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 Here we are again. We've had a lot of fun this past month, mainly due to cousins coming down to hang out with us. They stayed for a week and are now in Chile visiting Christian's mission. They'll be back this week and then it will be back to party mode! But first, a little catch-up. 

El 25 de mayo is similar to the 4th of July in the US. Our ward put on a celebration and served locro--the traditional 25 de mayo dish. It's a stew with a few vegetables and as many random cuts of meat as they can come up with. Mainly sausage, pig tail, and pig feet. My kids were champs and tried as much of it as they could muster. 

That weekend, James' friend was sealed with his family in the Temple. We offered to host their wedding party at our house. It was a fun night, and Imogen was so enthralled with dressing up and dancing. She could have jumped around all night, but her three-year-oldness got in the way. 

And then the next day we all fell terribly sick (I think we were already getting there, we were just trying to hold out for the party). The kids got it the worst and Jack developed this crazy rash on his face. It lasted just a few days, but we hadn't been that sick in a long time. Sadly, we were just recovering as Chrissy and Christian were flying down to stay with us and we were able to infect them so they could take it to Chile...and that's how a global pandemic is spread. 

But we did have a few good days with the Dees (this is James' sister and her family, by the way). We had the pleasure of spending a few months with these awesome people in Puerto Rico a year and a half ago, and meeting up in Argentina was just like going back in time. But colder. 

We dropped Jack off at a birthday party one day and walked around the park nearby. We walked through the beautiful rose gardens where the roses were still blooming (it's like November here) and found some cute paddle boats to rent. It was hard to get a good picture of the experience, but it was a lovely day. 

The next day we visited Recoleta to see the cemetery and market. Imogen's speech therapist once asked me what we had seen in the city and the top of my list was the cemetery. She chuckled and said that all the foreigners go there and she can't understand why. It's a cemetery. She also conceded that she had never been herself. It's a pretty cool place as far as cemeteries go...and Eva Peron is buried there! 

We're pretty sure this says "Keeping Pace" in Latin

A little street tango...

And that's about all Baby Ian is going to give me time for. But let's see if I can sneak in a photo dump of him, because he really is the star of the show.