Sunday, December 27, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Pictures of Mom & Dad in Barcelona.
Eating paella
Pops brought his lap top into the kitchen to read us the
"miracle stories" in the weekly emails from the missionaries
while Mom cooked Paella for dinner.
Mom cooking paella in her kitchen.
Taking a break on a bench while site-seeing down by Las Ramblas
Touring downtown.
You can rent bikes & ride around the city
Mom at Port Veil
At the Columbus Statue
Port Veil (the Mediterranean Sea)
At Plaza Catalyna
The mail man drives this moto.
Barcelona pictures (from November)
All the office Elder's around the Christmas tree.
Ha ha.
In the mission office.
One of the AP's on the phone in the mission office,
Sunday night all the missionaries call in with their numbers for the week.
In the mission office, eating bean dip on Sunday night waiting for calls to come in.
The office in the mission home.
The kitchen counter
Mom working on a talk, dad taking a break at the piano.
On the side of the road on the way to Zaragonza
for a branch conference & other meetings.
Mom & I in the hotel room watching "High School Musical 3" in Spanish on TV.
At the chino store - HSM3 souvenirs!
Dad playing the piano in the mission home.
Barcelona misc.
This wash cloth hangs in the kitchen.
Mom buying bread at her neighborhood bakery.
Mom cooking in her kitchen.
The rooftop of Sagrada Familia
Buying/reading the guidebook to Sagrada Familia. Dad was our personal tour guide, reading us info during our self guided tour.
Mom working at her desk in the office in the apartment.
Dad working in the office in the apartment.
Mom taking a phone call - probably from a sick missionary. "When was your last kebab?" she always asks. If it's been in the last 24 hours, she tells them they will be fine (but they keep eating kebabs!).
Mom standing on the street outside of their apartment/balcony.
Saying goodbye at the airport (this elder was the AP when Mom & Dad arrived)
The "transporter"
Stopping to look at the fountain on the way home from singing
with the missionaries.
Transfer day, the out-going missionaries come to the mission home for a nice dinner & a small fireside/testimony meeting.
Dad checking the phone messages in the kitchen.
Hermanas are awesome.
Dad teaching on Mount Guic, showing the new missionary his "mission field"
Mom in the transfer van.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Valencia Oranges
Yes, they really grow Valencia oranges in Valencia, and this is the orange season. As we drove along the AP-7, the Autopista del Mediterraneo, the orange groves were busy with workers picking the harvest from heavily laden trees. Fresh oranges, with leaves still attached, were available by the bag full in the rest stops along the highway.
The fresh Valencia oranges made a great edible centerpiece for the tables at our Christmas conference. We brought a bag or two home with us for the holidays!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
26.2!
I did it!
With the help of my running buddies . . .
With the help of my running buddies . . .
. . . and my cheerleaders!
(and quite a few Shot Blocks and GU packets, too!)
Thanks for the great run!
(and quite a few Shot Blocks and GU packets, too!)Thanks for the great run!
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