Night Beachin'

UBU!

Christmas Eve was spent at Tia Sandra and Tio Lucio's house. The whole family came, one by one, we ate, we played games, we danced, we opened presents, it was a good time. The next day, we slept in a little, ate a small breakfast, and headed to the beach town of Ubu. I'd heard tons of good things about Ubu from a few different people, and this was Yuri's first time there in 6 years!

It was beautiful.

The weather was perfect, and the beach was sparsely populated because it was Christmas day. What. A. Christmas. And a happy year and 8 months for Yuri and I :)

Yuri's Cousin Joao on the Jet Ski!

A Very Brazilian Christmas

The Tree!

Yuri and his sister Larissa

Tio Lucio and his son Eduardo

Tio Patauta showing the chicken who's boss

From the left, Tio Patauta, his son Joao, Yuri's sister Larissa, Yuri's Grandmother, Yuri's Aunt Andrea (Tio Patauta's wife and Joao's Mom) and Yuri

Yuri and Eduardo opening something very mysteriously wrapped in girls paper.

A Wii!

For a decent part of the night I lost Yuri to a remote control car.

Tio Lucio on clean up duty!

From the left: Yuri's Grandfather Kachico, his cousin Pedro (Who loves the movie Cars, Connor!!!) and Tio Patauta

Christmas sweets, handmade by Tia Alessandra

The Hosts! Tia Sandra and Tio Lucio

Grandmother Creusa, Tia Alessandra, Larissa and (full bellied) me.

Tia Andrea and Joao having a good laugh

Tia Alessandra and her adorable son Pedro

Yuri and I trying to take a picture to celebrate our one year and 8 months together and Tia Sandra jumping in

Tio Anderson and Tia Sandra dancing the night away

Having way too much fun

Camila's boyfriend Gustavo using a stool as a drum

Camila and Gustavo!

Merry Christmas! From Ubu!

A few more pictures

Ice cold.

There's a deck off of the mall where people can go to have a beer and relax and enjoy the view, so we did!

Going to the mall the day before Christmas Eve

The trip to the mall was actually pretty far. We took a nicer bus that had the AC on full blast. We took tons of pictures along the way (You'll see the reflection of the bus windows in some pictures). We got some cool pictures of the Port of Vitoria. The mall is huge and was totally packed. The line to sit on Papai Noel's lap was SO LONG. The tree in the mall is massive and Papai Noel is actually inside the tree, pretty cool. There were tons of sales going on. We walked by a couple of American stores with outrageous prices.

The funniest thing about the mall is that there are lots of stores named "Mr. Something". Like the store called Mr. Cat that we went into just so we could say we'd been shopping at Mr. Cat. Later on we ate at Mister Pizza. Too funny!