My kids have the beat...

Getting their groove on.

Ruths Soccer Game!

Ruth's soccer season came to an end. The final day was a game where she scored a goal for her team and a trophy that she is oh so proud of.



Ruth is ready to start the game.



Go Ruth! Score that goal!
Ruth cut in and took the ball from this boy. I was so proud of her... She did really well at getting it from him (please ommit the fact that he was on her team.) Hehehe.

She is proud of her trophy BUT has stated she will not play soccer again. " Mom, I don't really like soccer." "Why not Ruth?" "Because when I play soccer I sweat. I don't like to sweat so I don't want to play sweaty sports...ok mom?" "Well most sports you sweat at and you have to do something...." "Oh but mommy I do ballet and I don't sweat and I get to wear spinny skirts. I can't wear those in soccer."

Just had to get away....

So I just decided that I had enough of Sicily. As much as we love it.... we also get sick of it. So with little money in hand I called the airport on base. Decided we could just hop a plane to Spain. Why not? Its free, the hotel is cheap, and we can see all new things. So I phoned my friend Carol and asked her if I wanted to go. Of course she also wouldn't pass this up. The very next day, on this complete wim, we boarded the plane bound for spain. Our plan was to spend just a day and a half there BUT the planes going back were not accepting passengers so our 1.5 day trip turned into 5 days. We had a blast! It was so worth while and the three Amigas were MOSTLY inseperable.

We arrived around 6 at night and it was about 9 pm until we got settled in our hotel room. The kids napped the whole way there so we figured.... lets go investigate some true spanish food. The steak is so delicious in Spain! We ate and sat drinking Sangrias until almost midnight.

The next morning we got up and headed to the Zoo if Jerez. The kiddos had a blast at the zoo where we spent ALL day.

The next day we attempted to head home but after being at the airport all day, we realized, we couldn't get home. At this point we aren't too bummed really. There the Island of Cadiz we were dying to see anyhow!

So the next morning we set off on the adventure to tour the town of Cadiz. We took the first fairy in and the last fairy back. It was so much fun!

This is the "Im ok for now Mom" face right before the "Im going to get sick now Mom" face. The fairy ride was a bit rough.





We toured the town while the girls sat together playing the "Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum, in a dish game" Never heard of it. They did this for over an hour as carol and I rode the bus and listened to everything about the town and scoping out where we wanted to go. Russell got a good nap on the bus too!

After the full tour and some much needed gigantic department store shopping, we headed to the beach in the afternoon. The kids had a blast playing in the sand on the gorgeous beach.

The rest of the trip was just a blur of trying to catch a mac flight. Getting turned down again, checking BACK into the lodge, buying foods at the commissary and cooking ourselves in our hotel room to save money, etc.

So happy we went!