The wonders of nature...

Although we live in the city, our house has been a source of interesting nature discoveries. That does not include our neighbors roosters that we would like to serve in mole or use for a dissection experiment! We had been admiring some spiders outside our kitchen window and seeing how they caught grasshoppers for lunch (which we do not mind at all, since there is a grasshopper abundance right now). Only after our maid killed it, did it don on me that we had been admiring a black widow! Yikes! In the same day, our maid also killed a scorpion. She has a special hatred for these critters having been bit by one some time ago. So, we are not lacking in excitement.


Today, as I was hauling laundry up to the terraza, I spotted a couple of dragonflies resting on one of our plants. I called the girls to take a look, and they noticed several of them. It was beautiful to see 10 or 15 of them glimmering in the sun and sitting very still on the vine. We are always amazed at all the incredible things God has created for our marvel and interest.


And, just to leave you a sweet look at our own butterfly...
Sofia had her face painted while we ate at Chili's! What fun...She has decided that she would like this face painter at her birthday party. Hmmmmmm...
(Sorry, I don't have the energy to figure out how to turn the pictures around...)

Chicago style pizza

Last week we had a house guest and friend, Charles. Much to the joy of our pallette,he is a cook for his Italian restaurant (italian food is my favorite). So, he sucumed to our pleas and made us some delicious pizza. It was very yummy and much unlike anything we can get here, so we enjoyed it to the fullest! Here is a visual of all the calories we ate!

Stuffed crust pizza




The traditional pepperoni pizza


Lunch with Charles

Low flying trip to Texas

We got back last night from a very quick, but rich trip to Texas. We joined Summer Powell and her family in her marriage to Tupac.
It was a beautiful wedding and we are excited for what lies ahead for Summer and Tupac. Victoria and Sofia were both flower girls and did a great job in the wedding.
For a plethora of pictures, you can go here. They looked so beautiful and big! They not only enjoyed their weddingly duties, but they also enjoyed spending time with Jessica, Grace and Grant Wininger. We stayed with our friends Ted and Cindy. They are the kind of friends that make you feel at home, when it's really not your home, and even when you flood their pantry. We and our kids stepped right in where we had left off and enjoyed good coffee, great food, trampoline jumping, playing and an occasional shut-eye! I would post a picture of them, but we thought of picture taking on Sunday morning, when none of us were looking particularly glamorous for pictures, and as any Sunday morning, running late!

Olivia tunes into some itunes while waiting for the plane...



Sofia expends some energy on her head!


Relaxing after a delectable airplane meal...



It was an uneventful trip that included a 4 hour drive to and from Mexico City and a plane ride to DFW. The girls were thrilled to be able to fly, which made the drive worthwhile. They only went to the bathroom three times in two hours! I'm thinking they were checking out a few of the bathroom amenities...(memories from flying to and from Argentina...)
Once again, we are home safe and sound, and nothing fell apart. Our pets are with us. Yes, we have a new pet: a guinea pig! We went to the fair and came home with it. I was not in the pet shop when the deal went down...but, hey, it's not a dog.

Meet Cri-cri -- who is looking much healthier than his first days here!