Sam!

The Ultimate Backyard Water Garden

I don't care about the pool but the pond.... one day!!

Happy 2nd anniversary to us!!

Enjoying the day on what would have been Samuel's big debut. It also happens to be our last day of summer so back to Murcia and reality tomorrow.

Pictures from our morning in the water

10 at night and it's 99 degrees outside and 90 inside.  Not a good welcome home from the nice, cool beach. I miss Menorca already!

Landing in Menorca!!

Hermanito

Lara still asks Nuria about her hermanito (little brother). "When is he coming?" "Is he better? I want to play with him."

She likes to make up songs and all she does is sing your name over and over again. On Monday we were having dinner together and she sang her song, "hermanito, hermanito,  hermanito!!"

Even though they never met face to face, Lara definitely loved/loves her "little brother."

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Today it's a cool 99 degrees in the shade and 106 in the sun at almost 6:30 in the evening.

The never-ending week looks like it is actually finally coming to an end. I'm pretty sure this has been without a doubt, the longest week of my life and tomorrow back to this thing called a job. Good thing I only have three more days!

So today Nuria and I were supposed to go to a spa with friends but instead we buried our baby boy. Quite a change of plans. It was short and sweet and now he is resting in the same place as some of his family from Argentina. We originally planned for him to be buried with Nuria's mother, brother and grandparents but since they just opened the tomb in December for Nuria's grandfather, it can't be opened for another five years. 

We know he's up in heaven enjoying all the friends and family who are there as well and one day we will all be together again.

R.I.P. Samuel Martin Martín

A funny story from all this is that Lara, my niece, referred  to Samuel as her little brother and not her cousin. So she was always telling people that she was going to have a little brother and my sister in law just had to keep telling everyone that she was talking about her cousin, not her brother.

Free at last! Free at last!  Thank God almighty, she's free at last! 

After 26 long and difficult days, Nuria is finally at home. Hopefully,  little by little she will recover and get back to being a normal, healthy person.

If I never have to return to the hospital that would be perfectly ok with me but I am forever grateful for all the wonderful doctors, nurses and staff that helped us in whatever way they could.

My drivers license came in the mail today so I am now officially official!

Finally received my temporary drivers license today. Kinda funny that almost exactly 15 years to the date after I got my permit,  I get my "second" license.

Due to my busy schedule I had to have my classes at 7:00 in the morning.  Waking up at 6:30 was no fun at all but at least I only had 7 classes at this time.

The experience of learning how to drive a stick was fun but I did have a couple bad days, both were Mondays if I remember correctly. Now it's time to continue driving with our European Ford Focus and hopefully I will get to drive my Focus again soon!

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Águilas

Cooper!!

Our Cooper

Nuria and her dad

the house

Pepe

Nuria and I enjoying the beach a couple weeks ago. It was a bit windy but the camera and tripod didn't blow over so all was good.

Benidorm at night!

I first came to Spain 10 years ago today and I never thought that experience would change my life in the ways that it has. Everything definitely hasn't been easy, but it has been worth it.

Another picture drawn by one of my students

I finally got the timing down to capture the horse midflight BUT I cut off the jockey's head :(
Motivation to get better!!

Nuria's pic

Another Nuria pic

I had abandoned my blog for almost two months but I'm back. Today Nuria and I went to an equestrian competition and of course, I took my camera, I was quite excited to take pictures of a new sport but knew it would be difficult. After reviewing my pictures I was quite disapponted in the results, but hey, it was my first time. Here are the few decent ones.