Vacation in Cáceres

We took a week vacation and went back to visit all of our friends in Cáceres in August.  It was SO fun to be back.  It's amazing how much it still feels like home.  The place itself was so familiar; but it was the people, especially, who made it feel like home.

We had the chance to spend some time with Francisco and his family.  His daughter Patricia was in Weston's class when we lived there, and Francisco has been so faithful to keep in touch with us while we have been gone.  For those of you who heard Wes speak while we were in the States, this is the friend who told us "I don't want to lose touch with Wes... there is no one like Wes!"  We were thankful to share stories and life together for a couple days. 

The kids playing Clue

Patricia and Carolina

Dinner with Francisco and María Jesús

Swimming at their house in the "campo"

Dinner in the courtyard

As we ended the night and we were saying goodbye, the kids spontaneously started dancing.

It was such a fun ending to a great day with friends

 They are all saying "patata" which is their version of "cheese" for the camera.

We also had the chance to get together with some of my girlfriends (and their families) that I used to do coffee with everyday. Toña (my sweet friend who got saved when we lived there) and Pepi and their families met us our first day there.  It was SO fun to fellowship with them again, and the kids had such a blast together. We miss them all so much.

Weston and his best friend Marco (Toña's son)

Jonathan and Fernando (Pepi's son)

Carolina and Inés (Toña's daughter)

Weston and his buddies going to the movies

BK for dinner!

Jonathan and Inés who were in the same class together

We also spent a couple days with David and Marisa... our friends that we always used to go on excursions with.  We decided for old times sake, that we would go on another excursion together; so we headed out to a natural swimming pool in Extremadura.  It was so fun just to be able to hang out again. 

Dinner at David and Marisa's house

The natural swimming pool

Ice Cream!

Weston and Juan... who was so little when we left a year ago!

Me, trying to capture these special moments...  behind the camera is right where I like to be! ;)

We were also able to see some of Carolina's friends from her class and Jonathan's as well.  We were out everyday, all day... not getting back to the apartment we were staying in until after midnight on most nights.  It was such an amazing week of reconnecting and making new memories.  It was a fun week for all of us.

Carolina and Helen

Carolina and Paula

Jonathan and his best friend Nicolas