Teotihuacan Pyramids

Here is an ancient Aztec replica on the pyramids. The pyramids were a blast. There is so much history here going back to about 25 A.D. There were many 'hawkers' trying to get you to make an "almost free" purchase. What is amazing to me is that there is much about this place that is still a mystery today.

Mummies

Here are the mummies! I like to think they are more like mummified corpses, but they call them mummies. They are mostly female, but a few babies and males are in the mix. The first picture is the hall of mummies. The second picture is the only one that was actually buried in the dirt, thus a little more bone is exposed. I won't lie, it was kind of creepy in this place. My spanish is no bueno, but the story goes something like this: A while back (few hundred years) people died, and they stored them in an underground tomb. There was a sort of death tax that was necessary to be paid before they would bury the dead. Also there is some issue with nobody claiming the bodies (probably they could not pay the tax). So, due to the composition of the soil and rock of the mountains here, the bodies naturally mumified. People started hearing rumors of the mummies and would come from far away to see the site. The people here thought it would be a good idea to charge admission, and now they have the museam. Some are still wearing their clothes, but most are pretty well naked because their clothes deteriorated. Kind of a must see if you ever happen to be in the center of Mexico, but I can say once is enough.

Greetings from Guanajuato

Greetings from my International Law study abroad in Guanajuato, Mexico. I have been here for a week already, with three more to go. I miss Cherisse and the boys very much, but am having a good time.

I am very busy with the studies, but have some time to see the city. Here are some pictures. I am not sure if I will add the pictures from the mummy museam but might if there is a request.

Crawdaddies!!

Carson, Cody and I (Jonathan) went to an all-you-can-eat crawfish boil benefit on Saturday with the law school. The boys had a lot of fun eating the crawfish, potatoes and corn boiled and seasoned to deliciousness. First time crawfishers, but we held our own, eating two heaping helpings! It was a lot of work for a little meat, but it was a fun event for the guys. Carson said he wanted me to take a picture of him pretending to eat one shell and all to cause his mom to "flip out." Cherisse later accomodated with a reflexive gag.










I was proud of both boys for eating their crawfish even after playing with a kiddie pool sized tank of live ones. Some attempted to escape and we had to quickly remedy the situation. Cody is seen here picking out which ones are large enough to make it to his plate. AZ peeps- try crawfish if you get a chance- they're not bad; very similar to a shrimp boil.