We said goodbye to Nance & Mary this morning. They have stayed with us off and on for the last 3 weeks, punctuated with their visits to the Espritos Santos Islands and Magdalena Bay to whale watch. We also had a full house earlier this week - with 8 for dinner on Monday night - Janie & Dick Burns, plus friends. Thankfully our furniture arrived from Guadalajara a day early so we could get everything unpacked the day before. My highlight was riding the huge truck up our dirt road  - the photo doesn’t do it justice!

We really feel that the house is coming together now, with something to sit on and pictures on the wall. We also gave the pizza oven its first run on Sunday - it was challenging., but we learned a lot and next time it will be better. (But the pizza tasted great in the end, and I forgot to take a photo) I am going out tomorrow to gather more wood from the surrounding area! 

We’re hoping that the pool will be nice and warm for Jonathan & Kendrianne next week, once Jorge has installed the solar heating panels. It didn’t stop Nance & Mary from taking quite a few dips - followed by hot tub warm ups. 

We are really getting a feel for how good this place will be for entertaining. So get your bookings in!

Who knows...

A great round of golf with Dick, Kris and Blue at Costa Baja

"Listo" for pizza

Oh Edgar the mechanic. You frustrate us but we still love you. Working all Sunday on Stu.

The furniture arrives

Me riding the truck.

The first attempt. The second and third were so good, we forgot to take a photo 

The 'basura guys' 

our original "Cesar's" (the artist from Guadalajara)

They're pretty hardy from Ladner.

A lovely gift - to water the new plants

Hurry up Jorge - I want to swim in warm water!