Us jet skiing :) 

My dad enjoying the view 

Us playing volleyball - Jason was having a blast 

no comment for Kevin here 

Post-wedding procession. Those were paper-candle lanterns. Quite a few caught on fire, too 

This was part of the post-wedding procession. There were these huge larger than life size puppet dolls of the bride and groom, a live band, dancers, and even fireworks in the middle of the street 

These Asian ladies came by the wedding party and started taking pictures with everyone. It was like they'd never seen an American before 

Water straight from the well...mmmmmm yummy... 

Jenn and I before the wedding 

You can't really tell, but we were at the highest peak in Monte Alban when we took this 

Everyone trying to get down those foot high steps. Miss one and it's a doozy going down 

My mom and dad at the ruins in Monte Alban 

I've just got two things to say about this - first, these are roasted grasshoppers. And that's just nasty 

Viva Mexico!!

My family and I just got back from a trip to Mexico, and oh how I wish we were still there. We went for our cousin's wedding, which was in Oaxaca, some little historic town near the southern tip of Mexico. Besides a couple people of the wedding party getting sick (as in nausea, puking, and diarrhea), it was an awesome wedding. The Friday before the wedding they had a dinner where everyone had to dress in white, which was a really neat idea. Saturday anyone who wasn't hung over went to visit these ancient ruins. If everyone was short way back then, I don't understand why they built steps a foot high like they did. I had trouble scaling them, and I've got long legs. They must've crawled up then or something. Anyways, Saturday night was the wedding, and as I've never been to a Mexican Catholic wedding before, it was rather quite an experience. Last time I checked, it's not safe to light fireworks and keep holding them while they go off. Ask me about it and I'll fill you in on more. I'll post pictures of all this real soon too.

After the wedding we went to a resort in Huatulco, where we did nothing but bake in the sun all day. Well maybe we didn't just bake, but we did do that an awful lot*

At the all-white dinner party

Panoramic of the ruins

Some of the steps we had to climb at the ruins in Monte Alban

The Nikitczuk's with Nerine and JC, the bride and groom

The church where the service was held.

After the wedding ceremony we paraded through the streets to the reception following huge puppets and holding these paper lanterns

The reception hall. The lights changed colors throughout the night, which made everyone take on a green or red or blue hue

Pan of the lagoon the resort was at 

View from the resort in Huatulco