What We Are Up To: 2011

Monday, December 19, 2011

Starting Them Out Young

Manel and Lila at the Tapas bar.

Lila loves to park the car.

Saturday, December 03, 2011

We have been busy rolling out dough and making cookies. Lila does an excellent job at breaking the eggs. We have also become expert snickerdoodle makers. I roll the dough into balls and Lila loves to coat them in cinnamon and sugar.

and yet another Autumn Photo Shoot

It hasn’t snowed here yet, so it has been a long Autumn with lots of leaves and lots of time to take pictures in them. Here are just another few.

Little Lila on the run.

On a walk with daddy looking at the swans in the lake.

This is our yearly “Let’s all lay in the leaves and look at the sky” picture. We will have plenty more of these.

Autumn Photo Shoot

I just love some of these pictures and have to share them with you all.

Little one climbing up the rocks.

I lover her balance in this one.

Monday, October 17, 2011

It is getting colder.

She looks a little out of sorts in this picture, but I just love it!

Monday, September 26, 2011

Hangin’ out with the Joneses

It has been over 13 years since I lost track with Ken and Rose Jones. Finally through Facebook we were able to hook up again and while Lila and I were out visiting Ken and Rose drove up from Colorado to visit. We were lucky to be able to spend the nice part of a Sunday afternoon eating burgers and chatting. It was like no time had passed. It was one of the highlights of my trip home this year.

Might I just add that Brandon’s kids were just adorable. They were so well mannered and fun to be around, and to top it off took great care of Lila. I have never heard her cry the way she did on the car ride home.

It was hard trying to get all six kids to stand still and look at the camera. I think Ken did a great job.

Lila is now 2

We had a little birthday party for Lila for her 2nd birthday. Here are a few pictures.

A dinner party

Silvia and her family came over for dinner the other night. Here are just a few pictures that her daughter Ares either starred in or took herself.

Ice cream for Pau and Lila.

I can’t believe it has been over 20 years that we have known each other. I still feel like a crazy 17 year old.

War paint????

While I was cooking dinner the other night I let Lila paint by herself. This is what she ended up looking like in about 3 minutes time.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Fiesta de Espuma

It is town festival time and finally there was something for little Lila to do. We have gone to all the events advertised for children but most of them were for older children. Finally we found the bubble festival and we thought she would love it. She really didn’t until the very end, and then she wanted crackers and cheese. When we got home she asked for more, bubbles. Too bad we only had more crackers and cheese.

Thank god it was hotter than hell out today and we all dried out in about 2 seconds flat. I think there should be a bubble festival for adults. It was a blast!!!!

Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Slivers and Toes

I was trying to get a sliver out of Lila’s toe one night and I ran to the bathroom to get a band aid and carelessly left the tweezers on the bed. When I got back I found Lila with the tweezers having a hay day. I think she actually got it out!

Lila and her Parasites

We are not sure if it Giardia from the States or Giardia from the Valley but after going to the doctor we found that Lila in fact has Giardia. Hopefully the little buggers will die and die fast so we can continue our summer vacation. Here are some pictures of where she might have got her squatters.

We went on a hike and threw rocks and pinecones into the lake.

We saw plenty of wild horses that Lila just loved!

Here she is swimming with her tongue sticking out. A perfect place for a little parasite to make his entrance into his new home. I think Angel even tells her not to drink the water.