Brother and Sister

Sweetly playing together

grotto

Those who know us know that we like this type of stuff. I WILL have one a grotto in my back yard at some point. Very peaceful and a nice reminder of where your mind and heart should be.

Princesa Mariana

Princesa Mariana

HAHA

Not going to get that in My mouth

End of the show

End of show

Loca

Crazy girl on the streets chasing after me

Pack n play

Don’t judge us

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scenic overlook

No Santi in this picture because he is strapped to my chest

Mean mami

Claudia taking advantage of a poor sleeping child to abuse him with sunglasses. She is awful!

vaccination day

3 shots today. Poor fella!

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Shelter

Seeking shelter and coffee

traveler

Emotional roller coaster

back to smiles

Pant load

Making something for mami

Brother & Sister

Santiago Francis Chase (1) & Mariana Hailey Chase (5)

1 year birthday boy

Happy birthday little man

Obligatory child photo with cake smeared on face

Later in life, he will regret not getting mami messy when he had the chance

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Los Nevados

Waiting to get in

Termales down pour

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Mercedes & Santi

Mercedes….always a favorite

window

Humming bird bait

probably about a dozed humming birds all over these bushes. Kind of neat

Taking in all that grandpa has to offer

Show me a grandpa who ISNT a hero? Seriously.

Flirty

My gorgeous boy

Crazed stare down

You will laugh!

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The Mama

The Mama

The house

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Santiago Francis Chase

Answered prayers!

at sleep at last

Thank God almight, at sleep at last…

Floral

Still playing with the camera. I liked the backlit colors

Santi & Abuelo

Santi is new with us but already he knows…nobody beats grandpa!

Gorgeous

Gorgeous! Just like Papi. DO NOT AGRUE

Hanging with Herman

Hanging with Herman

Rental dog

Funny, I don’t have a dog and yet, here he is. Tornillo: Budget guard dog

Winding down

Still a little smile remaining

taken a breather

Rest…please!

Thunder storm Salento

Thunder storm in Salento last time we were there.

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Well

Well…deep subject my dad used to say.

panoramic

grouping

group of the purple

Hernando giving the tour

tour of the finca

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Don Julio, Santa Rosa, Colombia

In the bamboo forest

Chuleta de Cerdo

Chuleta de Cerdo

hummingbird

quick little suckers, hard to catch let alone focus

First day of school

First day of school…again?

Family

Brother & Sister. AWESOME! They are doing so well with each other.

big pot bath tub

Loves being in the water!

Sweet relief.

When that flavor leaves your tongue in route to you stomach

The fam

The Fam in Salento

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Chase Party of 4

Finally! Together!

Los Nevados

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Wesley

The Dad

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Loved

Mommy loving up her little boy

delight burger

So messy, they give you a plastic bag for protection

The faces of a melt down

We are really familiar with these faces

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logo

Rose in bloom

Beautiful. Lots of rose bushes on this property

“The Crew”

Going to get our boy! August 2015

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Butterfly

Another big beautiful butterfly

Comedian!

My son…funny man! Couple extra teeth starting to come out

Where’d he go?

Hiding

Patacon

Bigger than your head!

Hellllloooooo?

Helllllllooooooohhhhh?

Mariana’s abandoned castle

Abandoned castle

classic picking a defenseless child

Like this. This for sure didn’t last too long

Proud Papi

Papi couldn’t be happier. Trust me!

Ice cream!

Parents of the year feeding baby ice cream

What’s so funny?

What’s so funny? Daddy’s hair!

butterfly

Beautiful big butterfly.

sweet pea

Mascot

We named him “stingy”

Mi Vikinga!

My saucy little Vikinga girl

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Atencion

Bandeja Paisa

Bandeja Paisa

Little dude

Happy little boy

Huge tree during our walk

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Papi’s hat

He does seem to enjoy wearing a hat

Salento

Historic Salento

Just the 3 of us!

Easter 2015

classic well

educating my nina

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Lots of splashing

Nobody left dry

Great big sister

Great big sister

Mercedes

Hanging with his buddy Mercedes

hammock time

Hammock time…some happier than others

Mariana Mossulini

That boney little finger creeps me out…. I kid of course.

Back yard

Papi shares a moment

Papi gives up the camera long enough for a picture of his own

Termales

Waterfall at Termales

horse show

Horse show

That face!!!

Pre-lunch drama

Introduction

Meeting Mommy and Big Sister

spider…big spider!

Spider…big big spider!

Streets of Salento

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Purple flower

Beautiful flower about 1.5″.

HUH?!

Squished up face, hyper ventilating through the nose. We love this!

Nieve the Bear

Termales

loving the pool

Sneak peek

family pictures sneak peek

Motorcycles in the rain

Traffic on the viaducto

littlebird

Gorgeous lil’ man

Gorgeous, just like papi! Shhh! Just go with it.

avocado

First this face…

then this

Only thing missing from this picture is the shiver that went up his spine

Pony ride

Pony ride

Danger

Most dangerous place in the world…between that spoon and my child’s mouth!

Big brown eyes

Gorgeous! Just like Papi! Shut up!

Fun with Papi and Big Sis

Fun with Papi and Big Sis

An uneasy truce

We’ll call it a draw

What!

If I kill all the golfers, they put me away

Overwhelming….I wonder what hole he started on???

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Grandma wandering with the kids

Grandmas are the best, aren’t they?

Sit still!

resting

Floral

Not sure what type of flowers these are but they are nice.

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All is well

Great day for this family

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bi-ped mobility

Morning smiles

Exhausted but smiling

Picada…well, half a picada

Ok, this picada was dug into a little bit but you get the point

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abandoned house

Abandoned house on a coffee farm

Hammock time

Hammock time. Some more thrilled than others

Window licking

This kid cannot keep his tongue off the patio door which is always really dusty. We give up.

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Cafe

Coffee beans

Masked loca

Please dont ask me to explain. My daughter thinking she is Nacho Libre or something

Sitting with Grandpa

Still, cracking funnies

hi

Termales waterfall

I know I’ve shown it before but here is LIVE as of today. It was recommended that we visit another park that we’ve never been to. Next time.

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door knocker I thought was kind of cool

Door knocker

Oh boy!

Someone is having fun!!!

Risaralda region

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with mami

Hanging out with Mami on the porch

shifty

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hanging with mami & nana

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gorgeous

Gorgeous morning with the Andes mountains in the back ground

taking over

Photo shoot yesterday, Mariana took control

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Little love

He has no idea how much he will be loved, does he?

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Nokay Lake fall colors

devious eyes

Crazed…look out!

Hammock time part 2

More smiles on the hammock this time though this picture doesn’t really reflect that

Mommy glowing

Claudia is glowing. This is happiness!

Rainy day snack

2 toothed terrorist

Don’t get too close…

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slow down

distrubing

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