Arisbe is feeling under the weather, so Drew decides to come alone. Thirty minutes prior to midnight, he sees the celebration is too much to miss so runs back to the apartment to see if she can be coaxed to join.

The apartment is only 3 blocks away so he heads back to retrieve Arisbe.

Those kids are so cute! Wait - that's my sister with them.

New Years Eve in Mexico is definitely a family experience!

A few vendors display their wares in the central garden but as the crowd grows, they begin loosing merchandise as people start walking on it.

This girl is putting on a show dancing for the crowd; then her husband and child arrive and she turns into a mom again :-).

Arisbe arrives but still feeling under the weather. I must imagine she is saying to Drew that this experience had better be good.

Excitement fills the air. The band plays louder and all the people begin to hold their giant sparklers in the air.