a love fiesta

My cousin Charles and his (now) wife got married in Tequila, Mexico about a month ago. Who knew Tequila was a place? I sure didn’t. Its name was coined by the Agave plants that are EVERYwhere, which Tequila is made from. Gloria is from Guadalajara. She has made the loveliest addition to our family. I am so behind on blogging/updating but when you are busy living life, you have less time to write about it I suppose…




The wedding was in an amazing cathedral hundreds and hundreds of years old in the town center. The church didn’t have a bathroom it was so old. The traditional Catholic ceremony was beautiful and mostly in Spanish. The priest did a stellar job at translating for our small section of family. After the ceremony was over, everyone followed the bride and groom (and a mariachi band) to the reception. As we were walking the towns people cheered and spoke blessings over the couple. The reception took place at the Jose Cuervo mansion. It reminded me of the Sultan’s palace from Aladdin. We took a tour of their tequila distillery and did some taste testing and then back to the party! We danced and danced and danced. It was an amazing experience, and we feel so blessed that we go to be a part of it all. The hotel we stayed at was modern & stylish ; we really enjoyed our stay.







The day after the wedding, we went to the market and ate street vendor tacos that I have told myself were yard bird, even though I know they could have been dog or rat. You have to live a little, right? Chris and I were the only ones in my family that took on the street food. No illnesses to report, and if I am totally honest… it was DELICOUS, made with fresh cilantro and red onions and some mystery sauce. I would do it again. We stumbled into a furniture store and adored these oversized rocking chairs. The chair would have been cheaper than the shipping though. The store owner works closely with an American interior designer that up and moved to Puerto Vallarta (located only four hours away ). He happened to be in her shop that day, too, working with her. He pointed out all of her specialties: amazing chairs, oversized custom made mirrors, armoires, etc… I was so taken by her work.



Beautiful marriage and a ton of fun…

Should like to go back…