Our trip to Arizona, though short, was AWESOME! I had the best time and can hardly wait for our return trip in April to go watch the Easter Pageant there. From beginning to end, the gods were shining on our trip. Okay...that is a bit dramatic but you get the point.
Little Leo -awesome. He slept - awesome. He played - awesome. It was fantastic. The first day we got there, he was immediately comfortable (as previously stated in my last post) and immediately fell in love with Tristan and Kendra upon their arrival Friday afternoon. We chatted and caught up on everything from each member of our families to what the girls were doing in school. Then we got on Skype and chatted up Betina for a few minutes.
The wedding was short and sweet. The reception was only 2 hours but we managed to get there only a half hour late (for a house FULL of women, that was pretty good). Everyone was there except Chiquita and Gary. We saw ALL of the Kleins - Michael's twin girls are soooooooooo cute. David and Denise's kids are HUGE and all grown up. Sabrina's baby who is only 3 weeks younger than Leo is super tiny and very adorable. Christine is beginning to look a whole lot like Tia Marta but other than that she still somehow looks the same. Uncle Rick and Tia Lydia were there too. They're leaving to Uruguay next month with Ann and Lisa's respective families.
Tia Olga fell as we were leaving for the wedding and sprained her ankle, unfortunately. Thank goodness Chris was there to assist her with walking. She claims to have fallen by tripping on the girl's bags but we all know it was from the 3 inch stiletto heels she was sporting.
We ate good food - all Uruguayan favorites (empanadas, pasqualina, flan, and membrillo), we drank mate and malta, we laughed and had a great time. Gabriela, Chris and I stayed up until nearly 2 AM just catching up and talking. It was great.
My favorite part though, had to have been the drive home. Silly as it sounds, it's true. I love being able to sit and talk with Mom for hours like that. I learn so much about her. And when I say I learn so much about her, I do not mean her - Elsa, my mom...I mean her - Elsa, the person. She is such an amazing woman and I am continually blessed by her presence in my life.
All in all - it was a great trip.
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That sounds wonderful! (Except for Olga's sprained ankle . . . although, to be perfectly honest, I smiled when I thought of her in those stilettos!)
I've been craving flan lately, I'm jealous.
I remember having a wonderful time with abuela when we went to Arizona a couple years ago. She's a great companion.
EVERYTHING YOU said in this post is EXACTLY why I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOO annoyed that I wasn't in on this trip. Granted; invitations help, but oh well....NOW that I KNOW about APRIL.....I'm going!
It's all the little things that make for a great trip. I have to say that your MOM is HUGE and OLGA is HUGE in the big scheme of all AZ trips, but GABRIELLA is AWESOME and her family are so incredibly WONDERFUL.
I LOVE the KLEINs; They have really SPECIAL familial and warm charm that I gravitate to. And of course the Shumways-they're like us and probably the most familiar because the let us into their lives for so long. COOL LIZZIE!!!!
We MISSED YOU guys this weekend! I would have stayed in S. CA but had no inkling when you guys were coming home; so I came back with GERARDO Sunday.
We made a 24 hours trip to attend a reception for a dear friend of mine in Fontana. Her first son got sealed in the St. George Temple. LOVE YOU & I"m GLAD (genuinely glad) that you had a GREAT time!
See, I told ya! Leo had to go through a rough patch so that he would be an angel on the trip. Now everyone thinks that you have such an easy life because your baby is perfect. :)
I'm glad to hear that everything went so well. Someday I'll meet the Arizona folk :)
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