I'm so grateful I got to see my family and spend this quality time with them.
To go into details 'll sum up every month:
November: Uruguay honors the Guns 'n' Rose's classic "November rain". It was probably raining every two days, so besides going to visit some friends and family we didn't 'go' anywhere. I had fun just enjoying being at my mom's home and exploring once again my dad's library. He was a big book lover. His hobby was to book collecting. Every subject, every author, most of all literature. He was a writer too! I didn't get to read the more than 10 volumes of his diary, but I got to read one. It was a little over three hundred pages. It is amazing how you can get to know a person more deeply and get to love him even more from his writings.
My father died when I was 11, and sometimes I don't remember much of his personality, that's why I'm very thankful he took the time to write in his diary every single day.
I do remember he use to read a lot, listen to classical music and tango, he was a huge Beatles fan! He loved music, played the guitar, was a loving person and my first Bishop.
By reading his diary I was discovered how many things we have in common and how blessed I was to have such a faithful and amazing Father.
December: Chris came to join us on our journey! We went to Salto. It's a state 6 hours north of where my mom lives. We visited my brother's house and met his fiancee and her family. I absolutely loved the city of Salto.
Clara was so happy with her new bicycle uncle Gabriel got her! After visiting Salto we got to enjoy many places of Montevideo. The pictures say it all!
We had a great Christmas and enjoyed seeing the kids opening their presents! The last day of the year we watched all the fireworks.
January: The temperature went up significantly, so we went to the beach almost everyday! Clara's first contact with the ocean was a little hard, she was overwhelmed by the waves, the sand, and the people, but eventually she started to love the idea, and lost all fear for water.
One of our visits to the many beaches was to "Las Toscas". It's around a 2 hour drive from where my mom lives. It was literally heaven! the sand was incredibly white, the waves were huge and Clara and I got a natural and envious tan! haha. We had a great time there with my sister-in-law Mariangel's family, who has a beach house there, and cordially invited us.
I loved to see Clara playing with her 2 cousins Belen and Santiago. It's really hard for me to be far away from family.
Now Clara officially speaks Spanish! She understands english as well. She will be a perfect bilingual, in a couple of years she'll be speaking better English than me and better Spanish than Chris! Oh kids.. they're sponges!
We came back and a storm was waiting to welcome us to Ohio. Clara was a little confused by the weather change, but everything is ok now.
Enjoy the pictures!
chau~
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