My trip to Switerland

I got to go spent a week in Basel, Switzerland with a group of ladies. It was work but most if the time it didn't feel like it. I had plenty of time to catch up with old friends, make new ones, SHOP and eat!

I had a fresh pretzel everyday I was there and some days I got it filled with cream cheese! Tried local breads, cheese dishes and of course chocolate!!! I traveled with 2 friends that live here in Portugal and at the airport on our way home we stumbled upon a chocolate festival complete with lots of free samples. It was a great end to a wonderful week.

Oh and there was SNOW! One day we woke up to a light snow falling, it was so pretty! Perfect tiny little snow flakes. And then the last day a full blown snowfall making everything white, beautiful! 

Mark and the girls did great at home without me. Mark only had to cook one time (thank you friends for helping him out) and they even kept the house clean! 
In fact they did so good I just may have to make this a regular event!

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Home from Basel

I spent last week in Basel, Switzerland for a meeting/ladies get away. Okay really it was just a meeting but it ended up feeling like a refreshing fun get away. I had a great time but I am happy to be home with Mark and my girls! More details and pictures soon!!!

My Valentine's Date

My sweet husband took me out for a special Valentine's dinner this year and it was wonderful! The j-girls stayed with the girls, we got all dressed up and went out for dinner on the docks. 

We have been saying that we wanted to try out one of these fancy restaurant on the docks, just under the bridge. It is such a fun area and so beautiful, you walk along the river where all the boats are docked. We ate upstairs so we could see the bridge and Cristo Rei statue across the river. It is an old line of warehouses that have been converted into restaurants and we choose to try out a seafood place.

The food was soooo good! I had curry lobster and shrimp with rice, mmmmm, and Mark had a seafood/ fish rice dish. It was all really good. We couldn't resist dessert, apple pie and cheesecake, yummm! We will definitely be saving up to go back for another date night!

After eating a nice relaxing and tasty dinner we took a short walk by the river, actually it was VERY short because it was so cold out, we headed out to a warm movie theater. Yes, it was a BIG night out!:)

Thank you Mark for a wonderful Valentine's Day! I love you!

More Carnaval

I am so slow and behind in blogging lately, sorry about that. But enjoy more pictures of the girl's festa de Carnaval at their school. They LOVED it! And I finally got pictures of each one of them with their sweet teachers and lots of their friends!

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Carnaval 2010

The girls celebrated Carnaval at school yesterday. It was a blast! All the kids get to dress up, they have little parades and then lots of snacks. Very fun! I will get more pics of the whole day up soon but I wanted everyone to be able to see each of the girls dressed up!

More soon, enjoy!

Kidzania with Friends

Last Sunday Bria, Tirza and I went to one of our favorite places, Kidzania, with the girl's friends! We had a blast! Kidzania is a little kid city where the kids get to do EVERYTHING! They work and make money and then can use it to do fun things. We all went back in the summer just after it opened. Bria best little friend's mom invited us to join them and it was such a fun day. I realize there are lots more pictures of Tirza and her friend, Marta than of Bria and Bea. That's because Bria is old enough to go off on her own and play. They have security bracelets and there are monitors you can use to track the kids so Bria and Bea just got to run off and do whatever they wanted all day, so fun!

Sahara missed out because she sprained her finger the day before playing soccer. If you know Sahara you know that she couldn't just simply move on and enjoy the day... so Mark took her to the doctor to make sure it wasn't broken. Truthfully I am not sure, from her perspective, that she actually missed out. She got LOTS of attention, and x-ray AND a splint and sling, oh and a note to take to school saying she couldn't write for 3 days, which meant more attention!

It was a super fun day for me... I got to spent the day with my friend too! Can't wait for the next Kidzania adventure!!!

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Bad Blogger

I know that I have been a really bad blogger lately... but here a a few pictures from last weekend, a little teaser... I will get more pics up soon. 

This is Sahara after a trip to the doctor for a sprained finger she got playing soccer. 

Bria being a baby nurse at Kidzania, so cute!

Tirza and Marta getting ready to play in Kidzania!

More soon, very soon!