She's Official

SOPHIA JANE BARLOW

Sophia Jane really is God's Gift as her namesake suggests.

Brent and Janet were able to travel the 6000 miles to share this day. They have always promised to be at the blessing of the first grandchild of each family, but in reality, Brent has been able to assist in the blessing of all 12 of his grandchildren. We were also happy that Scott and Robyn could be here with us as well.

As an added blessing, Lidia made the blessing dress, which I was not allowed to see until it was completed. For those of you who have come to visit, you have spent time with her. She works for us, but has also become a small part of our family. When learning about the upcoming blessing of Sophia, she insisted on making the dress herself. I gave her a photo of one that I liked, she created a pattern and spent many late nights working on it. This dress will be cherished for years to come.

Beyond Buenos Aires: San Antonio de Areco

San Antonio de Areco

CHOCOLATES

We couldn't resist stopping at this quaint little Chocolate Shop. We found this shop the first time that we went and were excited to share it with family. I was a bit skeptical about cinnamon chocolate, but it was AWESOME!

Beyond Buenos Aires: San Antonio de Areco

San Antonio de Areco

Peyton happily accepted my photo invitation today, so there 

are quite a few of her.  (Good thing she's so cute.)

A new Parilla (grill) where we enjoyed lunch just off of the 1st floor balcony.

Statue of Vieytes

The town along the park

A bonafide Guacho

Look through the charming window to the courtyard

Yes, as nasty as the water may look, they really swim in it. 

El Puente Viejo

Grandma Barlow and Peyton

Our Cool Dude.

Another cool dude, Grandpa Barlow

And the coolest dude, always capturing video

Sweet Sophia. 

 She really has been with us through all of our recent travels, but is often left out when we take pictures.  

Argentina: Buenos Aires and Beyond

I have been on a long time since I have consistently updated this blog. My many reasons (or excuses) which include: a new baby, adapting to 3 children, 2 toddler birthdays, summer in the southern hemisphere, Christmas, my parents, both of our birthdays, his family, and travel a.k.a. Professional Tour-Guiding. The overwhelming realization of this post is that I have photos I would like to share from each of these events. I do not know where to begin... chronological order seems logical, but I am excited to post about recent events. So, I am going to start a series of posts which I will call "Argentina: Buenos Aires and Beyond". I may interject a few birthday party happenings and current events as I go along in my desperate attempt to keep this blog up to date and interesting. I also use this as a journal, so of course, bare with me as I post things that someone else might not necessarily care about.

No Time to Blog

Here are three good reasons that I have not had time to post much of anything...

Iguazu Falls


Colonia, Uruguay


Estancia Santa Susana

Whoo Hoo!

I have all of the last-minute details to take care of before my in-laws arrive at 7:45am, but I can't help but rejoice in the fact the Blurb.com has finally fixed its software problem and it now compatible with Blogger (and Wordpress)!

I have slurped the blog into a book, but now have to figure out how to change the page layouts. There is way too much white space!

No time for that now... To you, HAPPY SLURPING bloggers!