Blue Cougs n Ham: Cousin Tyler Visits Chile

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Cousin Tyler Visits Chile

Last week we had Cousin Tyler visit us here in Santiago! It was a very fun 10 days! We loved having him here and were so sad to see him go. Tyler tolerated all our busy schedules and he got to see all sorts of things with different family members depending on who didn't have things going on that day.

Santiago

San Cristobal

Meeting some of our favorite people. We have the privilege of having these amazing women in our home once a month for dinner! It is such a fun time for our family and Tyler was able to share it with us.

Valpariso with Mark

Seriously, this house. All I can think of are earthquakes and this house just falling off the cliff with a slight shakey, shakey!

Plaza de Armas, in the center of Santiago

Banos Colinas in the San Jose de Maipo area. We were the only Gringos and the Chileans were wondering how in the world we found the place, because it is way out there...almost in Argentina...in the middle of NO WHERE. And they loved Drew's hair, people took pictures.

Floating head

Please when the volcano is erupting burning lava, walk really calmly.

And our last adventure - a Futbol game!

The opposing teams cage.

The students cage, with fully outfitted police and security to keep them in their cage.

Soccer players run a ton and fall on the ground a ton.

Life is good.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Stories to Share

I wanted a little space to share funny everyday happenings. So this is it ---

Dec. 3, '11 -- John Deere Water Chile had invited the John Deere Financial Chile employees and families to join them for their Holiday celebration. We traveled to the event which was about a 45 minute drive to a place we had never been to before. We took several detours prior to arriving and it was this day that Easton began to say "RECALCULATING". Sounds funny come from him instead of from Hailey, which is the name of the female voice on the GPS.

Nov. 14, '11 -- After arriving in Santiago and a long flight on Sunday, we were trying to get settled in our new home. We went to the grocery store to get the necessities and upon our return Easton declared the following. "I am not getting out of the car. this is not my house."

Sep. 21, '08 -- Then tonight we sat down and Mason announced that Mark needed to be president so that he could get all the candy he wanted for free. Priorities, priorities, priorities.

Aug. 12, '08 -- Yesterday I was doing laundry, seperating the clothes, and as I was checking pockets I pulled out a little stone from Drew's pants. This is one of my favorite things to pull out of my kids pants. I am always amazed and awed by my children. They find happiness in the things that I pass by everyday and fail to notice. The little things in life count and as I pull those rocks out of my kids pockets I am reminded just how much joy there is to find in this life. Thank you to my children and the inspiration they give me!

Jun. 19, '08 -- So I was upstairs and I heard Dallin and Drew go out into the garage. I went out there and they were playing in the car. I told them to get out and come inside. I then proceeded to tell them that the car was not a toy and to not go out there and play. Dallin looks at me and says, " Mom, it's a "TOY"ota Sienna, with a huge emphasis on the toy part. Really, a six year old should not be able to come up with that kind of comeback. I just laughed....

You had to have seen the Disney movie Cars to really appreciate this. So I'm running into the grocery store with the kids and as I am about to go inside Dallin and Drew stop and start pointing to something, while jumping up and down, laughing, and screaming "Fred! Mom it's Fred! Fred!" A couple of seconds later this large Ford Bronco that obviously weathered MANY Iowa winters and salt on the roads drives by. It is rusted all over, the place above the wheels no longer exists due to all the rust eating it away. The men in the Bronco had their windows down and just waved at the boys. I'm not sure they had any idea why my kids were so excited to see their car. I just laughed out loud! (Fred happens to be an extremely rusty car that is one of the main character's fans)