Yesterday we celebrated Laura’s birthday. Heather and Chris arrived first. Then, Miquel and Enric get this wild idea. Since technically the addition hasn’t yet been approved for living in, and things have been left undone and could be for awhile, why not get the ping pong table from the barn...
Today was a perfect autumn day, even on the warm side sometimes, and with Georgie here, it was a great excuse for a day’s outing. ***UPDATED*** To see more photos, visit the » GALLERY HERE
This is my favorite time of year. Autumn is so crisp, warm, and colorful in Maryland. After running some errands this morning, I asked Laura if she felt like a walk. We both grabbed our Uggs and our cameras and walked around the neighborhood.
Birthday parties and actual birthdays don’t always match in this family. We celebrated earlier this month Silas’s actual birthday, but today was his birthday party. Miranda decided to have it at Lake Waterford. Sweet for me to think the very park I took Enric and Miranda’s engagement photos at, now...
21 years old would seem to ask for a big party…but still dizzy from travel, Miquel seemed happy enough to allow his mama to get away with a small family birthday party. I suppose on his birthday, all is well as long as there are FIDEUS!
Petra sent matching tee shirts for Silas and RubÃ. Today we finally got around to taking photos of them both dressed in them.
Today is Silas’ birthday. He will have a party later this month, but today we had a small family celebration.
Last night in Perth It’s weird…you know the end of something great is coming, but you want to hold on, just for one more second…just so it can hurt a little more. After a day waking up early taking fog photos, then shopping at the mall, going to Hillary’s, we...
While in Perth, Australia, Rodney offered to give us a tour of the Radio Station 98.5 Sonshine FM. They have a standard for music that I can appreciate. We believe the media influences community values, and we have a responsibility to present positive values and offer hope. 98.5 Sonshine FM...
After Wave Rock and Hippo’s Yawn, John decided to take us to remote areas of Australia, the Outback, if you will. The roads took us to a place called the Rabbit Proof Fence. The short story on the rabbit proof fence is that it isn’t, rabbit proof that is. The...
Hippo’s Yawn is a little known rock near Wave Rock in Hyden. The rocks resemblance to a yawning hippo has given it its name. Laura really liked the area, and decided to have a try at senior pics here, so we did a photo shoot of here there.
The next day, we woke up from our little place we were staying and climbed up Wave Rock, again, to see the sunrise. It was cold and I was half asleep, I couldn’t believe I was climbing that rock when I could hardly open my eyes.
After our rock climbing and wildflower finding adventure at Castle Rock, we went a few minutes down the road to Bunker Bay. Long before we arrived in Australia, I mentioned to John that I’d love to see beaches with rocks, which is kind of unfamiliar to me in Maryland. Castle...
After the zoo, we all went to Dad and Iris’s house for dinner. Iris served delicious turkey, potatoes, gravy, broccoli and cauliflower cooked in an amazing sauce.
After an evening on the floor eating fish and chips, we met Jamie and Kaymer at the Perth Zoo. We arrived late, so they were waiting for us. Since we arrived late, our tour of the zoo was rather fast, we zoomed through quickly.
When celebrities pass away, you feel a sense of loss for their talent, but it rarely hits us hard. Laura and her friends though had quite a while talking about the passing of Heath Ledger. So after our visit to Perth and London Court, we took Laura to Karrakatta Cemetery...
Still a little tired from lack of sleep here (and Laura from TOO MUCH sleep) we had an easy day of grocery shopping, dusting the house, doing the dishes, and ironing. Of course I took breaks and grabbed my camera and took photos of John’s house from the front and...
We arrived to Melbourne early in the morning and was quickly rushed to various immigration and custom areas. I was a little worried as I had prescription medicines with me and the only box related to that on the documentation I had to fill out on the plane, was medicines,...
By now most know that Laura and I left THURSDAY from Maryland to go to Australia. As I blog this, we have JUST arrived in Melbourne, Australia, and it’s SATURDAY. We don’t know what happened to Friday. Our flight from BWI to LAX had some events. One long patch of...
Today, Laura and I took Silas to Fort Smallwood Park. We knew he would enjoy it there, I don’t think we know HOW much! Silas learned he could throw wood in the water, and that became the order of the day. Throw wood in the water… Run along the beach...
After way too many years, Flavio stopped by for a quick visit with Lucas and Ryan. In typical 90+ degrees Maryland summer heat, the natural thing to do was to invite them for a swim. The boys jumped right in. Flavio avoids being decapitated as Silas “cleans” the pool. Water...
Like last year, we went to the Baltimore Harbor for fireworks. This year had some differences, we had Enric, Miranda, Silas and baby Rubà with us! However, this year, Miquel had to work, and no Jenny either. On Chrissy’s side, we had Jim, Johnny, Britney, Adam, Sophia, and Cameron…but no...
With threatening skies and a tornado warning on weather.com, we came home from church, ate a quick lunch and headed out to Gresham Farm to see Chad and Janelle get married. As we drove there, I was really starting to worry that rain was going to come in time for...
We had heat and we had humidity, summer feels like it has officially begun. The pool has been ready for swimming for a few days now, but today most of us got in. Silas wasn’t so sure about the pool to start with… It didn’t take long to have fun,...
I took Laura, Silas, and Cammy to Annapolis to see the Blue Angels. This year, I think they did a lot more things than last year. We all had fun!
The weather of late has been cloudy, rainy, gray, and chilly. So today, it was still all those things minus the rain. Since Silas has had precious little outside time, Laura and I took him to the park and it ended up being a little “Nature walk.” Silas liked exploring...
Miranda has had a busy week… the zoo, her birthday, and today, we had her baby shower! A link to the photos is HERE I got all my Party Favors at
Wednesday, Miranda, Laura, and I took Silas and Cameron to the zoo in DC. The National Zoo in DC is a wonder, I never get to see all I want in one visit. A gallery of all the photos taken of the extraordinary collection of animals is here » DC...
After a few days straight of rain, the sun came out and everyone was anxious to get out. We had Cameron, so it was decided to take the boys to the park. The slide was wet, but Silas went down anyway. Silas was already to help Cameron. Getting outdoors to...
Last week, Silas jumped off the bed and in doing so, his foot unfortunately met with a toy that punctured the bottom (of his foot) which sent him to the doctors, and then later the emergency room for stitches. When he got home, he was good as gold, quiet, and...
Today we went to Cameron’s birthday party! It was also a treat for Silas! Laura (one of his babysitters) holds him in the kitchen. Silas gets chased by a girl with a gun! Cameron opens presents. The cake! A kiss for mommy.
I often speak of Kinder Park, but I often forget one of the things that is so precious about it…FARM. Kinder also has a farm on its land, and it makes it really special. Before that though, we took Silas to the playground. We first had a bit of a...
With the nice change of weather in the upper 50’s, Laura and I decided to go to Kinder Park. The fact that it is technically still winter was still there, with snow from our last blizzards still in scattered places around the park… Because of the winter, not much was...
So as our usual, Laura and I are tuned into American Idol. Last night, Silas decided to steal the show. So Laura, ever quick with her cell phone’s video capabilities, recorded Silas. Now Silas has been watching a lot of The Three Tenors of late, and might explain some of...
A few times in the past I have given to Miquel as his Valentine’s present, a visit to the auto show in Baltimore’s Convention Center. In the years past, it has been overwhelmingly amazing and it was almost too much show to see in one visit. This year, I was...
