October visit to South Carolina

 Pictures from our visit to South Carolina.  More to come and captions later

Mateo turns 5, Detroit Institute of Arts and Maria on Homecoming Court

Mateo gets ready to blow out the candles

Confetti angelfood cake with cherry frosting

Grandpa Raul and Grandma Paula were there, too!

Leighanne and Carmen on their electronics?

Grandma Rose made an apple pie, too

Paulina hams it up

Mateo starts the present parade

Mikey helps Mateo, "Hey you got more in here!"

Mateo checks out the superhero book 

Watching the birthday boy

Mateo lines up the hero figures

It's Mateo's hooded sweatshirt but Maria tries it out

We made our first visit to the Detroit Institute of Arts.  The Diego Rivera murals here

More of Rivera

Awestruck?

More Rivera

We went to the St. Catherine volleyball game where Maria was in the homecoming court

Who's watching the kids?

Maria before the big event

In the stands.  The Junior sign was made by Maria

The homecoming ticket

The St. Catherine volleyball team

Paulina loves to mug for the camera

A proud Dad, Mike, walks out Maria

"I love you, Maria!"

Mike and Maria

Mike, Maria and Leighanne

Had to get a pic with the St. Catherine emblem