Busy! (and terrible at blogging)

It looks like January was our last post ... yikes. A lot has happened since then! Lots of pictures in this post!

Rafael's brother and sister in law came to visit.

Hiking near Vulcan Masaya

Brothers

We baptized Finnula (Kike & Xiomara are her God-parents).

Finnula in her very frilly dress...

We hung out a lot at Laguna de Apoyo

Gustavo really likes the boat

And being naked in the inner tube

One of my very closest friends from college came to visit and we had an awesome time with her!

At Laguna de Apoyo

At Mirador Ctarina

With the new swing (that Leigh brought with her! Thanks Mom!)

Another dear friend from nursing school in Baltimore came to visit and we had an awesome time with her.

Relaxing on the patio (with the hammock)

Biggest hit ever -- the wild thing towel and Thing 1 t-shirt thanks to our two awesome visitors :-)

We hung up the swing in the mango tree

Someone really likes the swing...

We went to the wedding of dear friends here in Managua.

The kids keep growing and growing.

Gustavo likes to "fix" things

At Los Cardones

The kids get a long really well and make each other giggle a lot :-)

Gustavo trying on my shoes

Rafa had his 30th birthday!

Good friends!

The birthday crown I made Rafa wear :-)

Gustavo is now sleeping in a "big boy bed" (toddler bed).

Gustavo learned how to take pictures .. mostly of himself

We did a 5K

We went north to Esteli for Semana Santa (Holy week) with good friends of ours and had an Easter Egg Pinata hunt; went on some fun hikes; and Rafa got to smoke a cigar with the grandson of Che Guevara's driver.

Horesback!

Thanks Ben & Christine for the cute outfit!

Gustavo with his buddies enjoying the fruits of their easter egg hunt

Finnula also enjoying her easter eggs

Smoking cigars at Tabacalera Santiago

easter egg pinatas

I think we're sort of up to date.... and I'll try to be better about posting!