Sevilla

The day after Christmas we took a 1.5 hour drive to Sevilla to see what the city had to offer. I'm so thankful the sun was shining so we could soak up some much needed vitamin D on our trip!

Sevilla is a beautiful city full of even more beautiful architecture. If you don't know already I have a slight obsession for doors. I take pictures of them and have them in my house. Now I am moving onto door knockers. I only take pictures of the most unique ones I see. They are a lot harder to come by than picture worthy doors.

 We have my nephew, John's, flat Stanley with us on our trip. It was fun to get pictures with him out and around our trip.

 The Sevilla Cathedral

 We took a walk up to the top of the cathedral (43 floors) to see Sevilla from a bird's eye view.

 Christopher Columbus' grave

 The guys and girls went on separate horse carriage rides through the main parts of Sevilla. The kids were excited to be pulled by horses and the adults were excited to see new buildings...

 and we got free sangria along the way! 

Christmas Day

                          It was fun being able to tie both of our Christmas traditions together this year. The first one was matching Christmas jammies! Julie recommended it for the the kids, but Jason and I decided to do it for the adults too. I have to admit we all looked pretty cute.

                                            

                                                 

After staying up late for a few nights wrapping presents we were ready for Christmas Eve. The tree was perfectly placed in their living room and ready for the kids the next morning.

 To keep with the Scherden tradition we tied off the bottom of the stairs for the kids to wait for the music to play.

 They waited at the top of the stairs...

 then at the bottom...

 once the music started to play they ran down to see if Santa came.

 Merry 1st Christmas Miss Mila

 When she opened up this Elsa dress she was so excited. The funny thing is she asked, "Where is Elsa?"

 Grace finally got her own camera.

 So we were giving Noa hard time for wearing red jeans...what do you know...he gave Jason some for Christmas! I have to say, Jason sure rocked those red pants!

 Ah, the Christmas morning mess. I love it!

 This year Jackson got a lot of clothes, and a DS game. 

 We had a yummy traditional Christmas meal. A few hours later we ate the meal...again.

                                     

Beach time in Rota

                     By the many pictures we have of the beach, you can guess we loved being there. Their house is only a 5 minute walk so we went there almost daily. The kids loved playing, building and digging in the sand. They couldn't get enough of it! I'm not going to explain them...just view and enjoy. ;-)