Friday, May 13, 2011

more from Villa de Leyva

Here are the first five posts from our trip to Villa de Leyva over Easter/Spring break:


  • swimming


  • part I


  • part II


  • part III


  • part IV 



  • That last post gives a good synopsis of what the town is known for, why it's a tourist destination in Colombia and why we went there. Good reads. Good pics.

    This post is less about Villa de Leyva -the 400+ year old church, the colonial architecture, the whitewashed walls and green balconies, the columns and cobbled streets- and more about, well, my super cute boys.

    These pictures were all taken around the square and at a little cafe on the plaza mayor while we enjoyed lemonades, lattes, and chocolate milk while waiting for the shops to open.

    (Some of us might've also needed to use a washroom, so we had to buy something to earn the right...)


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    courtesy of seven year old Liam

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    oh man... like father, like son! love the last one!

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    my boys. love 'em.

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    my favourite part of this picture is Liam laughing in the background

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    work it Andrew

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    no jazz hands? no "rock on"? 
    what's this? a decent picture of Liam?? 

    I would've loved a couple hours to walk around Villa de Leyva on my own (just me and my camera), but honestly I doubt I would've captured anything that would mean as much to me as these pictures. 

    My boys.

    And I even managed to be in a couple shots!

    For the first time, I'm linking up to Embrace the Camera at The Anderson Crew. I've also added this post to the Photo Story Friday links at Better in Bulk and My Chaos My BlissEven though this was all only four weeks ago, I'm going to link up for the Flashbacks at Christopher and Tia and More Than Words too. Look at me multitask!







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    8 comments:

    1. Love the pictures! You have amazing boys!!!

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    2. LOVE these shots! So beautiful.

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    3. You are right....nothing could be as cute and wonderful as those pictures of your "boys". They are fabulous! Love the eyes on each of the boys...the one of Andrew with the lemonade is priceless....such huge eyes! Love, Mom/Mora/Nana

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    4. Great pictures. I love the processing on the black and white ones too.

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    5. For some reason I haven't been able to comment on a few of your last posts... no text box has shown up for me. I have to say I'm LOVING all the blog updates you've been doing. I can never wait to see all the new pictures and read the stories. Now just because your beautiful daughter is going to be making her debut soon doesn't mean you get to slack on providing me with my entertainment - keep it up! Love and miss you guys!! Let's skype soon!

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    6. These pictures are priceless!!! Love them!!! A. Dianne

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    7. How about you put some of these amazing pictures in those empty IKEA frames above the couch, hmmmm?

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