Fun in the sun in San Blas

Since the beginning of October our oldest son Ricky and his wife Tracy have been living with us in Mazatlan. They're here for about 9 weeks studying Spanish with a local Mazatleco named Hector Marquez. Rick and Tracy have been living in Green Bay, WI for the last 6 years working as youth pastors. In January they are moving to Veracruz Mexico because they are part of a team of people who are planting a new YWAM base. It has been a lot of fun having them around and they are enjoying Mazatlan and the YWAM staff. At the end of October Sandra flew in for a week from Phoenix. She came to visit her big brother and to see us. She has been in Phoenix for about 5 months and has been busy working and serving in the local church. She is getting ready to go to Pismo Beach, CA in January to attend a DTS.
As a family we decided to get away for a weekend and we went to San Blas, Mexico. San Blas is about 3 hours south of Mazatlan in the state of Nayarit. Its a small colonial town with beautiful beaches and a quaint, friendly town square. We stayed at a small, Mexican style hotel. San Blas is known for its good surf and Ricky and Isaac spent quite a few hours in the water having fun. We played in the waves, ate junk food and collected sea shells. In the afternoon we swam in the hotel pool and then when down town and ate some amazing tacos. It was a lot of fun to all be together and to have a little bit of time out of Mazatlan and away from work.