We took advantage of being all dressed up to take a family photograph... it came out nicely!
You see these pictures... We took them! I was really hoping, waiting and wishing till the last minute that something were to happen!! A gift from the beyond... the airline calling and saying we couldn't leave or something, a storm, a plane damage... but nothing... so I get to the airport, very very dissapointed. I see the Iberia airplane flying in at the moment we are parking the car. We get in line for the check in, for about 40 minutes, everything seems to be in order. Suddenly 3 people before getting up to the counter, they tell us that no more passangers fit in the plane. They had overbooked the flight!!!! So we got to stay an extra day and got pad for it! It was really amazing!
Here's the funniest episode of this trip... it's more of a miracle episode actually. I had bought my tickets a few months prior to the departure date. A few days later my aunt announces that she's getting married to Arnaldo and has already set the dates. We were leaving on Sep 2nd afternoon and they were getting married Sep 2nd night. I was very very frustrated. There was nothing to do though. Their dates depended on Arnaldo's work vacations and they were unable to move them around.
Here we are, next to playa parguito, eating the inevitable.. fresh fried fish!
We also got to visit my friend Adriana. She had just recently bought a bed&breakfast with her cousinon margarita Island. It's the cutest thing! Visit it, http://citronela.blogspot.com/. It's beautiful!
We also made a small trip to Margarita. It was our first family trip, composed of the 4 of us! My parents invited our stay in the 5 star hotel of Isla Bonita!
We took advantage of my cousin Federico's first dental cabinet, to go take care of our teeth! He hadn't graduated yet, but he was already working at it! Although, I was shocked with his prices ;-)... I have to say he has very smooth hands! Here you can see Sofía as a first hand helper!
We also visited my grandmother on my biological father's side, Pepita! This is my Portorican grandmother. Here we are, the 4 generations!
Had to get up early... wasn't very happy about it... but it was worhtwhile! Here are my brother and my husband beating each other up at tennis...
Laura and Federico
Susa la loca and me ;-)!
This is in Alecita's B-day, with the whole clan! Here is my aunt Maureen, my uncle Kunito and me!
Another highlight was my cousin Sharon preparing dinner for the 5 cousins and Co. Here are some good pictures of that night...
Daddy love-a-dub...
A few city trips as well. We went to el teleférico, the cable car that takes you up Caraca's mountain, el Avila. There is food and games and an amazing view from there. We also went to Parque del Este. All with my nanny, Alecita!
It was a trip were we got to relaz quite a bit; we were quite homey. Here's Nico and Vincent playing chess and Sofía developing the artist she has inside!
These are just common sunsets and views we get from my parent's apartment in Chuao, Caracas. Isn't that amazing?! I love it! It's also Vincent's doing, he was really into taking the best shots with our new Nikon D70!
This trip was very olorful in the sense that we got to do a lot of stuff. For instance here's a photo of my uncle Ricardo's apartment. He's an architect and had just remodeled it. Before he did so, it was almost a big empty storage room.
We also enjoyed the pool. Sharon, Sofía's godmother, was so good with her...
We had so much fun that day at my uncle's house. We jumped on the trampoline, for which Sofía was delighted and Sofía played pictionary with the adults for the first time! Tuti was the best at it with her! They made a wonderful team and beat us all!
Here's a nice little trip we made of going back home to Venezuela for 3 weeks. I was pregnant with Paul of about 4-5 months. Here we are at my uncle Kunito's house. Look at the color of these guacamayas and in general the beauty of the garden and the view...
