Life in Spain

Our life has been so nuts over the last couple of months with moving, twins, new jobs, etc, that we haven't been able to travel too much. However, this world is so new to us that we have been able to find adventure in a few places that are close to home.

I have embedded a couple of different video clips from our first couple of months. Watch if you're interested!

We happened to catch Spencer's first smile on film:

The Rock of Gibraltar is English territory at the southern tip of Spain.

These are some cool horse races they do each year on the beach.

Cadiz is the oldest city in western Europe. Neat place.

Never saw anything like this in the states:

Birthdays and goodbye's

(I wrote this on the 4th of October but am just getting to post it now on the 20th!)

The babies aren't the only things going on to keep us busy right now. Of course life in general with all five boys feels like a daily marathon. Jake and Max both had birthdays in September and we had to say goodbye to our beloved Aunt Emme and Grandma Packer. We couldn't be more thankful for them and miss them soooooooooo much. Not just because they were such huge helpers, we just love them and miss our family.

Jake turned 4 and wanted a pirate birthday cake. We decided to just have a small birthday party with our family since so much was going on with the babies. I usually love to have big parties so it was hard to not make a huge deal about it. This time their cakes were the only things I was going to try and make special. I made Jake's pirate ship cake and it turned out cute. He wanted to go to get pizza and take it to the park so we loaded the cake and his presents and went to the park. On the way, the cake fell apart and was not salvageable. I didn't cry but almost. It was the only thing I tried hard on. Jake actually liked how it fell apart and said that it looked like it had been blasted with a cannon. So the pirate ship cake was a blasted pirate ship and he was OK with it. So I guess I couldn't be too upset. He got a lot of fun things. His favorite toys were all of the star wars figures from Grandma. He's obsessed. So it was a hit. Happy Birthday, Jake. We love you!

Then four days later on the 23rd was Max's 7th birthday. He was so cute and thrilled for his special day. After school we went again to get pizza for dinner ( there aren't a lot of restaurant options here) and took his presents but left the cake at home this time. He wanted a Spiderman cake and that was interesting. I couldn't come up with anything really exciting other than making a web and putting figures on top. I had made the web and left the room for a minute. Then Jake yelled from in the kitchen saying that he couldn't get the figures to stay on the cake. Another cake problem! He was just trying to help but made some big unnecessary holes. At that point, the babies were screaming to nurse so I was done trying. My mom helped finish it and Max enjoyed it in the end. After pizza, he opened presents ( more Star Wars and Bakugan). Then we went to see the movie G Force. He had a great birthday and we're so thankful for him. We love Max.

Happy Birthday Boys! We love you both.