The 6th of June we welcomed my (Becca's) whole family to Spain at the same time. Tim & Mandy came for their 1st visit with their 4 kids, Lily (7), Lacy (5), Layton (3) & Liam (9 mo). My parents also came back so we could all go on a family vacation together. We were so grateful that Tim & Mandy were willing to drag their little ones across the ocean - and none of us were sure how they would all do! But they did great! They all handled jet lag in style and didn't keep their mom & dad up too much. :-)
Pretty much as soon as they landed on Saturday, we took off in 2 cars for the Costa Brava. We rented a house for a week about an hour north of Barcelona. The coastline is absolutely gorgeous - very rocky & craggy with the amazingly blue water of the Mediterranean Sea! We rented a big 4-level house to have r
oom for the 11 of us with a view of the Sea. I really could have stayed there sitting on the balcony looking out to the sea! Amazing! The first pic is of the pool (bottom level) looking down from the dining table (3rd level).
The top level was just a terrace where the girls played for hours! I think they felt like they had a secret clubhouse up there. This is Katie, Lily (7) & Lacy (5). These pics of the Mediterranean doesn't show its blueness, but it was gorgeous!
My mom celebrated a big birthday while we were there. It was so fun that we could all be together celebrating Mom! It's nice when we can hit those special days even when we live so far apart!
We spent several days on the beach - there was a great beach in a little cove very near us. The kids loved climbing on the rocks - it was kind of like a big, scratchy jungle gym :-) There were a lot of little shallow pools of water that got trapped in the rocks, so they collected all sorts of sea creatures - crabs & anenomes & snails.
The
kids
had great fun splashing in the water and playing in the sand. Here is Katie, Lily, Lacy & Layton (3). The grown-up kids even got in on the fun some too :-) Also here is a pic of the glamorous Aunt Mandy & baby Liam. And then baby Liam & Poppi in their matching hats :-)
A definite highlight: we took a college student from our church with us to help out with the kids and babysit a couple of times so the adults could go out together and have adult conversation. So the 6 adults went to a nearby town called Tossa de Mar for a long lunch one afternoon. It was soooo much fun! And the town was by far the prettiest we saw. Such a fun afternoon (thanks, Hilary!!)
The 1st pic on the top of this blog post is also from that fun afternoon. We had such a nice lunch with yummy food and the chance to talk about our lives this past year. The old walled city was up on the hill overlooking the beach. Fortunately, they had a tram you could take to the top of the hill :-). The coastline from the top was absolutely stunning!
I think this post is on picture overload at this point :-) (I didn't think I would ever get it to format and look right! And who knows how it's going to look for those of you who follow it on a reader...), so I'll close and post separately about our city adventures while they were here.
The 6th of June we welcomed my (Becca's) whole family to Spain at the same time. Tim & Mandy came for their 1st visit with their 4 kids, Lily (7), Lacy (5), Layton (3) & Liam (9 mo). My parents also came back so we could all go on a family vacation together. We were so grateful that Tim & Mandy were willing to drag their little ones across the ocean - and none of us were sure how they would all do! But they did great! They all handled jet lag in style and didn't keep their mom & dad up too much. :-)
Pretty much as soon as they landed on Saturday, we took off in 2 cars for the Costa Brava. We rented a house for a week about an hour north of Barcelona. The coastline is absolutely gorgeous - very rocky & craggy with the amazingly blue water of the Mediterranean Sea! We rented a big 4-level house to have r
oom for the 11 of us with a view of the Sea. I really could have stayed there sitting on the balcony looking out to the sea! Amazing! The first pic is of the pool (bottom level) looking down from the dining table (3rd level). 
The top level was just a terrace where the girls played for hours! I think they felt like they had a secret clubhouse up there. This is Katie, Lily (7) & Lacy (5). These pics of the Mediterranean doesn't show its blueness, but it was gorgeous!
My mom celebrated a big birthday while we were there. It was so fun that we could all be together celebrating Mom! It's nice when we can hit those special days even when we live so far apart!
We spent several days on the beach - there was a great beach in a little cove very near us. The kids loved climbing on the rocks - it was kind of like a big, scratchy jungle gym :-) There were a lot of little shallow pools of water that got trapped in the rocks, so they collected all sorts of sea creatures - crabs & anenomes & snails.
The
kids 
had great fun splashing in the water and playing in the sand. Here is Katie, Lily, Lacy & Layton (3). The grown-up kids even got in on the fun some too :-) Also here is a pic of the glamorous Aunt Mandy & baby Liam. And then baby Liam & Poppi in their matching hats :-)
A definite highlight: we took a college student from our church with us to help out with the kids and babysit a couple of times so the adults could go out together and have adult conversation. So the 6 adults went to a nearby town called Tossa de Mar for a long lunch one afternoon. It was soooo much fun! And the town was by far the prettiest we saw. Such a fun afternoon (thanks, Hilary!!) 
The 1st pic on the top of this blog post is also from that fun afternoon. We had such a nice lunch with yummy food and the chance to talk about our lives this past year. The old walled city was up on the hill overlooking the beach. Fortunately, they had a tram you could take to the top of the hill :-). The coastline from the top was absolutely stunning!
I think this post is on picture overload at this point :-) (I didn't think I would ever get it to format and look right! And who knows how it's going to look for those of you who follow it on a reader...), so I'll close and post separately about our city adventures while they were here.
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