Status update: Gold baby. Gold.

Yes. I have gone gold.

=)

So I've had a registered Starbucks card since 2008 (for those who don't already know!) which means all sorts of free stuff. They've come up with a promotion where every 15 drinks, you get one free. Besides that, I get free syrup and soymilk with beverages there is also a free tall drink when I purchase a pound of espresso. (which Nick and I do often)

I got an email a few weeks ago from Starbucks telling me I had reached the gold level and that my personalized card was in the mail. I have been like a little kid checking the mail everyday waiting for this day to arrive.

I would like to share my "moment" with you. =)

The black card says "Congratulations".

Check it.

Yup. That's my name on my new gold level card.

(In small print: Cardmember Since 2008)

Also if you are wondering what the hell I've been up to..

I just finished this book by Jodi Picoult, House Rules.

While we were in Mexico, I read Handle With Care by her as well and just loved it! I've never been so much into reading before and I am loving it.

Notice my book in the bottom righthand corner. ;-)

MoMo is not usally a lap cat but for some reason, he'll fall asleep in a bag on my lap.

SILLY CAT.

MoMo and Chester were playing hide and seek on Sunday and I had to help MoMo find Chester.

HAHA!!

**Sidenote**

I got the final results from my branch audit today. The audit was done from 3/23 to 3/25.

SATISFACTORY!!!!

This is a very big deal and I just wanted to share the FANTASTIC news with you!

Did I mention that I'm GOLD?!?

Yo Quiero Zihuatanejo, Mexico

It's been over a month since I've posted so I'm hoping that all of these pictures make up for it!

It's been 7 years since the Jones family took a family vacation. Ethan was just 4 months old when everyone went to Hawaii. Ethan just turned 7 in December and now has 2 sisters.

When Mike and Sue went to Zihuatanejo, Mexico 2 years ago (just the 2 of them) they came back knowing that they were going to make another family vacation happen and it was going to be there. They just raved about this place and I just thought to myself.. once you've been to Mexico, you've seen it all. Well, I was wrong. Zihuatanejo is so beautiful and pleasant! It's nothing like the other places in Mexico that I've been to and I can't wait to go back someday.

Mitch (left) caught a Sail Fish which was about 90 lbs. Nick caught a Marlin which was about 120 lbs.

Mike, Tim, Mitch, Nick, Ethan and Esmee all went out on a charter boat for the day while the rest of us stayed behind and enjoyed a day at the pool.

Happy Birthday to me!!

From start to finish - the family made it a special day.

Wow. 31 already?

For my birthday dinner I had shrimp and some more shrimp!! Nick had octopus!!!!

Willa, Esmee, Sue and I all had our hair braided.
We just had to be extra careful about the sunblock on our scalps!






That's a pretty big fish.

Leaving Isla Grande.

My attempt to do a Blue Steel impression.

Half of a pineapple filled with shrimp, salsa and other stuff. It was very good!

Mitch's fish coming out of the water.

Note to self: These shirts work really well as sunblock for kids.

This was taken on the balcony of our room.

So was this one.

Ahh.. Mitch and Kim.

To get to 2 of the islands that we spent the day at we had to take a boat ride. It was about 35 pesos per person for a roundtrip ticket.

Yes, I am getting into the shower that was attached to our room. Nick and I had the master bedroom which was seperated from the livingroom by shutters!

This was taken on our last morning there. Ethan didn't want to leave.

None of us did.

Margaritas all around!

This was our first dinner in Mexico on the beach.

Nick had pink eye just days before we left for our trip. Even though he had been taking antibiotics for 6 days by the time we left, his eye was still pink and he needed to rock his glasses from High School! Cute, huh?

We went to the local market on Sunday. It was packed!!

La Casa Cafe.

We went there twice for breakfast.

A couple owns it. This husband is a fisherman from Zihuatanejo and his wife is from Portland, OR. Their daughter now lives down there, is married to a fisherman and they have 2 little boys!

We had just arrived at the resort.

Pool time.

The kids just loved with water. They would have spent 24/7 in the pool if we would have let them.

While we were packing for Mexico the cats tried to help. Or should I say.. sneak a ride. ;-)

Chester really wanted to go with us. Can you tell?