Pizza Mizza

The past few weeks the heat here has been CrAzY where one doesn't want to even walk to the end of their drive way.  Having the kiddos home with me all day I try to be somewhat creative with new activities.  Today's activity was make your own pizza!  I gave the kiddos sauce and then a few toppings and they loved it!  I told them to use their hands and go nut's!  Yes, maybe I took my crazy pill or in the back of my head I knew our house keeper comes in two days???  Anywho.. they loved it!

Drew being exact with where he placed everything and in order..

Claire took more the adventure path and made sure to taste it before applying..

And two onions here.. two pieces of ham here..

And then their was Claire eating an entire spoon full of ham..

Ahhh, the final product before the oven!  Cheese exactly in the middle!!  So much like his father!! 

El Palomar Beach Day

Our goal for the rest of the summer is to hit a new beach town every weekend.  We have been doing this for the past couple of weeks and have not been dissapointed yet!  Instead we run into the problem of trying to decide which one is our favorite!

As soon as I stepped out of the car, my flip flops broke:(  They were my favorite ones as well...luckily their was a reef/roxi store across the street!

The beach had awesome places to chill

And it was a good surf day!

Many of the beach towns here have shops that line them with hand made unique gifts.  A dream for me, sun, beach and unique shopping!

Their were so many cute places to eat on the road

We had to stop at one of these cute places!  We ordered Claire a pineapple juice and it was the best juice drink that I have ever had!  It tasted like they cracked the pineapple open in the kitchen and then put a little milk with it. 

And the first drink...

After she took her first drink, he paused and looked up at Andy and have him the BIGGEST smile!  (she doesn't drink juice...ever...at home)!

With that look all we could do was let her finish her drink!

Drew also enjoyed his special drink!

Brew House

This past weekend Andy and our neighbor Justin started their first brew. They went with a wheat breaw and now it has to sit for two weeks before they can bottle.

I popped into the kitchen to see the mad scientists at work

Hmmmmm.....

After much concentration... the scienctists were finished.  They had a great time with step one and are looking forward to the bottling!

Best Investment...

Andy and I have talked a lot about getting a swing set for the kiddos, however one can't buy a nice wooden swing set like you would find in the states over here in Spain.  We thought about a dog for a while... that will have to come when were back in the states to find the perfect Fido...however we did invest in an inflatable jump house for the kiddos and they LOVE it!  The kid's die laughing in it together and the best part is you can take it down!!!  It was so much fun hearing them laugh and seeing them PLAY TOGETHER in it!  It was so cute Claire would run us to us give us a HUGE smile and run back and jump! 

And Espana Wins The Cup!!!!

On Sunday night we went out into our local town of Rota to watch the big game.  It was AMAZING to see everyone out and their country spirit in full!

It cracked us up.. cars had flags driving down the streets honking their horns all night.  People were on motorcycles wraped up in flags!

And of course Matt and Andy found some local cheer squad ladies...

The streets were blocked off and they had a jumbo screen up

Yap... true country pride was displayed!

This little guy even had a scarf on of Spain

Before the game started...

Thank You Aunt Allison!!!

Today when we went to the post office we had a fun surprise... AWESOME new pajamas from aunt Allison!!  Drew didn't even let me take the tags off of his until they were on!  Drew has a new pair of baseball pajamas and Claire's couldn't be any more cute as a ballerina. Thank you!!!

4th of July Kick Off

YES!!!!!  The 4th of July is here and for those of you that don't know, it is my FaVoRiTe holiday!!!   I love the 4th of July! This holiday is about being around family, friends, BBQ's, laughing, and having fun.  No gifts required....just  parades, fireworks, 5K runs,and did I mention food???

Being stationed here in Spain makes this holiday really special as we can't fly the American flag 365 days a year.  This year starting on Monday we were able to raise the American flag for the first time since the last 4th of July and can fly it till the 5th of July.  One really forget's and takes granted how often one sees the American flag until you don't see it at all. 

On Monday there was a big flag raising ceremnony here on base

The kiddos and I woke up early for it!  I was dressed for the 4th of July run on base!

Thursday night we had a little 4th of July celebration here on base.  Reason #325 I love the 4th of July is the cute outfits for the kiddos!  So we had to have a photo shoot!  Of course with a three and one year old one can't get a photo of them and both with smiles!  I was though really happy with the way they turned out!

Drew I'm sure looking at Claire as she eats dirt....

I love this photo and what the two of them must be thinking!