Field Trip

Last week I jumped on the school bug with Drew and we headed to a farm!  The farm was full of every animal one could think of and it reminded me of the good old Midwest!!  Drew's class had a blast watching all of the animals and seeing baby goats eating with a bottle:)

Not sure if they were amazed with the pigs or all of the mud??

I couldn't ask for a better class for Drew.  All of the kiddos get along so well and have such a fun friendship.  The boyzzz couldn't be anymore boyzz and had their air guitar's out!

Touching a HUGE owl

Class photo!!  All boys and FOUR girls!!!

Budapest, Hungry

The other week we took a week long vacation to Budapest, Hungry.  We had such a great time and a RELAXING vacation!!!  We rented an apartment which was great and really comfortable for the children. 

On one of the days we took a train to Vienna, Austria and spent the day there.  The rest of the week we spent in Hungry. 

The town was full of SO much to do!!  One of the things that we loved was the Spring Festival which was occurring.  The festival was a lot like the Christmas Markets only happening in the Spring!!!! 

On the way home it was a little sad as Hungry was our last flying trip before we move:(  We are going out big though with our last trip to Portugal with seven other families!!!!  So it turned my frown upside down on the flight home!!!

Looking at the Danube River from the bridge

Budapest is actually divided up into two sections.  Buda in one are and Pest in another area, what separates the two is the Danube River.  It's really neat how there is an island in the middle of the Danube River turned into a HUGE park!  We spent an entire day there.  I had over thirty photos just from the park, it was AMAZING!

The park had play grounds through out it, Andy enjoyed them just as much as Drew:)

More beautiful trails

On Easter we went to another town an hour away.  The town was lined with shops everywhere, HEAVEN!!!  And of course had wonderful trails and was along the Danube River.

Quick photo in the town

Looking into the city of Budapest

Visiting one of the many churches

One of the nights we took a dinner cruise down the Danube river.  The kiddos did AMAZING and had so much fun. There was live music and dancing, heaven for a two and four year old!!

Waling around the boat before dinner! 

Thank U Papa & Mimi

Thank you Mimi & Papa for the cute easter basket!  We loved the fun surprise!!!

Seabee Ball

Ont eh 17th of March we celebrated the Seabee's 70th Birthday at a bodega in Jerez.  We had such a fun time and great laughs with this fun bunch of friends! 

Da Boyzzzz  Jeff and Brad live on our street as well and let's just say it's a hot mess when they're together! So fun!!

My friend Maureen who is married to Jeff (in the above photo)

Maureen &Carolyn (who is married to Brad in the above photo).

Tuscany

This past week we took a week long vacation to Tuscany!  We met up with Andy's uncle Robb and Matt.  It was an amazing week long trip full of adventure, relaxation, and good laughs!

We ended up renting a house out in the country in the cute town of Barga.  The house was in a wonderful location just a few miles of town and had a beautiful view of the Tuscan valley.

Taking a hike in the town of Barga

Drew and Claire were so in love with the food!  Drew asked me, "Mom do you think you can make this exact same meal at home"?  And he would always tell me that I need to get the sauce right!!!

Well I was able to learn Tuscan cooking with a half day cooking class!  The class was AWESOME and we were able to get the recipes!

Matt and I were in class for the day and Andy, Robb, and the kiddos toured the local town.

One of the days we went to Florence, AMAZING!

More of Florence..

A famous walk along the coast of Italy is called Cinque Terre.  The walk is a walk between five beautiful towns and is called the Lovers Walk.

One of the amazing towns

The path you walk on is all along the ocean and you can go into the towns as you pass by

We had such a fun week and it will be a trip we will always remember

Swim Lessons!

Drew is now in level three swim lessons and is doing awesome!!  This summer at the pool will be so much more relaxing as I can now say, Drew can swim on his own! 

Drew has done great in class as he's the smallest child in his class (as he's only four).  He was able to hang though with the older ones and has learned so much!

He is able to make it in the deep end and dive.  I will still be that mom that won't take my eyes off him, however will be more relaxed!

Dining Out

Last Thursday we had our annual Dining Out held at a local hotel on the beach in Rota.  The night is like one big drinking game and rules can't be broken or you will be sent to drink out of the toilet......  Even if one needs to use the restroom you have to fill out a toilet request sheet and everything has to be approved by the president (XO of the base).

And here are the toilets... the toilets are full of jungle juice!

At one point this was the line of people that were called out for something and all had to go to the toilet!

I mean this is just a given... it's wrong to have a mustache!!  Everyone who had one was sent to the toilet!

Our friend Kurt is hilarious and helped plan the night.  In his pocket he had a fake mustache and bucked teeth with braces.  Our XO of the base has a mustache and also didn't have the best of teeth and was sporting braces for the past couple of years!

Kurt acting like the XO!