thanksgiving day

we spent today with other missionary families. here we all are (most of us). and outside was a pool! ezra and paula couldn’t resist!

Polo

I was invited by a couple Argentine friends to a Polo match. It was cool learning all the rules etc….Here are some photos.

Puerto Madero

These photos were taken in Buenos Aires’ most recent district called Puerto Madero.  Basically it is a residential and commercial area created at the docks of the old port.  Our sunset walk was awesome!

a small paula post

tomorrow is thanksgiving? how strange, it sure doesn’t feel like it! for one thing, it’s in the high 80’s, which feels to me like 100, plus…where is the turkey? i need to watch myself writing this post because i’m about to have this baby, and i’m REAL sensitive right now, but i can’t help but [...]

culture 101 – the oldest and the biggest

i should have named all the posts about BA “culture 101″, because we are required for the first year to learn all that we can about the culture in BA.
the oldest cafe in Buenos Aires, established since 1858

we felt a little under-dressed when we walked in, but everyone was dressed casually, unlike the atmosphere…super fancy!

our [...]

tummy & ezie

i finally made time to take some pictures of my tummy & ezra. i’m one month away, maybe less than that, from having noah. it was time to capture the sweet moments of the first born loving on my tummy.

gran cafe tortoni / san telmo

Had a cup of coffee, milkshake and strawberry ice cream at the most famous cafe in Buenos Aires yesterday afternoon.  It was a great place to hang out with Paula and Ezra.  Very relaxing!  For those of you who love  great music and literature we would highly recommend the place.  The Tortoni was founded in [...]

uruguay pics

heading to Uruguay on the Buquebus, aka ferry. ezie could not get enough of the boat & all the water

taking a break from walking up the road. i over did it that day! i keep forgetting that i’m 8 months pregnant, but my body QUICKLY reminds me!

beautiful streets of colonia

next time, we’ll rent one of [...]

awesome uruguay visit

A couple days ago we spent the day in Colonia, Uruguay. Right now we are having to leave Argentina every 90 days until we get our initial 2 year visa. We took the hour long Buquebus ferry across the river and spent the day hanging out in a very quaint Portuguese colonial town. [...]

we are still alive

The last couple weeks have been pretty crazy.  We have had to seriously do a lot of multi-tasking in order to get things accomplished.  Our apartment is coming along really good.  We got money approved to paint the place and fix some of the initial repairs.  Right now we are waiting for more money to [...]