Santiago - AGAIN!!!

Friday evening we will be leaving home, again, to go back to Santiago, Chile, for the remainder of the summer. We realized that we haven't posted anything about this on the blog and wanted to give an update.

During the initial 2 month period the orchestra offered J a permanent position with the Orchestra. Although it was difficult (and to summarize and make a very long story short), we decided that we wouldn't be able to accept the position long term, despite the fact that it was actually something that J has been working for - a job! However, we arranged with the orchestra to return for the summer to play and earn some more money and experience. So, we leave Friday and return near the end of the summer. More adventure stories from the land on the bottom side of America to come...

Now, for the last few days:

Over Memorial Day Weekend, J's Dad came to visit us and spend time with C. We had a wonderful time and really enjoyed it. We visited a local petting farm.

This is a weird, 4 horned goat we thought was freaky, but then after seeing several it became normal...

Pops, A, and C petting the 4 horned cousin of the previous goat

Although it's a blurry picture, meet BIG BERTHA!

J and C meeting the baby pigs

Meet a pig

Pops and C


C making friends at the farm (her backpack is our favorite)

On Memorial Day, heat hit us here and we decided to let C play in the water from a hose. She got scared of the hose actually, probably because it was really cold water, but our nice neighbors let us borrow their inflatable pool. So, C headed out to splash in the pool with our neighbor boy.

C and friend

Then, this week, J headed to Naples, Florida for an audition. Although he played well, it didn't turn out like he wanted. However, once it was over, he was able to go to the ridiculously gorgeous beaches there and enjoy a fun time with friends.

Meet Naples, Florida

Some of the fish swimming in the water at the beach. There were also plenty of dolphins and sting rays.

Enjoy the photos and we'll update from Santiago soon!