We finally got rain!!! We haven't had moisture since January 4th so we are so dry. Our skin is cracking and we all have eczema (sp?) With the storm, the lights went out and the girls thought it was so fun to get ready for school by candlelight.
Janey got the lid off of her teething toy! Bad mom! Nice mustache!
Another game of Emma's that she has Will wrapped into.
over the weekend, Dan had some time off so we decided to take a road trip. We went to Carlsbad Caverns in Southern New Mexico. You walk down into the ground 75, yes 75!!! storeys and then (we would've walked out if they would've let us) you take an elevator out. It was amazing. Much to Brookie's disappointment, the bats that live there are only there from March to October so we did not get to see the bat flight, which is one of the most exciting things about Carlsbad Caverns. so we just enjoyed the stalactites nad stalagmites without the bats. :)
The Bottomless Lakes in Roswell, NM. Very worth going to(wink, wink)!
MEXICO??? Well, almost. It was right on the border and it was warm!!!
The Bottomless Lakes, again.!!
Our highly intelligent baby usually reads the business section, but she was taking a break and checking out the sports!
some random photos I took in sol last week. In the old part of town all the street signs are these big painted tiles and a lot of the streets are named for what they used to sell there...here is the 'knife seller' street and the 'salt' street.
this one's for you dad...the famous chocolateria 'San Gines'...even has a big neon arrow pointing the way down the dark alley towards temptation (good thing it's next to a great big cathedral)
speaking of cathedrals...I still haven't gotten used to the sight of nuns in habits...these are of the 'barefoot' variety which nowadays seems to mean 'in birkenstocks or teva sandals'
this is one of the 'cows' they have around town...you might have something like it where you live, artists paint and decorate them and then after a month out on the streets they auction them off for charity...i'll translate that spanish for you, it says 'no hunger' haha just kidding, it's funny to me when and how they use english here. one of my favorite examples right now is a fast food chain called (in english) "fast good" maybe if you visit we can eat at the 'fast good' eh?
Janey is 4 months and has rolled over a total of 5 times.
She just had her 4 month dr. appointment and weighs 16 lbs. 5 oz. WOW!!
Brookie started Activity Days and LOVES IT!!!
Will is taking on a new look.
Emma has Will wrapped into being Rudolph for her.
she has 2 teeth on the bottom
Brookie got her ears pierced for her 8th birthday and gets to take them out tomorrow, she has a shopping trip planned to buy some new earings with her birthday money. she's very excited.
Janey's first set of pony tails. so cute! Although the rest of us loved it, she did not think it was fun at all.
Here's a few picture from the holidays...This is the cathedral in Segovia.
This part of the Alhambra in Granada
This is on top of an open top double-decker bus touring Granada
This is the crystal palace in our park in Madrid
I hope everyone is doing well...we miss you guys, Besos