Kira's 16th Birthday

Kira cumplio 16 y lo festejamos con una cena en familia y su postre favorito en vez de torta: Brownies con helado de mora. Lo pasamos muy bien todos y despues ella se quedo jugando con su hermanito Derek hasta tarde.

Kira had her 16th birthday and we celebrated it with the family having her favorite dessert instead of cake: brownies with raspberry ice-cream. We had a really good time and after everybody left she stayed to play with her little brother, Derek.

Oh the joys of Spring. - Las maravillas de la Primavera

Por fin llego la Primavera y los dias calidos aca en Utah. Hasta ahora hacia frio un dia y calor el otro, el tiempo es muy loco, pero estos ulimos dias fueron hermosos, las flores estan floreciendo, el cesped creciendo cada vez mas verde y los yuyos... bueno mejor ni mencionarlos (nos estan volviendo locos, hay una cantidad innumerable), pero aca hay unas fotitos para que vean como disfrutamos estar afuera. Derek adora estar en el fondo, corriendo los pajaros o nuestros dos gatitos, o jugando con agua y con barro. Y yo cada dia me gusta mas plantar verduras y otras plantas. He descubierto que la jardineria me fascina. Aca van unas fotos de mis plantitas que comence dentro de casa con semillas porque afuera se hubieran congelado. Ya plante lechuga, tomate, sandia, y melon con semillas. Me encanta!!, es divertido y se ve la recompensa.

















Spring is finally here with its nice warm days here in Utah. Until recently the wheather has been crazy, one day snows and the next day is 80 degrees!!! but the last few days have been beautiful. The flowers and blooming, the grass is growing nice and green and the weeds... WELL, I better not mention them (they're driving us up the wall!!!.. there's an infinite number of them). But here are a few pictures so you can see how much we enjoy the outdoors, especially Derek, he loves chasing the birds or our cats, or playing with water and mud. And as for me, every day I enjoy more gardening. I've realized that I really enjoy gardening. I've started some veggies from seed inside the house because outside they would have frozen. I've germinated, lettuce, tomatoes, cantaloupe and watermelon. I love it!! It's fun and rewarding!!

Grandmas' birthday... 73 this year!!!

Lo pasamos muy bien con la familia y todos disfrutamos la cena del domingo, y todos, menos la abuela comimos torta (que triste), pero ella no puede comer torta por su diabetes.

We had a wonderful time with the family, everyone enjoyed the Sunday dinner, and everybody but grandma enjoyed the cake (sad), but she can't have any for her diabetes.



La abuela cumplio 73 y se mantiene re joven todavia, aca estamos en su festejo. En las fotos estamos, Dale, Stacia y sus hijos, Ben y Siena, Becky, Matt y su hija Masha, Jane y Neil (los abuelos) y Danny, Derek y yo. Solamente faltaba el hermano mayor de Danny, Gary con su esposa Carolyn y sus hijas, Liz, Jasmin y Whitney, ellos viven en el estado de Colorado, pero aca hay una foto para que los conoscan.
Grandma's 73rd birthday, and young as ever. Here are, Dale, Stacia, and their chidren, Ben and Siena, Becky, Matt and their daughter Masha, Jane &Neil, and Danny, Derek and me. We were only missing Danny's older brother Gary with his wife Carolyn and their children, Liz, Jasmin and Whitney, but below is a picture of them so you meet them too. They live in the State of Colorado.

A Really Cold Winter

Este invierno fue super frio, se vino una tormenta de nieve detras de la otra!!

Mas Fotitos

Jugando con Ginny

Playing with Ginny

Que hace Derek a los 17 meses?

Que hace Derek a los 17 meses?

Lava los platos, juega con el maple, molesta a Ginny, y molesta a Ginny, Grita como loco, pasa tiempo con el abuelo, toma mate con mama, se te rie en la cara, hace lio con las cosas de cosina, y baila con mami. Tambien luce su cabello con rulitos (como mami cuando tenia la misma edad) Derek dice algunas palabras que se entienden bien, el resto es indecifrable. El dice, Hola, Hello, chau chau, thank you, Ginny (la gatita), mama, y Hon=papa, (Hon es una abreviatura de Honey) asi es como yo lo llamo y Derek de tanto escucharme se copio.

What's Derek doing at 17 months?
A little bit of everything. He loves to play in the dishwasher, take maple syrup around the house, He annoys Ginny all day long, every day, He screams like crazy when he wants something and doesn't get it; He loves to spend time with Grandpa, As a good Argentine, drinks mate with mommy, He likes to laugh, and play with kitchenware, and let's not forget "He loves to dance with mommy". And we've discovered that he has curly hair (mommy had curly hair when she was the same age). Derek's vocabulary is still limited; words that we understand are Hola, Hello, chau chau, thank you, Ginny (la gatita), mama, y Hon (short for Honey, that's what he hears me call Daddy) so to him Hon=papa for now.