Well it’s taken a couple of days to get settled down here in Mazatlan, but it’s feeling good. After fourteen hours on a bus I arrived at our house just as the kids were waking up. They were still doing that little kid sleepwalk, rubbing their eyes and dragging their feet in that incredibly adorable way that kids do (not like when we become adults and just look like unclean hobos that won’t be available for public view for another three hours). Anyway, those first looks and first hugs after two full weeks was enough to buckle my knees.
Ouest gave me a quick tour of the house, which frankly, is about twice as big as we need. So big in fact that we’ve effectively shut-off the back third of the house consisting of a t.v. room and master suite. Now that we’ve got it closed down to a thousand square feet of living space we feel like we can relax. We’re located just two blocks from the main plaza in Old Town, which puts us square in the middle of the most scenic and interesting bits of Mazatlan, but leaves us a fair distance from the beach or a McDonald’s. Life is a series of trade-offs isn’t it?
Anyway, back to the kids:
14 Comments on “Mazatlan Kids”
Welcome home! Relax…time to enjoy your amazing wife and adorable children. Loved the video. Thanks for taking us along on your journey!
So happy you are all together! We just had an extended trip without daddy and the kids were bonkers to see him again (me too!) Ouest is looking so big kid these days! Amazing how they grow and grow.
Ouest’s tough girl look is perfect. The “Hello Kitty” swimsuit… is what really pulls it off.
I thought it looked like “Crime boss spotted by paparazzi on beach with family”
Yeah, that’s a girl who is pissed off that her parents won’t let her take the surfboard out of the bag. We got to the beach only to find a red flag surf day with good size rollers breaking right on the beach. Not exactly the gentle white water rollers we were looking for. Try telling that to a fearless three year-old though.
It really is bad ass isn’t it?
What a happy homecoming! I love your pictures. I want to walk around in ladybug wings. I’m frankly surprised that I hadn’t thought of it earlier.
Seeing her walk around in those wings, completely unabashed, brings me as much joy as it does her I think.
How much did you have to promise Ouest to not smile? That girl is always smiling. And what a great smile she has too. Glad you’re back with the family.
It sounds like it was a bit more than “Oh, hey, Papa” this time. 😉
Happy to read that the Schulte pack is together again . . . that’s the source of the best juju. Kick back, relax and let the Mazatlan vibe put thoughts of head gaskets, prop shafts and twitchy refrigeration in the proper perspective. The best way forward will come to you, you’ll deal with the boat issues in the smartest way, then it’s onward and upward to the next challenge. That’s life.
Just got caught up. Don’t you just love unsolicited advice when you intention was to just tell your story? You must be used to the armchair advisers by this point. Enjoy.
Ten years, I think we’ve heard it all by now. 🙂
You seriously have the cutest family. Love following your journey.
Thanks Sheri, happy to have you follow us along.