lazarus rising from the dead

 Jesus Christ dying on the cross

 Leaving the tomb!

 Mary at the tomb!

 Resurrection!

 I love this mural and it demonstrates our souls going up toward heaven to meet our Maker!

 Spreading the good news to all people!

These other murals are depictions of Tlaloc the rain god!

Quetzalcoatl!

Here are some other murals depicting the town which is famous for Apple farming

Abuela (Grandma)

The town has a very colonial feel to it which I love

For lunch we ate at a really nice place which I can't remember the name of, but they had local apple soda's that we tried. It was delicious! We took some home with us.  

Having fun with Daddy at the restaurant!

 Back at camp the next day. Aurora loved looking out of the window!

While waiting for our breakfast Aurora had fun interacting with the owners dog named Pelos which literally means "Hairs" which is quite appropriate I thought! He was super friendly. 

On our way to Tuliman Falls! Gary unfortunately lost his balance while walking down and hurt his ankle so the walk was a bit painful for him. 

 Tuliman Falls!

Another view of the Falls! Can you spot the rainbow?

 Family selfie!

 I love these too so much!

 The next Waterfall we visited was called Quetzalapan. We could of walked all of the way down to see the full extent of the Fall, but since Gary hurt himself we didn't make the trip. 

 Here are a couple of views of the waterfall

Stay tune for part 2 of our Zacatlan Trip!