Get Me Off This Rollercoaster

So, after spending 4 or more extra hours driving around yesterday, we packed what we could. All of us have been battling colds and I am exhausted. So at about 10:30am, realizing that to pack our home-schooling family of 5 up to leave for a 6 week trip is not finished, I go to bed.

We get up and celebrate Christmas, having told the children that we have a special line with Santa and sent him a note telling him about our missions-trip and could he stop by our house early this year. He did. So we celebrated Christmas for a bit in the a.m. I've realized that one of my favorite things in the world to do is to take pictures of the childrens faces right after they open their presents. That look of surprise and wonder is priceless! I got a few good ones.

We began packing, finishing up last minute things and running errands. We finally leave Monterrey at 5 pm which put us into San Luis Potosi at about midnight. We actually got through SLP straight away this time unlike last Spring where we got lost downtown. Tomorrow we head down to Valle de Bravo to visit some long-time missionaries in Mexico who have opened a number of doors for us. After that it will be onward to Cuernavaca!