Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind. ~Mary Ellen Chase

This christmas was the end for a twisted akwerd year. OF all other holidays christmas was the most waited for in the whole world. christmas doesn't only gathers all the families together but it brings a new start to everyone. This year my family decided that like every year we were going to Mexico City with all my family to the traditional dinner. We were going there for one week and then we'll head back to Vallarta to spend New Year here with friends. This is the first year we do this. Other years we had to go the full holiday to Mexico City. It really didn't bothered me until the second week because all myt cousisn were away in their holiday.

So we started our journey one saturday. I think it was the 19 december. We drove through the beautiful highways full of color and beauty. WE drove 9 hours til we got to Mexico City. In Mexico City we visited cousins friends family and almost all the people i've met there when we lived there. So many thoughts went through my head there. I wondered if i ever would go back there. There were pro's and con's but at then end i remebered how much i awaited my returned to what i call now Home.In Mexico we went shopping with my grandma. Other days we would go to the salon to get our hair or nails done. There were many family reunions. In all the thinkintg and the time i spended with my family i realised how much i miss my friends there. i hope i could have kiddnaped them and brought them to Vallarta.Also my mom is really into cultural things so we had to go to the "turibus" . That is a bus that takes you all around mexico city's historic center and things like that.

In Christmas eve we went to my dad's parents house. My dad has 11 brothers and sisters. It's a pretty big family. I love spending time with them. They are all lovong and caring. Every Christmas i help with the cooking. i love to cook specialy with my uncle Ale who makes me laugh of all the funny stuff he sayas about the food. The moost i like of being there is that all the family that live in guadalajara US canada and Europe gets together. We left back to Vallrta the 16. We headed to the small village of San Miguel de Allende. I had so much fun there .It's so colorful and has kept the look of a mexican village in this modern era. S.m.De Allende was really cold. I had to use 2 sweaters and a scarf ans still I was freezing. We slept there and then we went to Tlaquepaque. It's a little town near Guadalajara. I love goingthere there is so much to see. After Thoise wonderful places we headed to Guadalajara to have doiner in my cousins new Restaurant called "LA UVA". = I RECOMENDED SO MUCH IT IS SO GOOD. Nect morning we headed backt o vallarta. I could smell the ocean miles away. I was desprate to get there. When we arrived i felt i could finally breath and relax.

In vallarta i went to the beach to the movies to my friends house. I felt like home i was so glad we dodn't had school becaude i had nothing to worry about no homework to finish before morining. I couldnt stop smiling. The 31 we went to the house of the Tron Family. There we had NYears with Priscila Courtney Sebastian Diego frank Julian MArco Mateo Dani .. I had so much fun and i was so happy to be with all my friends. The girls my age got permission to go to a night club called Cesars. There we met woith Adri and her cousins. I couldn't be happier. I thinbk it was the best of all the New Years ever. Next days i watched movies and movies and more movies and relaxed went to the beach and had fun doing nothing. The last day i had to do all my homework which i was really pissed by because i couldn't belive teachers left us hoemowrk when the Chroistmas Break was to realx ans stop thibking about school and worring. I thibk we already need more vactions . They went so fast but now that i think what i did i feel i 've donde so many things since the last time i walked out of the school door.

This year is new and i feel it's going to be great. Better than last year and than the year before.