The "other" Sierras

If you continue south from the Sierras in California....waaaaaaay south.... you reach the Sierras in Argentina. Argentina, as part of the Americas, also celebrates Columbus' founding/invasion of this continent and thus last Monday we had a holiday. Sometime around Friday morning, we decided to go visit our friends the Azcuy's in the province of Cordoba, soon to be home to a new LDS temple. They live in Unquillo, home of David Nalbandian if you follow tennis, in what is known as the "sierras chicas" and are surrounded by beauty. When we got there on Saturday it was stiffling hot, so we took the kids to the stream to let them play.

Gabe played in the sand with some not-so-age-appropriate toys.

Gabe got to see real live horses instead of just in books.

We delighted in the beauty of the earth.

Relaxed with our families

drank mate (I don't normally drink mate, but it was hot and I was cold so I participated in this most Argentine of frienship rituals.)

watched Gabe throw rocks in various bodies of water.

spontaneously hiked with Gabe carried thrown over Adan's shoulders
Drove with all the girls in one car and boys in the other.
discovered that both Adan and Mario think posing for ridiculous photos is the most fun ever.

as you can see, Mario is quite a bit bigger than Adan, and in their house Mario is their icon the the biggest, tallest, strongest man ever. Hilarious.

and watched the Azcuy kids be wonderful, kind and entertaining for Gabe.

aaron, gabe, tomy, agustina

Thanks for a great weekend, let's do it again soon!!