When we all stayed in California, my mom and Maisie would go outside at night and look at the moon. Of course my mom made up a “Moon song” to go along with their little nightly outings outside. “Moon moon, in the sky, in the sky, way up high.” Here is Maisie singing it in Barcelona! The sky was actually clear enough to see the moon (which does NOT happen in overcast Amsterdam)!

So I realized that I actually took WAY more videos than pictures while in Barcelona. Pooey. But here are a few pictures from our time in Barcelona and Valencia. I am in the process of uploading videos from the trip, so I will have to post those to my blog in the near future for all to see who want to see! Overall it was a great trip to Spain! In Valencia we found a pub called Portland! It is owned by two Americans (one of them is actually Spanish, but grew up in America)! We stayed up the last night there and chatted with them till past midnight! We had a really great time in both cities for different reasons. Videos to come! Ok, ok, I will post ONE video right now. Here it is! The first day in Barcelona as Maisie waited for Justin to bring ice cream!

We had a GREAT time in Barcelona! We stayed a few nights and didn’t waste a minute of our time! The first day we got in a huge fight (before we even left for the airport), and then were in a funk for the first hour or so when we arrived. Yuck. I hate arguing! But thank goodness we always talk things out and we were able to get over it right after a little talk! We had lunch in a little square that Justin really likes (and it happened to be pretty close to where we were staying). Maisie had a blast playing in the fountain (that we later found out was the toilet for “ducks” or pigeons). EW! We then walked around a lot of the city and had dinner at an AMAZING tapas place. That was the day of the Powell family. The next day we met…

Ok, I know Justin has been meaning to write about this, and I hate to steal the topic of his blog post, but too bad because i need to share about my experience as well! Today we had my bike fixed and a baby seat put on it! YAY! Justin and I decided that since it was such a nice sunny day out, that we would take our bikes for a spin! Well, sunny could mean rain within minutes if you are talking Amsterdam weather. Oh yeah. So basically, it starting POURING! Thank the Lord that I had bought a little rain poncho thing for Maisie the day before for a time just like this!  I must admit a few things from my past before I continue. I’ve never really been great at riding bikes. It all started back when I was around four years old and got my leg/foot…

I seriously cannot believe that I highlighted hair! Laina really wanted me to try and do it, so I agreed even though I was soooo nervous! I was thinking that I wasn’t getting close enough to the roots and I was worried that it was going to have weird stripes or something, but it ended up turning out great! I used two colors, switching back and forth, and I even used foil like the professionals! Although I was sort of looking forward to trying out that weird cap thing where you pull strands of hair out! Just kidding! Haha, do people even use that? Check the pictures out!     Not so bad for a first time, never learned how to color hair!  YAY!  Now I can color my mom’s hair when I see her next!!!  🙂