Baby Nierengarten Diaries: Southern Spain

Dear Grace,

We ended up taking our first family vacation since arriving in London, and were invited to go on a trip to Southern Spain with the Blossoms. Your mummy and I were looking forward to a nice week of rest and relaxation while soaking up some sun and spending time on the beach with you. We lucked out with the house that we rented for the week as it had a swimming pool that we didn't have to travel far to in order to cool off. You had so much fun throughout the week and the Blossom boys kept you entertained.

Love,
Daddy

Since this was going to be the first day of the year that we were truly exposed to intense sun and heat, I went to the store prior to leaving to make sure that we had enough sunscreen for all three of us. I brought these bottles home and your mummy just laughed at me. We had completely different ideas of how much we were going to need. In the end your mummy was right and I was wrong. See....I'm learning early in my marriage. One thing though, no one ended up with a sunburn. Come to think of it, we didn't get much color either.

We had a very easy flight over and showed up to the house we were going to be in all week. We were so excited to unpack and then test out the pool. Your legs were going a mile a minute under water. Do I sense a future swimmer? Perhaps a cyclist? Godfather, Wilson.....yes, you have agency rights.

The next day we headed out for some time on the beach and towards the end of the afternoon decided to take some pictures. We came across a sand castle that was amazing and Coltan was looking for buried treasure with his shovel.

There were occasional patches of palm trees on the beach and we just had to go over and see them.

This was our view to the left when we went to the beach.........mountains were everywhere around us. If you look closely you'll see about 30 kites in the air from people kite surfing. The mountain background makes it tough to see.

We decided to take some pictures with the sun starting to set while cooking dinner. Sam Blossom was manning the grill cooking some fine steaks for us while Amber helped out.

Don't worry, we didn't just let them cook, we ended up making the mojitos with mint leaves and limes from the back yard. We had to have refreshing drinks for the euchre card game that we played almost every night. That's what I call smart planning for a house in Southern Spain!