ADAH'S 2nd Birthday!!

March 31, 2012 Adah's second birthday!!  

The day before I made cupcakes for her party and I let her lick the bowl, she really took me seriously.

Adah's finished cupcakes!

 We just had a few people over but Adah had a blast!  Her friend Beckett was the only boy with 8 girls...

 I wonder what Alethia and Adah are looking at?

 Adah's favorite person TaTa (Touria). 

Monkey Time!!!!

Shawn, Adah and I went up to Fes to visit our friends for the weekend.  We had a great time...
On Saturday we drove up to Ifrane and saw the monkeys.  You just get out of your car and there they are, it is kind of weird.  We fed them peanuts and some follow you around being kind of aggressive about those peanuts!  Adah loved it.

Shawn also had an interview to work at the American school in Fes, so this may be our new home, we will know more hopefully at the end of the week.

 Adah is getting so big, wanting to walk everywhere herself.

Grandma Squared in Casablanca!!

After our week long trip to Spain with our mom's we had a few days left in Casablanca.  It was great to show them where we grocery shop, live, our friends and the beach.
Adah loved having them around for so long....
Adah playing with her grandmas in the morning.

 Adah hates to get her picture taken!  This is our beach just down the road from us...

Where else do you go if your in Casablanca, Rick's Cafe of course!  Our mom's took us here for a wonderful dinner one night.

 Adah is the center of attention as usual!!

 This was probably the best meal we have had since living here! 

 Shawn and Barb at the bar. 

We of course had to celebrate Adah's 2nd birthday early (she will never know the difference).  She really enjoyed her cake more this year.

 She got two dolls for Christmas so she of course needed a bed for them.  She also got some pots and pans and some play food.  She loves them!!

 She likes the bed for herself much better....

It was sad to see them go but so wonderful they got to spend so much time with us here!
 Over the last month we have decided to not return to GWA next year.  As I write this Shawn is talking to our friends in Fes about a possible job opportunity there.  If not I guess it is back to Michigan and start over....  again!  Please pray that God shows us where he wants us to be, not where we want to be.  Another journey, another adventure......

Grandma's in Spain

Sorry I kind of flaked on the end of the visit with our Mom's.  It has been a little crazy the past month here in Morocco.  I am sitting at our friends house up in Fes with some time on my hands so I thought I would finish this post.....  I hope!

 The castle/ palace in Granada Spain was very cool.  The grounds of the palace would have been beautiful in the spring and summer but we were there in the winter so not so much to look at.  Granada is in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of Spain. 

ALHAMBRA

Our next stop was Cordoba Spain where we went to another famous attraction. 

 CATHEDRAL-MOSQUE of CORDOBA

 I can't even begin to add all the pictures Shawn took of this cathedral.  It was amazing.
This is the ceiling in one of the rooms...

 another ceiling....

It is was huge, it went on forever....

 My mom and Adah.  Adah is in her new wool jacket and hat that Grandma and Grandpa Garver got for her 2nd birthday.  We went shopping the day before and got some good deals.  Barb got me a wool jacket for my birthday, hopefully we can use them someday :)

 The streets of Cordoba...

 Random ancient pillars in the middle of the city.  It is so amazing living in the United States we just don't see OLD stuff like this.

 WE LOVE YOU GRANDMA'S!!!!

 Trying to get Adah to pose in front of our hotel we stayed at, no such luck!!

 Next post, Grandma's in Casablanca!!

Grandma's Squared!!

My mom and Shawn's mom arrived in Morocco on Feb. 3rd.  The next day we woke up at 4am to catch a ferry to Spain.

 The Rock of Gibraltar! 

We stayed near Malaga Sapin for a week.  During that week we went to Granada, Cordoba, Fuengirola, Malaga and Marbella.

The Castle of Sohail in Fuengirola.  It was occupied around 1485 by the Christian army.

 Peace out Barb....

 Where are you going Adah?

 Enjoying a cafe in Spain with sangria and watching Adah chase the pigeons around the square.

 Our wonderful fish dinner on the Mediterranean Sea with great company. 

 I am not sure what kind of fish this is but it was covered in sea salt.  It was delicious.

 The view from our table.....

 Beautiful sunset on the Med.