Melanie's Birthday

Melanie turned 41 on November 28th.  Henry is posing with the flowers we sent her.  

Thanksgiving Break

 Cooking has never been my thing.  Friday November 27th we did the turkey thing.  I got the rolls ready to go and set them on the stove to rise.  I also turned on the wrong burner needless to say I had a fire and a burnt bowl.  Hamish started barking or I would not have noticed.

 Zip under the trees and Hamish.

We went to the light show at Freeman Park in Idaho Falls.  You rive through and see lots of lights.  

Thanksgiving Day

We did things a little different this year for Thanksgiving Day.  We just had Ashley at home so the 3 of us went up to Grand Targhee Skiing.  It was a great day.  The snow was pretty good for the beginning of the season and the weather was great.  

Rudolph The Musical

 Randy and I took Hillary, Ashley, Lily and June to the Rudolph Musical at the Capitol Theater.  The two little girls loved it.  It was so fun watching them.

We went to the Olive Garden and ate afterwards.  

Painting Thanksgiving Turkeys

Caleb and Hillary fixed us a early Thanksgiving Day Dinner.  Caleb deep fried the turkey.  While the turkey was cooking we painted turkeys to mark the places where we would eat.  Lily and June painting.  It was a great dinner.

Barney Girls

We visited SLC and the Barney girls love to entertain us.  They are posing in their Spanish dresses and performing with bells for us.  It is so great to have grandkids.

2015 Christmas Stockings

I added 2 more stockings to the Christmas Wall.  We include pets so that added Luna, for the Barney Family and Hamish for Ashley.  Ashley said we might need to get a bigger wall if we add any more members.  

Veterans Day Program

We were invited to the Burton School to attend Holden and Keagan's Veterans Day Program.  They sang lots of patriotic songs and did a great job.

Trip

We had a wonderful trip.  The first half we spent with Ashley in Paris, France and then in Ischia, italy.  It was great to have her along and for her to take care of us.  She knew how to read all the maps and subways and all that stuff.  We saw so many interesting things during our time with her.

The second half of our trip was spent on a Cruise of the Mediterranean Sea.  We visited the countries of Italy, Greece, Turkey, France and Spain.  We also saw wonderful things in everyone of those countries.  It was a trip of a life time for Randy and I.  But it is also good to be back in the United States.  We live in a beautiful part of the country and I would not trade it for anything.  It is really good to be home.  Now back to reality,  I am not sure I am ready for that.

Flying home- Idaho Falls

 I took this pictures out the window of the airplane ride from Salt Lake City, Utah to Idaho Falls, Idaho.  Red at night Sailors delight.  I remember dad's saying.  It was a beautiful night.

I loved seeing the snow in the mountains.  It is hard to believe we were gone almost a month.  We landed in Idaho Falls at 5:58 pm.  Jaxon was there to pick us up and take us home to Rexburg.  

Flying home- SLC

We arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah at 1:50 pm.  During this flight we lost 8 hours.  It was a long flight but I could not sleep at all.  We went through customs in SLC.  Everything went really smooth.

We had a 3 hour lay over in SLC so Ashley came and picked us up at the airport.  We went out to eat.  It was so good to hear people speaking English and I could understand what they were saying.  It is great to be back in the United  States.

Flying Home- Paris, France

 We arrived at Charles de Gualle airport in Paris, France at 8:40 am.  The airport is a really pretty one and different.

We went to gate # K31 and flew out on Delta at 10:35 am.  

Flying Home-Barcelona

We headed to the airport in Barcelona at 4:20 am. by a shuttle from our hotel.  It was still dark when we arrived at the airport.  We checked our bags in and flew at 6:45 am with AirFrance from Barcelona, Spain  to Paris, France.

Laundromat

We found a laundromat.  Who takes pictures of laundromats?  I do.  They are very interesting to me.

Sites in the City

So many fun things to see.  This is defiantly a city I would like to visit again.

Church in the Pobe Espanyol

 The outside of one of the churches.

The inside of the church.

Castellers

It was a tradition of centuries ago to build human towers, and the people were called castellers.   They needed balance, teamwork, composure and strength.

Contemporary Art Museum

There were no pictures inside the museum but we could take a few before entering.  It was an amzing art galleria.  

Poble Espanyol

 A collection of Spanish Architecture and art.  A fun place to visit.

 The court yard.

 Streets an shops.

 More streets and shops.

 A chocolate Shop.  Yum!!!!!!

We saw a glass blowing demonstration.

Hop On - Hop Off City Tour

We took the City Bus tour and saw many more sights of the city.  It is so amazing.

Barcelona- Pigeons everywhere

There are pigons all over the city, especially in the town square.  The kids love to chase them.

Nigh time in Barcelona

 Randy and I went back out at night time to just see the city.  We saw a man making churro's in his store.

 Fun cat ceramics.

The best part was sitting and watching the fountain in the city square.  It changed colors and shapes all the time..  It was gorgeous.

Downtown Barcelona

 More modern architecture in the city.  This dome like building lights up at night with 20 different colors.

 Renaissance Architecture.  Most of their art is in the buildings.  They are very proud of all the different styles of architecture that they have.

 People around the town.

 Happy Pills candy store

 More modern architecture.

 Bull Fighting arena.  It has been closed down since 2012, when a group of the people protested the cruelty of animals.

 Catalina Cathedral

I found Oliver has a job in Barcelona

Hard Rock Cafe

We had lunch at the Barcelona Hard Rock Cafe

Ilunion Hotel

This was our hotel that we checked into.  It was really close to lots of things to see.

Barcelona, Spain

 Barcelona hosted the Olympics in 1992.  This was part of the Olympic Village.

 The architecture in Barcelona is amazing.  They have it from the renaissance to modern all mixed in together.

 Gaudi is one there most famous architects.

 The Church of the Holy Family is the most famous in Barcelona.  It is under renovation and new parts to be added on also.  It should be done in 2026.

 Modern Architecture

People and street performers in the city.  I love the vibes of a big city.