Sundays in Barcelona #9

Hola amigos y familia!

We hope you all had a great week! This week our friend Annette took me into Barcelona to see the Christmas fair outside of the Cathedral. There were TONS of nativity items for sale, including some very beautiful and elaborate stables. It's hard to describe what all was there, it was so much. I bought a stable and nativity set for the kids, and we've been opening one small piece a day for each of them as we do a daily advent devotional from a book I brought along. It's been very fun, the book has games to play and crafts to make, they love it! The first picture is of the kids opening the stable.

An American/Australian couple with a son Luke's age invited us over on Saturday to help them decorate their tree. Caroline did most of the photography work, so the next picture is of Jackson in front of the tree, and the third is the finished product after being decorated by 6 kids under the age of 6! Ha ha.

Today the kids and I went to church and then attempted to have a picnic at Parc de la Ciutadella with two other families with small kids. It was so windy that we ended up with dirt in our eyes and mouths, yuck! The next picture is of the kids hopping on a rental bike for a photo shoot. From there the kids and I went to the Museu de la Xocolata, but didn't get there early enough to do the tour, they were closing at 3pm. They got some free chocolate anyway and were probably just as happy! From there we walked through the beautiful old town area to the Cathedral because I wanted to show them the Christmas fair and pick up some shephards that I forgot. There is a picture of them on the way to the Cathedral. Then we went back to the Parc for the car, got a nice shot of the Arc del Triomf, and went to the port for a relaxing ride on a golondrina (ferry boat) along the port and coast of Barcelona. It was very nice. The next picture is of the kids on the top of the boat, the next is the view of the port as we were leaving, and the last is a beautifully decorated building that was off to our right as we got off the boat, sorry I can't remember the name of it.

This week we are getting ready for Jackson birthday party on the beach next Saturday which should be lots of fun!! I'll be sure to post pictures of that.

Love to you all,

Tonya