tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175416142011-04-21T13:33:49.149-07:00Since I'm now living in Monterrey, Mexico it's more difficult to stay in touch with my family and friends in the states. This blog is a way for me to keep everyone updated and share photos. If you want to enlarge any of the photos, just click on the image. Hope you enjoy it!Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15064906321877394632noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17541614.post-1128635395550831912005-08-08T13:50:00.000-07:002005-10-07T15:25:48.043-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1266/1693/1600/00800012.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1266/1693/200/00800012.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#006600;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><em><strong>Olivia had her 2nd birthday. We had a party for her at Jungle Jim's (similar to Chuckie Cheese). She loved it. They have rides and a mini roller coaster, which she rode with Daddy. Fernando's whole family was there and my mom was here from Kansas.</strong></em></span> </span></span><em>(Photo - Armando is helping Olivia blow out the candles on her birthday cake.)</em><br /><em></em><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://bdayphotos.blogspot.com"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#9999ff;">CLICK HERE f</span><span style="color:#9999ff;">or more birthday photos.</span></span></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17541614-112863539555083191?l=juliechapa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15064906321877394632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17541614.post-1128710488573757702005-06-07T11:33:00.000-07:002005-10-07T11:42:40.076-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1266/1693/1600/dadDay2.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1266/1693/400/dadDay2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcccc;">Here's the whole family on father's day at El Gran Pastor. I was taking the picture so I'm the only one not in the photo.</span></em></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17541614-112871048857375770?l=juliechapa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15064906321877394632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17541614.post-1128704923212235352005-06-07T09:52:00.000-07:002005-10-07T10:45:14.816-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1266/1693/1600/bpODanya1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1266/1693/200/bpODanya1.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#3333ff;"><em> <span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>Olivia loves having a big sister. Here are Danya and Olivia at Bioparque Estrella, a zoo that you can drive through and see the animals in their natural settings. </strong></span></em><br /></span><br /></span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1266/1693/1600/bpODanya2.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1266/1693/200/bpODanya2.jpg" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17541614-112870492321223535?l=juliechapa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15064906321877394632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17541614.post-1128621422633775602005-05-30T10:41:00.000-07:002005-10-07T11:08:49.813-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1266/1693/1600/usGrutas.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1266/1693/200/usGrutas.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">This photo was taken when we went to Grutas de Garcia. "Grutas" means caves and "Garcia" is the town that they are near. The caves are enormous and quite breath-taking. In the photo we are taking a cable car to the top of the mountain where the caves are. The temperature is really cool inside the caves which is a really good thing since there are over 700 steps inside to climb and descend.</span></em><br /></strong></span><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1266/1693/1600/Opointing.jpg"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1266/1693/200/Opointing.jpg" border="0" /></a></span></em> <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1266/1693/1600/justO.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1266/1693/200/justO.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1266/1693/1600/usCaves.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1266/1693/200/usCaves.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17541614-112862142263377560?l=juliechapa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15064906321877394632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17541614.post-1128709873154293142005-05-14T11:14:00.000-07:002005-10-07T11:31:13.163-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1266/1693/1600/Olivia%20eating%20corn1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1266/1693/400/Olivia%20eating%20corn1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;"><em>My little sweetie loves corn on the cob. She even likes it mexican style (they spread mayo on it instead of butter). This was taken at Lili's parents' ranch near Monterrey. </em></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17541614-112870987315429314?l=juliechapa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15064906321877394632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17541614.post-1128705811476465592005-05-10T10:13:00.000-07:002005-10-07T10:52:53.883-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1266/1693/1600/dad%20and%20O%20ready%20to%20swim.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1266/1693/200/dad%20and%20O%20ready%20to%20swim.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;color:#cc33cc;"><strong>During the move down to Mexico we stopped in McAllen, Texas and Olivia got to take a dip in the hotel pool. She LOVES swimming. She took swimming lessons this summer in Monterrey. She can blow bubbles under water. Her favorite thing is jumping off the side of the pool. She can almost dive but we're still working on that. She has no fear so we have to really watch her.</strong></span></em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17541614-112870581147646559?l=juliechapa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15064906321877394632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17541614.post-1128706930613107812005-05-08T10:25:00.000-07:002005-10-07T10:47:58.066-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1266/1693/1600/the%20beast%2021.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1266/1693/320/the%20beast%2021.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;"><em>This is the beast that we drove all the way from Wichita to Monterrey.</em></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17541614-112870693061310781?l=juliechapa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15064906321877394632noreply@blogger.com