on our way! (happy father's day!!!)

so we are officially on vacation! chris came down on friday, then yesterday morning we left for albuquerque. it was quite the adventure. we had to sit on the tarmack for an hour in baltimore because of a big thunderstorm. then thalia had a HUGE poopy diaper i had to change in the airplane bathroom. that place is completely not conducive to changing diapers on a quiet child, let alone one that was squirming and screaming. luckily her pacifier didn't fall in the toilet! but the good news is we made it and thalia is already having a great time with yiayia, papou, and great-grandma. here are some pics:

this is outside of thalia's school...chris has on the tie thalia made him for father's day!
thalia was wearing daddy's hat at the airport
its fuzzy, but this is thalia hitching a ride at the airport on our carry-on!
thalia at yiayia's house playing with the cat toys. (the cats don't play with them)
these are hot air balloons starting to take off from the end of yiayia's street. i don't know that i have ever put balloon pics on here before. every weekend, a bunch of balloons take off from here. if you are up early enough (read: chris and thalia missed it!) you can watch them go up. sometimes we walk down there and talk to the crews. it's really neat!

the alien head is my favorite. you can see all the balloons that have already taken off in the background
daddy-daughter walk for father's day. daddy taught thalia how to throw the rocks (there isn't much grass here). she then started moving rocks from one side of the sidewalk to the other. it was very entertaining!

we hope all the fathers have a wonderful day honoring them! we leave for LA tonight, then sydney on tuesday. i am going to try to explain to yiayia how to post messages on here...but don't be upset if you don't hear from us for a couple weeks.

have a great week!

much love and soon to be lots of sleep

c, c, and t