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It's been quite sometime since I've posted. The little part of me that is OCD wants to catch up with missed posts. However, it's  probably more feasible  that I post short little updates a la Facebook.. So the most recent updates: 1. At the end of January we went on a four-day trip to Lake Tahoe with my middle school friends and my cousin Emma. It was beautiful and  was a perfect little get-a-way filled with drinking games, hot tub time in a cold setting, lots of laughter and playing with snow.  2. At the beginning of February we also went on a week-long trip to Cabo San Lucas with Ryan and Cheryl. The complete opposite trip but just as fun. We ate and drank all day, whether it was by one of our resort's pools or by the beach. We all came back well rested and with nice tans! 3. Starting tomorrow we will be busy with events leading up to Emma's wedding. Then we have a mini trip to Spring Training. I'm both excited and a...

Five Years. It's hard to believe. Saying that time flies would be an understatement. All year I've been amazed at the fact that this is our fifth year as a married couple, and now it has really been a full five years and I'm still amazed! Not amazed that we made it this far, but amazed at how quickly time flies. It's true what they say about when you're having fun.. I'm not going to say that the last five years have been easy. Because they weren't. We both lost loved ones. We lost people we both loved. We miss our first puppy everyday. We've both dealt with more than a handful of stressful situations. School. We left our first home. Work. Life definitely did not hesitate to throw us a few curveballs. But we also did a lot of travel, experienced Paris together (for the first time). Laughed. A lot. Shared a love for baseball and the Dodgers. Saw our favorite bands, and in another country. Ate a lot of sushi. Visited the happiest place o...

Our trip from Lisbon to Seville was long. It allowed us to catch up with our sleep, read our books or listen to music. It was also nice to just stare out at the rolling hills. We passed through Alentejo area with its cork and eucalyptus trees. We made stops in towns with white-painted villages and olive and almond plantations. One almost desolate town was so tiny, no one seemed to care that cars were parked on the sidewalks. Seville was nice, especially because our hotel was in town. Most things were walking distance. The supermarket was next door. Our hotel also had a bar and pool on the top, sixth floor. Our first night we went to a flamenco show. The food was tapas style but nothing special. The dancers were beautiful and talented, but we probably could have found a better show on our own. Still, all the colorful outfits and Spanish music were entertaining. Before heading back to the hotel we stopped at La Plaza de España which lit up in the evening. We spe...

It's obvious with the many monuments near the Tagus River that Lisbon was active during the Age of Exploration. The Belem Tower, for example, celebrated these discoveries. We also visited the Moorish Citadel and Black Horse Square. With our new friends Mommy and Daddy Aguilar from Toronto, Bobot or Albert in the middle, and Chris to the far right. We drove along the scenic Portuguese Riviera past Estoril. We stopped by Cascais for lunch. We had Portuguese roasted chicken with piri piri sauce which was tender and tasty. We strolled up and down the streets and along the fishing port. Our last stop of the excursion was in pretty Sintra. The Portuguese noble families are known to stay there; artists go there to find inspiration. We visited the 15th century Royal Palace with its beautifully tiled walls, fancy furniture and large kitchen with opened, cone-topped chimneys. It is the oldest medieval palace in Europe. We even had time to purchase trinkets and have our...