Costa Rica (part 2)

Britt and the boys arrived!
For breakfast, we ate Mima's delicious pancakes:




Playing Guess Who together:



Our neighbor, Gary, let us use his pool!



We had some people over last Sunday for a BBQ.

Layli and Amelie:



Sonny:



Martita, Sasha and Britt




Ela playing Golf:



Cutie Amelie!



Dylan and beautiful Samba:



Sasha and Samba:



Lilia with her granddaughter:



Richard, Brenda, Mom and James:

Costa Rica (part 1)

Our long-awaited family reunion has finally come! James, Sasha and I arrived a couple of days ago. Here are pictures of our trip thus far.


At the airport with Daddy:



She always says 'Hello' to the pilots, and this time around they let her sit in the cockpit and press some buttons! (This happened before take-off of course).



Exhausted on the plane:



Playing Guess Who with Titi:



Finding new ways to swing, while entertaining her beautiful cousin, Ela:



Eating Jocotes!



Titi is so good with kids!



We went for a walk downtown, and tried to visit my father's grave, but the cemetery was closed.



Cousin love:







Sasha loves her Titi:



and her Mima:




We can't wait for the rest of the family to arrive!

Who knew jumping in puddles was so much fun...

A few more from Patti and Pat's visit. On their last day we went to a baseball game. : )

Houston part 2 - Grandma and Grandpa visit!

Grandma and Grandpa (Patti and Pat) are here! It has been so great to spend this time with them! We'll be very sad when they leave us tomorrow. : (

Since they arrived we've gone to the beach:

Flying a kite with Grandpa!












Ice skating!!

So excited to get her ice skates!






She looked like the scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz with her wobbly legs, but she had so much fun!




Walks in the Woods:







Hanging out at the house:






Eating out, going to the Mall, the bookstore and the Museum: