Almost forgot

So, I figured that we'd keep this house fairly normal through Melanie's visit.  It really was a good thing that she visited us at the beginning of May, this way, the rooms of our house remained more or less intact longer than they would have - well anyway, the rooms that we use the most.  You should see Fernando's room and the red room.  Total messes.  Anyway, since Melanie left on Tuesday, the time has come to start packing up more things.  Our house is going to really start changing now.  BUT, BEFORE THAT HAPPENS:
Today, I took all the books off of that bookshelf on the left, and then thought, "Wait, did I get one last picture of our dining room??"  So, since I wasn't sure, I put every single book back on the shelf and snapped this picture.

So many things happened in this room - lots of parties and holiday dinners and everyday meals with family and friends.  Rebeca eating watermelon as a toddler, and getting her clothes all red from the juice.  Fernando sitting in the highchair with his ten little toes hanging on to the edge of the table.  Rebeca eating salad and asking for "more sayud bessing, pease".  Mom's 80th birthday party.  Rebeca and Jason's engagement party. It's where we colored Easter eggs and removed pumpkin seeds.  Guillermo even used to type up his exams in this room, using an old typewriter.  Yep, a lot happened in this room in the last 30 years!

On the table, you can see some of the pink roses that we cut from the bushes that Guillermo dug up the other day.