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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009
We had a nice Christmas. It wasn't the same, but it was nice. We decided to treat the boys to a special night of Mcee D's for Christmas Eve! They loved it! We had no where else to go, so that was their special night. Christmas Day we had some friends get together and did a nice Christmas dinner that consisted of WAY to much food. We had a good time though. It was actually kind of relaxing not having to do the run around from place to place that we are normally used to. I wasn't able to cook/bake ALL the holiday goodies that I am used to, but we managed to make a few. I decorated the house as much as I could. Thanks mom for all the little decoations you sent. We used everything and it gave it all the more "Christmassy feeling."
The day after Christmas we embarked on our first outing as a family out of the country, to mainland Spain. Our three month tourist visa was up, so we had to leave. (We are currently just a couple of weeks away from getting residency though, and that will make things much easier for us.) We had a really great time. We were blessed to be able to stay in an apartment that a friend of ours owns. We traveled up to Malaga, got to go to an aquarium, eat lots of "american" type foods, see a huge mega mall, and lots of other little things. The highlight of our trip though was going to Gibraltar. We visited there and spent New Years Eve there. It was a blast. We had monkeys climb on our backs! It was aweseome, the boys loved it and we got to see fireworks, like the fourth of July fly overhead. We even had a huge ball of fire fall out of the sky and land literally about 10 feet from us! That was a bit scary, but we were ok, no one was hurt thankfully!
Now, we are just trying to get back into some routine. With the New Year comes new goals, new dreams, new challenges, but we feel that we are ready to face them! It will be a great year! I turn 30! Wooohooo! and It's our 10 year anniversary! So, we are hoping and praying that 2009 will be an awesome year for our family.
The day after Christmas we embarked on our first outing as a family out of the country, to mainland Spain. Our three month tourist visa was up, so we had to leave. (We are currently just a couple of weeks away from getting residency though, and that will make things much easier for us.) We had a really great time. We were blessed to be able to stay in an apartment that a friend of ours owns. We traveled up to Malaga, got to go to an aquarium, eat lots of "american" type foods, see a huge mega mall, and lots of other little things. The highlight of our trip though was going to Gibraltar. We visited there and spent New Years Eve there. It was a blast. We had monkeys climb on our backs! It was aweseome, the boys loved it and we got to see fireworks, like the fourth of July fly overhead. We even had a huge ball of fire fall out of the sky and land literally about 10 feet from us! That was a bit scary, but we were ok, no one was hurt thankfully!
Now, we are just trying to get back into some routine. With the New Year comes new goals, new dreams, new challenges, but we feel that we are ready to face them! It will be a great year! I turn 30! Wooohooo! and It's our 10 year anniversary! So, we are hoping and praying that 2009 will be an awesome year for our family.
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