A Vacation Story

Spring Stuff

Back to some kids and family photos. The spring time brings the business of fun.

a rattle snake John ran up on during a run

Annelise "reads" If You Give a Mouse a Cookie to Caleb all the time

Annelise and John climbing together

" Mmm, smell goot"

Maybe he fell asleep while climbing into bed

In Mama and Daddy's bed

This was the first time Annelise had seen this book and she did this all by herself while I was cooking. I didn't even tell her the directions. I didn't know what she was doing until she was finished. (sorry to brag...proud mama)

In the "blood water" as Annelise calls it

The cause of the "blood water". Funny little mustache she has, huh?

Caleb thinks outside of the box...and outside of the paper

Caleb wiped out at the end of a fun Easter day with church family

My sister Amy and her boyfriend Bryan visit--eating on the parkway...very windy

Annelise and her new friends. 2 nice boys that are the same age as her and Caleb. She is going cruising with Samuel.

Caleb and his Peruvian sweater

Peru - part 2

Here are more pictures from Peru. I am having trouble rearranging them, so there is no order here.

This is the house that my dad grew up in

street vendor

dusk at park across from apt

daytime looking other direction

sea lions at Pucusana

lady at a restaurant cooking chicharrones (pork)

sand dune mountains

"friar" preparing to jump into water as suicide reinactment

ceviche, ocopa, papa a la huancaina

yucca, empanadas, lots of other yummy stuff

These cacti were all over the city. They were beautiful.

view across cove from the apartment

view from apartment

Peru (part 1?)

I recently returned from a trip to Peru. The trip was from March 3-15. It was a vacation, but a different kind of vacation. I went with my dad and we stayed with my Aunt and Uncle. The food was great, the activities were educational and I met a lot of extended family member. It was nice to be free of responsibilities for a while, but it was also nice to come back to my family.
Parapentes (parasailers?) in the sunset

A school we could see from my Aunt's apartment

My dad and me

Colorful homes, the government gives the people in this area paint for their houses

We stayed in one of the buildings in the back ground

Eating at "Rustica"- a peruvian buffet, it doesn't get any better

View from Marriott pool

View from roof of 15 story apartment

Lomo Saltado

Almost daily relaxing spot at the Marriott in Lima

Pucusana, looking back at the mainland from the island

Antonio has been selling ice cream in Pucusana since my dad was little.

A small taxi (a motorcycle with a shell) and the poor houses up the mountain

On the way to Pucusana, a man reinacted a Friar's suicide by jumping off the cliff.

View from the apartment