Malaga

On Saturday, October 10. we decided to take it easy, sleep in, and then see what is around the town we were staying in.

I love this picture of David!!!  Look at that handsome smile!!!!

Where do you find the kids first thing in the morning?!?  Yep you guessed it - the pool!!!  I am so glad they are enjoying the pool so much!!!

Michael jumping in on the side, he decided it was easier than slowly getting in.  The water was a little cold.

This is what happens when you leave your camera on the table.  I LOVE my brother!!!!

Al, Mom, and Julie playing a little cards in the morning.

Gabby doing a little drawing.

AJ and Kaitlyn deep in conversation.

After a lazy morning, we decided to head down to town and get some lunch.  This place was recommended to us.  The kids are looking at turtles and fish.

There were quite a few of them in there!

This tree was over us while we were eating and I think it is great!!!  Look at the hanging parts of the tree.

Michael and Gabby decided to play some cards while they are waiting for lunch.

The rest of us are just enjoying the ambiance.

Kaitlyn and AJ found the playground.  They even have a bouncy castle behind them.  I am guessing that they blow it up when it was busier.

AJ showing us his hops!!!!  We had a great lunch, with great ambiance and then decided to check out more of the town.

We headed down to the beach.  I saw this and had to take a closer look.  It is a boat shaped BBQ with fish roasting away.

The first step in the Mediterranean Sea!!  It is so much warmer than the Pacific Ocean!

It was really neat, they had a ton of playgrounds out on the beach!  Michael and Gabby are doing an obstacle course.

My monkey on the monkey bars - he sure does love them!!!

Gabby, AJ, and Kaitlyn in the sea!

Michael decided to join them in the water.  He was having too much fun playing at the park, but he does love the water all of them do!

Al washing off his feet, I like how they camouflage it.  They have quite a few of them on the beach.

We headed back to the house and where did the kids head to?!?  You are right - the pool, which is great!!!

And the adults are just relaxing and enjoying the day!

AJ wanted to take me for a walk and show me the different trees that are on the property.  This is an olive tree.  Al tried them, but they aren't very good right off the tree he said.

AJ took me to the mango tree to show me where they have been getting all the yummy fruit!

Another great end to the day, playing games as a family!  I love the quite time, no electronics, enjoying each others company!!!

SPAIN!!!!

We arrived back to Kaiserslautern on Monday.  Al and family took a couple of day trips while David and I had to work and the boys had to go to school.  On Thursday night after work and school we headed to the airport to spend the night since we had to catch such an early flight the next morning.

After an uneventful flight, we landed in Spain and are waiting for our luggage.  We are quite a crew!!!

Julie and I relaxing waiting for the luggage.

We finally found all of our luggage and headed down to get our rental cars.  We needed two since there were ten of us!!

We made it to the cars and AJ was having some fun taking pictures while we are heading to our house.

We MADE IT!!  And check out our view from the balcony!!  It is absolutely gorgeous!!  To think it is almost freezing weather back in Germany

This is looking back at our house from the pool.  We decided to rent a whole house since there were so many of us and have a home base.  Of course a pool was needed for the kids to let off some energy!!!

Before we even had everything unpacked, the kids were in the pool!!  I LOVE IT!!!

Grandpa even put his legs in the water and chatted with Michael!

The kids found two frogs in the pool!!  They were sooooo excited about them!!!!

This is one of the things that drew me to this house, I LOVE the long table so we all could sit and eat together!!  Just relaxing after a long day of travel!

The view from the upstairs window, it truly was breathtaking and magnificent!!

I think the kids were in the pool for hours the first day!!!!!

The view was so beautiful I had to take some pictures, you can see the Mediterranean Sea off in the distance!!!

Panning a little to the left.

Dad, Mom and Al enjoying the sun and relaxing!!!

The flowers were still blooming there - look at that color!!!

One of my favorite times of the day - dinner together as a whole family!!!

The sunset over the water and pool!

The kids decided to do some exploring and they found a mango tree!

AJ trying the mango.  They were really good!!!  How cool is that to be able to pick and eat a mango right away!

Michael and David hanging out after dinner.  That is David's annoyed face that I bought all the kids whistle suckers and Michael blowing it right next to him.  I thought it was hilarious!!!!

Game night - probably one of my other favorite parts of the day!! ! I love hanging out, playing games, talking and enjoying each other!!!  We had a wonderful first day in Spain!!!!