Selling Crickets

A little while ago, I went with a handsome boy to Mexico. We strolled through the markets and plazas, we ate tamales, ice cream and molé, and we tried to speak Spanish. You see, this wasn’t just any trip. It was a special trip following a special day. It was our honeymoon.

Beatles Everywhere

Blue Paint

The Valley

Husband

Downhill

Another Bug

Fish

Toys

Beans and Rice

Cloves

A couple faces

The Etla Market

Chocolate Milk & Chocolate Water

Blue pots that I wish I had

The Comal

Cooking Class

Martha

The Ranch

Him & Me

He likes his ice cream

Abandoned train station

Stairs over the aqueduct

A boy under the aqueduct

Mt Alban

Ruins

Nik in the field

Mole playing Rummy

The Botanical Gardens

Cochineal

Cochineal in our palms

Tuna (cactus fruit) shaved ice

Dinner

The raw goods for natural dyes

Yarn from the natural dyes

Column

Balloon Dodge

Church on the Mountain Top

Blue Laundry

Frame and Cathedral

Sorry for all of the photos of Nik and our wedding rings. I guess those were two elements of our trip that I liked the most.

The best swing in California

On Monday after the wedding, we had a picnic with our families at Kirby Cove which is a small campsite just on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge. In addition to car-camping, they also have a day use area that you can rent from 10am-10pm, which is exactly what we did.

We used the picnic as an excuse to pack up everything left in the fridge, devour the rest of the wedding cake, drink a couple more bottles of wine and to swing over the bay!!! It was the absolutely perfect picnic day, and everyone was pretty impressed with the view and feeling that we had our own private beach with such a commanding view of San Francisco.

Chris (brother-in-law) and Keith (brother) discussing in their shades

Mom taking in the view

Keisha & Michelle in the sun

I see you too

Watching her tracks

Uncle & Niece running from waves

and twirling

And they say they never have good photos taken

The natural vases

Chapter 4 also told by our amazing photographers, Kelty and Hannah of Steep Street.

Chapter 3 also told by Kelty Luber of Steep Street

Chapter 2 also told by Kelty Luber of Steep Street