The Pink Bag Goes Traveling

On my brisk jaunt to school this morning to check on my readiness for tomorrow, I marveled at the power of the calendar's invisible arms that wipe away December, replacing it with a new year and a return to the reality of work. The two wondrous weeks of Christmas vacation were filled with family, food, and sunshine and I did NOT want them to come to an end.

The days leading up to Christmas were occupied with visiting, game playing, cookie decorating, and organizing. It was such fun to have three daughters in the house to share in my child-like excitement and love of the season.

As we pulled out of the driveway on December 26th, our car was a sausage, stuffed with five bodies and luggage galore. We were Mexico bound! I got this wacky notion of recording my vacation by taking snaps of my pink breast cancer tote bag ... aka "Pink". Most days, I remembered to capture the travels of the bag, but since Kate was our official family photographer, there were many times I forgot, too.

Here are some highlights of Pink's excursions in Mexico ...

David & I went out for Chinese food in Vancouver.

This was the message inside my fortune cookie.

December 27: Ready to leave our Vancouver hotel.

.... and waiting at the airport.

On the plane, at last!. Now, just 4.5 hours to get to the warmth and sunshine of Mazatlan.

Our resort, the Riu Emerald Bay, north of Mazatlan.

What a gorgeous place to spend the next 7 days.

I totally forgot to record Pink's excursion to Stone Island.

Here is Esther, Rachel, Stu, Kate, and Joy on the boat to the "island".

We all had an absolute blast this day!

Pink waiting for me to come back from the buffet with another plate loaded with food.

Pink and I enjoyed the tour of Old Mazatlan.

And, of course, there was lots of beach and pool time.

I could go on and on about the gloriously fantastic time I had in Mexico, but I'll leave you with those few images, and let you be green with envy.

Happy New Year 2014!