Madrid!

To kick off our Europe trip we started in Madrid, meeting up with the whole family (whom came a couple days before.) We spent 2 days in Madrid before heading down to the coast. Madrid is a cool city... not my "favorite" european city or even spanish city (that would be Barcelona), but we had a good time, and I was happy to be back in Europe!

In the airport about to start our long journey to Spain. We had an awesome layover in San Jose, then Dallas, then we made it to Madrid!

The "kids" outside the temple

We went to visit the Palace, which was HUGE. Had a pretty nice view too...

Outside the palace in Madrid

The Boys

Nathan gets his mission call and goes to temple!

Nathan waited to open his Mission when we were all together in Madrid! He had it for several days unopened (He has great will power). Our family had a poll for where he was going to go, with a $100 prize from my dad to be awarded to the geographically closest guess... so this was a big moment for us all! :)

The verdict??? The Paraguay North Mission!!! He will be up in the rural area of Paraguay, learning Spanish and the native Indian language.

The winner of the Mission poll was a tie... Joseph picked Argentina and Nate picked Brazil!

Here is Nathan outside the Temple in Madrid where we all went through with him.

My immediate family outside the temple



Outside the Madrid Temple, which is so Beautiful!

Spring is soon becoming Summer

Some things I have loved this Spring:

Being married
Working from home or while basking in the sun
Loving my job
skinny cow ice cream sandwiches
Having a SD Zoo membership
Having some of my favorite people come to town
Trips to AZ for no reason
Sleeping in
swimming
Doing P90x yoga with Nate in our tiny apt
Herbal Tea
Going on Walks
Redbox movies
Planning our Europe trip
mtn biking
cooking with Nate
Hanging out with friends
Sundays with family
the weather
Sushi Diner
sour patch kids
The Biggest Loser, AI, The Office and Extreme Home Makeover
Krav Maga

Now you are caught up on our lives.... exciting, I know...