Well, where do I begin?
I will begin by uploading pictures and take it from there...The first pictures are from our trip to Orlando this past weekend. We took a 4 day weekend and drove down for a little family vacation. It took us 9 hours to get there (due to terrible rain storms) and 8 hours to get back (due to Diego being sick)...but the kids were outstanding in the car. They over-exceeded expectations and we actually enjoyed the drive there and back which was a real treat. We just read lots of books, ate yummy snacks, played silly games and watched the scenery. While in Orlando, we spent a lot of time at the water parks of the resort, hanging out in the condo, going to Downtown Disney and just cherishing our time together. We did not go to Disney World since we didn't think it was worth it with the kids at such a young age...maybe next time. Ricardo's mom and her husband drove up from Miami to spend the weekend with us and we had blast!
The cool dudes walking around Downtown Disney
I thought this was a cool, artsy picture taken by my hubby.
Getting ready to stroll Downtown Disney
This was definitely a highlight. It is a lego store with a play area and lego car racetrack outside. Diego and Alexia spent most of our time at Downtown Disney in this shop both times we went. Here Diego and Mima are racing lego cars with other kids.
Opa enjoyed racing those cars just as much as Diego :)
Happy with Mima
There were really cool lego structures outside of the store and this was Diego's favorite
Whenever we get ice cream we just get Alexia a cone and she's content with that. Well the new thing is that she likes to dip the top of her cone into our ice cream so that she gets a little taste. As you can see, we were having chocolate ice cream and she thought it was the best thing ever! She kept saying "mas! mas! mas!"
He finished off this cone almost by himself. I had to lick the edges for him when it got too drippy, but he downed that thing FAST!
Enjoying Saturday morning at the pool.
Notice the water slide in this picture. When we told Diego we were going on vacation, we told him we were going to a hotel in Orlando that had water slides. That is all he cared about and all he asked for the whole week leading up to our trip. He was the happiest boy in the world going down that slide!
Friday morning was stormy so we had a lovely morning inside, hanging out and playing games. This is Ricardo and Diego doing a Cars puzzle.
We taught Diego how to play Candyland and he loved it!
We went to the aquarium with my friend Gwen and her three children two weeks ago. Diego had not been in over a year and it was Alexia's first trip so it was a lot of fun. Diego, Asher and Adeline explored the place at top speed. Alexia was more interested in running around and being silly than seeing the fish, but it was fun. Notice Diego's adidas outfit. Tio Robi and Tia Dani sent it to him from Argentina and he wears it at least 5 times a week. Ricardo and I love it just as much as he does so we're thrilled that he always wants to wear it!
I'll have to look back through my old pictures, but I have a picture of me pregnant with Diego and one of me pregnant with Alexia in this same spot in the aquarium. And here I am with my two precious treasures in my arms!
Diego and Israel enjoying a hot cup of tea together.
This is my sweet friend Angie who came to visit a couple of weeks ago. We met when Ricardo and Rob (her husband) were classmates in business school. She lives in Kansas and her wonderful husband took care of their son for three days so she could fly down to visit us and meet Diego and Alexia. We had such a special time and I was sad to see her go.
Our friends, Josh and Taylor are moving to Bosnia in September for a long-term mission with Campus Crusade for Christ. We hosted a dinner for them to introduce their ministry to more people and we cooked a fabulous Bosnian meal. Taylor and I had a blast shopping for the goods and preparing everything together.
Taylor and I
Diego and Israel (Josh and Taylor's daughter). This was around 11pm on the night of the dinner. We let them stay up late and hang out and they had a blast. They were perfect together b/c they both get silly when they're tired so they were being hilarious. We joke that we have an arranged marriage planned for them! Aren't they adorable together!?
That's it for now. I will give some more general updates on the kids and take more pictures this weekend to share.
Happy Easter!!!
1 comment:
Yeay for the new computer! I've missed your posts! Such good pictures and what a fun time you had in Orlando!!! I LOVE Downtown Disney! I've had my picture taken in front of the Lego dino as well! ha! We miss you guys!
Love,
K
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