Monthly Archives: August 2008

I had intended to post some photos Yoli took Saturday of her cake and of her niece, but apparently I didn’t copy them onto my thumbdrive like I thought I did. So I’ll try and post those later tonight or … Continue reading →

Just a quick update to say that I have spent most of Friday and Saturday entertaining Ludi and Jadzia while Yoli prepares cakes for Leya’s quinceañera. We have passed the time playing lots of pretend, reading books, watching a couple … Continue reading →

We spent Wednesday morning visiting some family and letting the girls play. Yoli’s sister Noemi, who hosted Jadzia’s party a couple days ago, lives very close to Yoli’s dad. So we decided to visit them both.

Here are two photos of sunset I took looking down the street where Yoli’s uncle Adonai lives. I’m just curious if anyone likes either of these, thinks they suck, or thinks one is better than the other. I’m especially interested … Continue reading →

Wednesday evening we visited Yoli’s tio Adonai. He and his wife Miriam have three puppies, a cat, and a parrot. Jadzia and Ludi had a fun time, though Jadzia got too silly at the end of the visit and wouldn’t … Continue reading →

At the Santa Cruz Zoo you can get closer to the animals than perhaps you can at an American Zoo. The closest we got was to a sloth climbing a tree with its baby in the middle of the zoo, … Continue reading →

Wednesday morning we took the girls to the Santa Cruz Zoo. What follows is a sort of photo essay of the morning.

This year Jadzia has enjoyed one of the longest periods of birthday celebration enjoyed by anyone outside of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. She had her first birthday party on Aug. 12, in conjunction with Yoli’s and my dad’s birthdays. Her … Continue reading →

In the time since we last visited Bolivia, several of Yoli’s family members have bought cars and started driving. This is of course a big deal for them. In fact, they offered to let me drive if I wanted, but … Continue reading →

I have mentioned before how Jadzia is seeing Bolivia with new eyes. She is old enough now to appreciate some things about it. Though she may have been here and seen it all before, she doesn’t really remember it. One … Continue reading →