Me at the St. Louis Cardinals game in the new Busch Stadium!
Well, I thought I'd add a couple new pictures. We've been busy traveling a lot lately. One fun trip was to St. Louis to see a Cardinals game. It was the first MLB game for all of my kids so they were pretty excited!! Pretty "all-American" thing to do!!
Our whole gang after the game. (It rained earlier and was actually cool that night. I was grateful because it had been in the 99s up until then!!)
My sweetie and I! (photo taken by Chloe!!)
My sister Amy (above with me) and her husband (that still sounds weird to say!!) came up to meet us as did my other sister Jeni and my Mom and Dad. A real family event!!
Ahh, #5. This is just to make all my girlfriends back in Costa Rica jealous. Pujols is rather popular there!! :o)
The real reason my whole family came up to the game this particular night was that my Aunt Sandi is in a Community choir that was invited to sing the national anthem before the game! There she is on the jumbo tron!! (second from right middle row!)
A few weeks ago, we had a special visit! About six years ago, we were living in the US and met several Japanese students at the local state university. I gave rides to Wal-Mart and had them to the house to learn how to make American cookies (chocolate chip, Rice Krispee treats, and no-bake cookies if I remember correctly!!) They taught me to make sushi and made several yummy Japanese feasts for us!! Later in the year, when one of the girls needed a place to stay for the summer we invited her to stay with us. Her name is Yukiko and she became a part of our family for the next year. We were so excited to find out she was making a return trip to the States to visit fiends here this summer and we were able to see her again!! She is a sweetheart and it was so good to laugh and talk together again. I hope it isn't six years before we see her again!! :o)
Yukiko-- Pure sunshine!! What a great smile!!
She couldn't believe how much the kids had grown!!
Such a sweetie!! I miss her !!
PS--- Feliz Día de la Anexión de Guanacaste! (even though I'm a couple days late) In Costa Rica they just celebrated a national holiday celebrating the day that Guanacaste (a peninsula of land on the western side of CR) became part of the country! I am sure that they are very glad it did as if you look at a map you will see that some of the nicest beaches (and most expensive resorts!!) lie along this peninsula!! I wish I could have been there to celebrate!! Long live Guanacaste and their farms and cattle and beautiful beaches and old colonial towns. I feel a bit homesick!! :o)
Ahhh, lying on the beach at Costa Rica is a little piece of heaven!!
