Mexico. 2008.

Playacar, Mexico 2008. 2 weeks of pure heaven!!

Boo hoo, were home to freezing cold weather. Snow. I already want to go back.

Here are some stats:

Days spent in Mexico: 12

Number of calories consumed every day: approx. 4,000. Maybe more.

Number of frozen drinks consumed daily: 5

Hours of sleep every night: 9-10

Hours spent on the beach every day: 7

Number of drowning people we saved: 2

Topless women on the beach: 50? I lost count after that.

Number of books read: 2. Over 1000 pages.

Fits Violet threw: At least one a day. So 12.

Number of pictures taken: Around 200

Number of times I ate potatoes and chorizo, and flan: At least once a day. So 12. Yummy!!!

Stingray's seen while snorkeling: 3

Swimsuits I brought with me: 10

Swimsuits Devan brought: 2

Average temp in Mexico: 85 degrees

Pounds I gained: 2

Number of sandcastles we built: 5

Emails, voicemails, and other random stuff awaiting me when I got home: approx. 50 emails to respond to, voicemails 13, instaproofs orders to fulfill 11, weddings to edit 2, albums to design 6.

Other details of our trip. We did absolutely nothing the entire time. Bliss. Pure heaven I tell ya. We got up, ate breakfast, went to the beach. Ate lunch. Went back to the beach. Ate dinner then went into Playa del Carmen for shopping, or just watched movies in our room.

One day we went to see the Ruins at Tulum. But other than that, just pure relaxation on the beach.

Violet's favorite part of the trip was playing on the elevators at the resort, riding in the golf carts, and using the key card to open our hotel room door. She didn't quite grasp the concept that we were in another country and kept asking to go to grandma's house, or go see cousin Ari.

I read one of the best books I've ever read in my life during the trip. The Memoirs of Cleopatra. If you like historical fiction, you MUST read this book. I also read The Vampire Lestat. Quite disturbing, but I always love a good read about vampires.

Anyhoo, I'm home. I'm not shooting for the rest of the month, but I will be editing and working on albums. And of course getting back to all the emails and voicemails this week.

Don't hate me for being this brown in the middle of December:) Sadly, it will fade in about 2 weeks): I'm already peeling.

Studio Closed.

The studio will be closed from December 1st to the 14th. All emails and voice mails will be answered when I return on the 15th.

There will be no blog updates until the 15th.

Until then, Adios!!

These make me happy.

Wild kids make fun photo sessions.

B + L.

Brig and Liz....killer style.

Killer style indeed.

Liz's hair and makeup by Enizio.

More Coldplay.

The view from our seats when Coldplay decided to give the "cheap seats" a good show.

Hello Coldplay. I love you.

Oh my gosh, I am dying. DYING over the greatness of tonight's concert. What can I say about one of my favorite bands ever??? Let's start by saying they don't disappoint!!

The concert started out with Violet Hill. Aaaah, such a lovely song. The band was so full of life and put so much energy into the entire performance. Chris's piano solos were truly amazing. I loved EVERY minute of it.

But here was the highlight of the night for me.

Viva la Vida came on about half way through the concert. Of course the crowd went hysterical. So in our hysterics my husband points to the exit/entrance gate RIGHT by our seats. Um, why is the roadie setting up ONE solo microphone?

Um, why is he bringing an acoustic guitar and setting it by the microphone?

Oh no.

OH YES!!

Shortly after Coldplay finished Viva La Vida, they hop off stage and come UP INTO THE CROWD, litterally 10 feet away from us.

I am hyperventilating at this point. They are RIGHT THERE! RIGHT THERE!! I can see the sweat on their faces!!

The crowd quiets down at which point Chris Martin sings The Scientist, acoustic style. Yeah, I promise it doesn't get better than that.

It was SO SO killer. For 3 minutes I had front row seats to see Coldplay. And Chris Martin's sweaty face:)

After Chris sang, Will Champion sang a little number (not sure what the song was) while Chris Martin played the harmonica.

When they were done, Chris tossed the harmonica into the crowd and I.......

...didn't catch it.

But oh well, it was still so awesome.

I am a groupie. What can I say?

I was star struck.

Freakin' Coldplay, how I love you!!

Last day to order Christmas cards!

Today is the last day to order Christmas cards.

Today is also the last day to order enlargements and have guaranteed delivery in time for Christmas.