SPAIN

OK- So we started out our trip in Barcelona.  So cool!  Fun city with lots of cool winding neighborhoods.  It was hot, and we were terribly jet-lagged.  But we all paid $12 for a nap on a harbor cruise and were good to go! 
Lunch at a Tapas Bar  (Spanish a la carte)

Harbor at Barcelona

A favorite walkway in Las Ramblas neighborhood

The first of MANY churches we saw- this one was enormous!

Gaudi's unfinished cathedral (yes there is scaffolding and such, because it has yet to be finished. Impressive nonetheless)

Montserrat- a monestary in the "serrated mountains."  If you go during school, the boys choir performs each day, which I'm told is the highlight.

Terragona ( and Gelato!)

Cadeques- on the Mediterranean- Much like how I'd imagine Greece

Stay tuned for France! 

I love this girl!

I just came across these pictures from the 4th of July.  She fills my days with smiles and giggles!
Its so hard to get mad at her because she is so happy and, of course, she looks at you with those EYES!

Toothless

Finally time to play catch-up....

Maija lost her first tooth while staying at Grandma's house!  She had a little help from her Aunt Jessie, the dental expert and was so excited to finally go home to Oregon so the tooth fairy could find her. 

She lost the one next to it a week after we got home, though I think it was premature.  She and Brielle were playing tug-of-war with a pillowcase using thier teeth. 
She is RICH now from all her tooth fairy visits!