Saturday we took a little break from apartment hunting to go to the zoo with our friends Gary, Julie & their son, Matthew.  I'd been wanting to take the kids since before we got to Madrid after looking it up online. Gary & Julie invited us to go and we gladly accepted!  We went...

As I sit here and type I have movers buzzing all around me with the sounds of wrapping and taping! It's nice not to have to do all that packing by myself!!  Whew! We just got word this morning, right before the movers came, that Jerry's Spanish visa is approved!!  We are ecstatic!! ...