Nico´s class picture.

Nico´s friend Tata(aka Samuel) is the one in the back row, far left wearing bright blue.

Highlights of Paris Trip

The never changing Eiffel Tower.















Front of Notre Dame.











The Arc de Triumph.









Nico playing in the airport. (this should be the first pic)









The famous pyramid outside the Louvre.









A subway entrance.














The Palace of Versailles.










Nico and his new found friend Louis in the palace up to no good.(They didn´t allow strollers inside so all the little ones were running around.)






Us and our hosts, Micheal, Veronique and Marie in the palace gardens.

From the gardens.

Eating a nana(aka banana) waiting to board the plane in Paris to go home.

Trip to Huesca, weekend in the Pyrenees Mountains

Here is the first picture of many mountains. The Pyrenees Mountains make up the border between Spain and France.





Looking into one of the many valleys.













Pictures from a wall around the village L´Ainsa.







Looking at the village from the wall.











Nico in the village square.












Me, Juanlo and Raquel (a little blurry) in one of the streets in the village.












The next day at the beginning of a 7km hike up the mountain to a waterfall called the Horse´s Tail.






Nico wanting to play games on the way up.










At this point I think Nico is wondering where in the world we are going.

Taking a break on the way up for a little sugary sucker.

Another break to play with the rocks.

This part had snow(by the way we started out on this trek at 10:30 and finished at around 6 stopping for a bit to have lunch).

Nico cat napping.

We could only use the stroller maybe half the time, mostly on the way down. Normally, I had it strapped to my back using my sweatshirt to keep it in place. (pic of this to come when I get them from our friends.)

A flat area almost to the end where we had lunch and Nico and I camped out waiting for the rest to come back from the waterfall at the end.

This is about half an hour futher than Nico and I went. Pictures thanks to Samuel.

The famous Horse´s Tail waterfall.

At the top.

Having luch when everyone got back.

Finally making our way back down. Nico was sleeping.

Picture from the road.

Nico making a call from one of the last remaining telephone booths in Spain.

Road we took to get to village where the telephone booth is. ( This is for two way traffic)

A platue in the mountain.

Picture on our way down the road.

Nico loves the water. We have heard the word agua about 100 million times over the past 4 days.

How boys use a bidet!

We thought it was funny when Nicolas decided that the bidet made for a good water fountain. I guess it is a good use for something that is so useless.

Chatting!

Here papá take this cream puff. Nicolas doesn´t have a sweet tooth so he gives the sweet stuff to others.(Obviously he doesn´t take after me on that one.)











A face of trouble and innocence.








Hello, hello is anyone there?











Just thought I would call for a chat.








Normally he just talks to himself. (Sorry for all the background noise, we were at a birthday party.)

Fun Dips!!

Just to keep tabs Nicolas had his 18 month check-up recently and weighed in at 12.830 kilos (about 28 lbs.) and 85.5 cm (about 33 1/2 in.)tall. He is in the 90th percentile for both according to the charts here, which I guess are adjusted according to cultures. He also got his last two vaccines until he turns 4. We were lucky to have his appointment the day after the doctors were on strike and before they go on strike again. Lucky timing.


Thank you Auntie Kristi, Uncle Mitch, Ian, Taylor, Elly, Afton, Kaiden and Nikki for the wonderful Fun Dips. I love them, and mom loves them even more.









A cheesey green smile for the camera.

I didn´t really want to give the stick up.

Weekend in Riaza with Samuel´s old co-workers

Nico and Jose on the oldest swing I have ever seen.










Playing soccer in the park.









The gang in the plaza.

Hanging out after lunch for a little R&R.