Why I have the best mom in the world...

...because she never gets angry when I forget to put her mother's day card in the mail!!!

...because she is more beautiful than the flowers in our garden!

...because she brings sunshine to everyone's life!

...because she is supportive of everything I do!

...because she raised three great kids!

...because you make us so happy!

...because you make us sing!

I love you this much!!!

Thanks for being such a great mom!!!

Happy Mother's Day!!!

Our View from our Tokyo Apartment!

Well, this is how it really looks!

Toledo, Spain

Our friend Edgar from Madrid was so kind as to drive us to Toledo, a beautiful ancient town a couple hours from Madrid. We had a wonderful day enjoying the countryside and the city of Toledo.

Edgar

Edgar and Superman

Yummy bull's tail (it really was yummy!)

Toledo

getting ready for the evening festival

La Sagrada Familia

The expiatory church of La Sagrada Família is a work on a grand scale which was begun on 19 March 1882 from a project by the diocesan architect Francisco de Paula del Villar (1828-1901). At the end of 1883 Gaudí was commissioned to carry on the works, a task which he did not abandon until his death in 1926. Since then different architects have continued the work after his original idea. The building is in the centre of Barcelona, and over the years it has become one of the most universal signs of identity of the city and the country. It is visited by millions of people every year and many more study its architectural and religious content. It has always been an expiatory church, which means that since the outset, 125 years ago now, it has been built from donations. Gaudí himself said: "The expiatory church of La Sagrada Família is made by the people and is mirrored in them. It is a work that is in the hands of God and the will of the people." The building is still going on and could be finished some time in the first third of the 21st century.