Showing posts with label vacations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vacations. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Visiting relatives!
Well our trip down was a bit long, I think we got a little lost :D, but we survived it and what's more safe and sound! Kenji was such a trooper; sitting relatively still for so long, sleeping as he best could in the back seat with 2 other people there, AND he didn't throw up! -- Iv'e noticed that recently he's become more sensitive to motion sickness. :( Poor baby.
Upon arriving we searched for our relatives, of whom I hadn't seen in 13 years. I think Esther hadn't seen them for more years than that. We stayed with them for the duration of our stay in Guanajuato and it was so nice to be able to spend time with them, seeing as most of them were off work. Unfortunately our uncle was only able to spend 2 days with us and as silly as it may sound, I totally forgot to take pics with him. Duh!
The first of our site-seeing outings was the annual event, La Presa de la Olla. I can't say I have all the facts about its history squared away, but in the slide show of pics you'll see some pics of a "waterfall" and what I did learn about that is that a long time ago at a certain time of the year they would set the prisoners free. Well, sort of, it was more like if they survived the fall down the waterfall then they would be free! -- I assume there used to be a lot more water, if anyone were ever to be able to survive that fall!
In the days following the kids - Chris, Kenji, Kalel, and Yoshana - were invited to go to a little birthday party way up on a hillside/mountain. The weather up there, well in Guanajuato itself, was so pleasant -fresh/breezy- totally my kind of weather! And on the way back home we stopped at a lovely little spot that overlook part of the city. It was quite dark already, but the kids enjoyed exploring and taking pics with some rather old artifacts and machinery of sorts.
Well, here goes a large sum of pics. :D Enjoy! I'm sure there will be lots more pics - there's more places to see! - so check it out in a couple of days from now. :)
P.S. The photos of buildings or statues are for mom's sake, she'll recognize and know what it is, etc. -- It brings back memories.
Upon arriving we searched for our relatives, of whom I hadn't seen in 13 years. I think Esther hadn't seen them for more years than that. We stayed with them for the duration of our stay in Guanajuato and it was so nice to be able to spend time with them, seeing as most of them were off work. Unfortunately our uncle was only able to spend 2 days with us and as silly as it may sound, I totally forgot to take pics with him. Duh!
The first of our site-seeing outings was the annual event, La Presa de la Olla. I can't say I have all the facts about its history squared away, but in the slide show of pics you'll see some pics of a "waterfall" and what I did learn about that is that a long time ago at a certain time of the year they would set the prisoners free. Well, sort of, it was more like if they survived the fall down the waterfall then they would be free! -- I assume there used to be a lot more water, if anyone were ever to be able to survive that fall!
In the days following the kids - Chris, Kenji, Kalel, and Yoshana - were invited to go to a little birthday party way up on a hillside/mountain. The weather up there, well in Guanajuato itself, was so pleasant -fresh/breezy- totally my kind of weather! And on the way back home we stopped at a lovely little spot that overlook part of the city. It was quite dark already, but the kids enjoyed exploring and taking pics with some rather old artifacts and machinery of sorts.
Well, here goes a large sum of pics. :D Enjoy! I'm sure there will be lots more pics - there's more places to see! - so check it out in a couple of days from now. :)
P.S. The photos of buildings or statues are for mom's sake, she'll recognize and know what it is, etc. -- It brings back memories.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Our trip begins...
Our vacay route changed a bit, we were going to go to some cabins in Chihuahua then head down to Guanajuato, but in the end we ended up paying a visit to my sister, Angie, in Saltillo and afterwards to a long time friend of Esther's in Monterrey. It was a on-the-go type of decision, but in the end all went well and Kenji got to make some new friends.
Being, by nature, a little bit shy and a loner it took some time before he launched out on his own to play with the other kids. But once he gained some confidence (and was reassured that I wasn't going to leave him in that place alone, ha) he really enjoyed interacting and playing with the other kids.
When it was time to continue our trip, Kenji was really sad to be leaving his new friends; Haylie, Ray, Evan, and Max. He even asked me if we could bring them along, but once I explained how sad their mommies would be without their kids, he realized that it probably wasn't the best idea. My smart cookie, heh!
Oh, one note-worthy piece of news, :D, is that Kenji got over his fear of water! Well I can't say it was really a fear of his but more like a hesitation to get in, seeing as it was just about his first time to get in a pool! He got in a pool once when he was a wee little baby, but that was ages ago, heh, so I guess you can say it was really his first time as far as he is concerned. It took about 5 minutes for him to warm up to the idea of being "on his own" - with floaties - in the water, but after that he refused to have me hold him at all!
Before leaving Monterrey we visited the Safari there. We, Kenji and I, had already been there once in December of last year, but we didn't have the chance to see it all - it's quite big. So it was fun going to the other half of the Safari.
And so now our journey continues... off we go to Guanajuato! Stay tuned! :)
Being, by nature, a little bit shy and a loner it took some time before he launched out on his own to play with the other kids. But once he gained some confidence (and was reassured that I wasn't going to leave him in that place alone, ha) he really enjoyed interacting and playing with the other kids.
When it was time to continue our trip, Kenji was really sad to be leaving his new friends; Haylie, Ray, Evan, and Max. He even asked me if we could bring them along, but once I explained how sad their mommies would be without their kids, he realized that it probably wasn't the best idea. My smart cookie, heh!
Oh, one note-worthy piece of news, :D, is that Kenji got over his fear of water! Well I can't say it was really a fear of his but more like a hesitation to get in, seeing as it was just about his first time to get in a pool! He got in a pool once when he was a wee little baby, but that was ages ago, heh, so I guess you can say it was really his first time as far as he is concerned. It took about 5 minutes for him to warm up to the idea of being "on his own" - with floaties - in the water, but after that he refused to have me hold him at all!
Before leaving Monterrey we visited the Safari there. We, Kenji and I, had already been there once in December of last year, but we didn't have the chance to see it all - it's quite big. So it was fun going to the other half of the Safari.
And so now our journey continues... off we go to Guanajuato! Stay tuned! :)
Monday, December 29, 2008
Vacations!!
Earlier this month my sister Angie and her wonderful Home invited us - Kenji and I - to join them for their united 5 day home vacations! Yippee!! They had planned for these 5 days (27 - 31) to be fun things for everyone to do together yet more geared towards the kids, as all the adults would get a separate vacation afterward. It was so sweet of them to think of us and include us into all the activities and outings they had provisioned beforehand.
Here are some photos of the places we went and the things we did these last 2 days. (I know it's going to seem like an overkill of photos, but I had to capture all the new things Kenji saw and experienced so ... shush up (in a very nice tone, that is). :) Oh, and be forewarned that there will be lots of more photos, come the end of the year. ;) Enjoy!
Here are some photos of the places we went and the things we did these last 2 days. (I know it's going to seem like an overkill of photos, but I had to capture all the new things Kenji saw and experienced so ... shush up (in a very nice tone, that is). :) Oh, and be forewarned that there will be lots of more photos, come the end of the year. ;) Enjoy!
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