Zahara de la Sierra‏

Last Sunday we traveld to Zahara de la Sierra a beautiful white washed mountain town a few hours away.  At the top of the village was an awesome castle.  The kiddos did AWESOME and hiked more than three miles UP HILL!  Drew and Claire do a great job hanging tough with our outdoor activites and really enjoy them.

Claire is now in UNDERWEAR!!!  Here in Europe toilets are sometimes hard to find.  So we've been traveling with one!  She picked a great view to do her buisness!

We reached the top of the Moorish castle! 

The view from the castle

Inside the caslte

We told the kiddos to stay close as their were some openings in the castle.  Thisis how they looked the entire time!

And a potty break on the way home. This one took a bit longer as she had sticks and rocks to play with as she sat there....

Sizzzzzzling Summer!!!

Where has the summer gone????  One more week and August will already be here!  Our summer has been a blast filled with visitors and play dates!  The first week of Augsut my great friend since frist grade will be here for two weeks!!!  Then we're off to Portugal and then summer is over:(  Luckly living in Spain every day is a holiday!  Here are a few photos from the past few weeks.

Tub time is never dull....Claire usually starts to undress during dinner as she so excited for what comes next!

I can officially say that our life is getting easier at the pool!  Claire and Drew both LOVE the water!!  Claire is an animal in the pool and probably should be in level two for swim lessons already!

Drew can now swim on his own!  He can swim the entire length of the pool and swim in the 11ft (above photo).

Drew swimming across the deep end

And what makes this year a blast, he goes off the board.  We're always with him in the deep end, however he does it all alone!

With the perfect weather we've had a lot of BBQ's.  The other night the kiddos were "cheersing" on their own!  I guess they also want to recongize a good time!

Um... so while the adults were outside we noticed it was quiet inside.  Andy went in to check on Drew and Rorey and Drew said they were playing doctor.  He said, "Dad I'm a family doctor".  How could one argue with that!

Daddies with the little ones on the swings

This is how we found Claire in her room about ten minutes after we put her to bed...

The book was straight up and she was out!

Okay.. so this photo cracks me up...Drew's cute friend Peter and him were having a blast.  I told them to put their arms around each other and Peter rapped his arms around Drew!  I love both of their expressions in the photo!

A little popsicle time!

Drew and Dominic

Randomness

The other day I blew up Drew's sleeping bag air matress to watch a movie one night.  Claire had to squeeeeeze in with him!  Of course fell right "asleep"!

Drew and Claire were all dresses in their "fishing" gear

So, Claire and I were watching Sesame Street on the computer and I ran to switch out the laundry.  I came back and found that she found some new "viewing" glasses!

Sista and Hubs Come To SPAIN!!!

Last Wednesday evening I traveled to Jerez to pick up my sister, Allison and her husband Jeremy for five days.  We have been looking forward to this since the day they told us they were just thinking of coming out!  The only problem was that time went by WAY to fast.  I truely am blessed to have such a great sister and brother-in-law. 

The big test we have with our guests is.. will Claire warm up to you!  Ali and Jer passed with flying colors and Claire grabbed her hand before she could sit down!

Jer Bear just really LOVED the ocean!!

We thought it would be fun to barry Jeremy in the sand...

We jsust left a small hole for him to drink some Tinto when needed:)

Yah... so Ali and I took Drew to swim lessons and Andy and Jeremy stayed home to "work out"..

Night out in Rota

On Friday we took the ferry over to Cadiz. The market over there is just amazing full of fresh, fruits, meats..etc..

Ali and I thought we should buy all of our fish from this man.......need I say more...

So.. one night we went out to dinner late. We hd a great idea to walk there and the kiddos would fall asleep in the stroller when we would get there.  NOPE this is Claire having a GREAT time at 11:30pm!  The restuarant has an awesome play ground outside for the kiddos to play on. Drew was sound asleep.. of course!

On the 4th we had an entire beach day.  Equipped with some new rafts!

Um yah.. so this WAS going to be our Christmas card....

We had an AMAZING time with Ali and Jer.  When we dropped them off at the airport Ali waved good-bye to Claire and Drew and Claire SCREAMED "NOOOOOO" and started to cry!!!  Less then a year and we will be together again.. I can make it.. I can make it....