Pools and BBQs

Yesterday Maria, Johnny, Mike, Jay and I went to the base to go swimming. The pool opened a few days ago and we couldn't wait to check it out. We weren't disappointed. It has two diving boards, two tube slides, lots of lounge chairs and even a kiddie pool! It is a beautiful pool. The great thing is that it's usually not very crowded, since there really aren't a lot of families here. Out of the American families we do know here, most showed up to go swimming yesterday too. We saw Luisana and Christopher, the Scheels, Nikki and Abby, and some new families too. We had a great time together! The pool was pretty cold but warmed up the longer you stayed in. Jay wasn't too happy when when we first put him in. It definitely wasn't as warm as his nightly baths. We slowly got him used to it though and after a while he was all the way in and loving it! He's a pretty tranquilo boy though so he didn't do much splashing. He just hung out with his daddy and watched the action.
Later in the day we had a BBQ at out house. The Hammond-Perez family came over as well as a new couple we met, Evan and Maria (Yes, another Maria! We love Marias). We had some great chicken and hamburgers. I made potato salad and we also had jamon y queso con pan. My favorite part was dessert - chocolate cake! Tonight I'm making enchiladas. One of the good and bad things about living in Spain is that no restaurants open until 9:30 or 10:00 at night. It's bad, obviously, because we can't go out for dinner very often; it's good because eating at home is probably better for you and cheaper too. Too bad the Euro is so strong and the dollar so week or we'd really be banking it. After our BBQ dinner Mike and the boys got his Lacrosse sticks out and played a little game outside. While they were playing Mike was attacked by a hive of bees! I came outside right as he was running away, with one shoe on, and yelling like a mad man. I couldn't figure out what in the world he was doing. He just kept yelling, "Quick! Go inside! Close the door!" I guess he didn't want them getting into the house. Our friends were pretty confused since he was yelling in English. He ended up getting stung 4 times, ouch! Except for the bees we had a great time! We're so glad we have good friends here in Spain.

More pictures at the pool