The year is almost a quarter gone. We have had lovely separate visits from the family in January and February.
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| Lilly arrived and took a trip on the boat across to Paraiso del Mar |
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| She's getting to be really good in the pool! |
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| Words of wisdom from 'Aba' |
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| Scooting along the malecon |
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| A misty morning for a change |
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| We went to watch the whales from the beach on the Pacific side |
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| Then back to the pool again! |
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| Plenty of items in stock! |
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| The No Mas Basura concert at Willie & Carol's was brilliant as usual. |
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| Speaking of stocking up... there must be a 2 for 1 special, or anticipating a rush in sales? |
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| The sisters at 'La Parcelita' produce such consistently tasty food. We go every week. |
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| This looks like an abstract painting |
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| Step away Leanne... this dog at the local tire shop was lovely |
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| Preparing for the next visitors... |
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| Morning popsicles while we watch venomous snake videos! |
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| We even created our own venom |
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| More pool action! |
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| February is Carnaval time. What a brilliant parade this year! |
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| Rylie and Oakley loved the 4 storey amusement arcade! |
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| Rylie always wants to go higher! |
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| Me and my pal Oakley at the beach. |
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| Both kids got to drive the boat when we went whale watching |
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| Oakley looked very at home... |
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| oops... somebody call the fire department! |
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| Oakley had his first driving lesson |
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| Weird jellyfish clouds |
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| We can't bare to wash Rylie's "Come up and be happy" chalk away |
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| Paul did the last Blue Monday concert with Lloyd Jones and special guest Mitchel Forman |
Here's a short video of our whale watching trip to Puerto Chale. Amazing!



























