Friday, August 14

The kids had a pajama morning while I did a last load of laundry in Spain and continued packing.  

Rosa posed for a series of pictures with her awesome bunny and cat motel that we left in Spain (in the trash).

It was so much fun taking this series of pictures.

Eventually we dressed and walked to El Corte Ingles for lunch.  The kids ate pizza and hot dogs and I had Spanish tortilla and white asparagus.

Devon at lunch.

Cody at lunch.

Rosa at lunch.

After lunch we stopped outside onto the rooftop deck and Devon posed in front of the cathedral.  

I tried to get all 3 kids to pose.  They gave me their backsides.  

In the city with buildings at every street corner, there weren't street signs on poles but rather street signs on buildings.  Here's a sign for our street, Calle Pascual de Gayangos.

And here's the name of our apartment building, Edificio Goles.  It appears that it was built in 1977.  

When Scott returned from work, we finished packing all of the suitcases (8 of them) and he loaded as many as possible (5 of them) into the car so that they'd be ready to go with our early morning departure the next day.  Then he showered.

The boys were busy playing with water and made a very slippery kitchen.  As Scott was moving chairs from the living room back to the kitchen, he took a nasty fall and bruised his right shoulder and his back.  It's the only time in his life he remembers ever bruising.  He'd caught the edge of the counter just right to make for the fall.

Wine helped ease some of the pain, as did ice, and then it was off to the Doyle's hotel for another chance to see them.

Smiling Devon

Spinning a chair in the lobby

Cousin time!

We ate dinner outside at El Burladero, a restaurant we'd been to twice before.  Jessie and Rosa loved singing Frozen songs with each other.

A very short video of them singing together.  We have longer ones if you want to hear a longer version.

After playing hide and seek but almost running out into the street, it was time to mellow out with some screen time.

The sisters, though unfortunately a table lamp is smack in between us in this shot.

After good byes, the Doyle's headed to their hotel for bedtime and we walked to Alameda de Hercules to see Maria.  It was the 5th Friday out of 6 in a row that we were getting together.  The previous Friday they'd been in Extremedura for a family wedding and we'd been in Ronda.

Devon playing at the playground.

Rosa, Cody, and Maria playing witht he water fountain.

Maria and family ran into some friends at the Alameda, and the 6 adults had beers while the kids played and enjoyed ice cream.  And then it was time for hugs, kisses, and good byes.

We arrived back at the apartment after midnight (it'd become our norm to be out that late on Friday nights) and we fell asleep easily on our last night of our 5+ month adventure.