Nate's Birthday Pictures

 After more than a month of preparation, we  celebrated Nate's 9th birthday with a few friends, a massive carrot cake and a new volleyball net.
Pictured here is Nate's friend, Lucas, who moved to San Marcos about the same time we did. 
Why a month?  Well...the cake pans came from Cordoba, the sprinkles from Cruz del Eje, the Volleyball net from Buenos Aires, the ball from Cordoba, the ketchup and candles from La Cumbre, etc...all collected in bits and pieces over a few weeks. 

 Here is Ona, our guest for a week or two.  She also enjoys volleyball and won Most Improved Player. 

 Our big, flat, vacant yard is perfect for volleyball! Thanks to Clay who lent us these polls and put it up and to Stella who bought the net for me in Buenos Aires.  It took a village to pull together this feat. 

Service! Eva, Nate's Spanish tutor, powers one over the net. 
We had a lovely day after the clouds cleared.  A day earlier, hail, gale force winds, thunder and lightening blew through the area bringing cooler temperatures and a little green grass.