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Friday, May 27, 2011

BBQs and Sunsets


We bought a tiny charcoal bbq for our patio a few weeks ago and we've been throughly enjoy almost every night. Last week we had a few friends over for a perfect summer bbq. The picture above is Gabriella talking to her Grandma on the phone while we were cooking dinner. 

Mmmm, I'm going to miss these!


Quick family picture after church on Sunday

Since it's been SO hot here, we have really been enjoying our patio in the evenings after the sun goes down. The sunsets have been so beautiful lately.

Gabriella attacking Daddy from behind!


Friday, May 20, 2011

Broken and bruises

Well this week has been interesting to say the least. On Tuesday our internet stopped working suddenly and here when I don't have the internet I am totally lost. Well after countless hours on the phone with our internet provider (in French mind you), they determined that it was our Bbox (router). So we packed up Gabriella and the box and went to the store that the agent on the phone told me to go to only to find that location is closed permanently. So we hopped on the tram and rode to another store, they gave us a new box and we were on our way.

I was relieved that maybe our internet would work again. Well not only did the internet not work now, the house phone, and the tv (which are all ran through the same box) were no longer working.  Great, now I had to call the internet provider again from my cell phone and start all over again. Then the power went out, yes it was a great day! Needless to say I had to call it quits and give up for the day.

Thankfully when we woke up this morning the power was back on and oddly everything was working again. Who knows how or why it wasn't working in the first place?! but at least it's working now. LOL this place i so crazy sometimes!

We hiked the Bastille here in Grenoble a few days ago.

These pictures are from the top of the Bastille


She still had plenty of energy after the hike to play!

This is a typical evening at our house, Gabriella has to help cook dinner and watch Tangled! Yes she isn't wearing a diaper in the picture, we've just started showing interest in being potty trained so we're working on it.

Watching movies with mom and her baby

We took Gabriella and her friend Liv to see the animals at the circus that was in town.

Gabriella's favorite thing to do right now is to play in the sand. She'd play in it all day if I let her. The other night she was in the sand, digging holes and she tripped and smacked her head on the cement. She got a nasty bruise from it, but as she says it "I ok mom". She's so funny I have to kiss all day long.



Saturday, May 7, 2011

Pictures, pictures

Last weekend we rented a car and took a couple of day trips. I think Gabriella was just as happy as her parents to be in a car.
Until she got car sick! Her crazy parents decided to take the back road, and about 20 minutes into the ride, Gabriella says "mama, my tummy hurts." I almost had her out of her car seat when she lost it. She threw up all over herself. Poor thing; after that she was a happy camper.


It's a good thing we had a hoodie and some tights in the bottom of her stroller. Lol!!! The rest of the day, we heard "mama, dada, my tummy ok now."


We set out to visit Grotte de choranche, the picture below is the walk up to the grotte.


The next few are the pictures inside the grotte. 



Crazy salamanders that live in the grotte.


On our way home, we stopped at Pont-en-Royans on our way home.






On Sunday, we took Gabriella out to Lac de Laffrey. She was dying to go swimming after she watched all the other kids jump in. But when I tried to take her in the water, she decided it wasn't as much fun as it looked.



She had a ton of fun with her sand buckets and water can though.