Over the last week we met Jeff's family in Southern Spain. Jeff, Avery and I flew out of Trondheim on Friday and got into Malaga around 2:30 pm. We took the subway to our hotel since it stopped right across the street. Subways or trains in Spain are so different than in the States. They are clean and efficient and so much cheaper than taking a cab. We stayed one night in Malaga before meeting the rest of the family on Saturday. Malaga was great. We stayed in the historical district and were in walking distance of all the historical sites. Our hotel the Eurostar Astoria was great and I would recommend it to anyone traveling to Malaga.
Walking around downtown we came upon this old building.
This is a fortress called La Alcazaba. It was built by the Arabs in 11th century to protect the port. We could have walked to the top of it but we didn't have time as it took roughly 25 minutes just to get to the top.
The outside of the Cathedral which was built in 1528. Later in the trip we went back and went inside. It was closed this morning. The grounds are beautiful so we spent some time exploring them.
Outside the cathedral.
Orange trees were everywhere.
The Cathedral.
A plaza in front of the cathedral. All the grounds were marble.
A street in Malaga that was entirely marble. The shops on this street were very high end.
Our balcony.
Saturday around noon we took off from Malaga and took the train into Fuengirola. From there we took a taxi to our resort Club Dona Lola. Our cab driver had a sister that taught Spanish at Buffalo University. He was a lot of fun to visit with and he gave us the low down on the entire area.
Avery was a little afraid of this guy.
Right after this picture was taken Avery said, "the alligator thinks I'm beautiful." It was so sweet and funny. She didn't realize that they kept staring at us and coming towards the glass because they wanted to eat us!
Gotta love Grandma's.
Brothers.
Wouldn't be Spain without a topless woman sunning by the kids pool!
But I don't want to get out of the pool, even though my lips are blue and I'm shivering. 
View from our balcony. 
This was one of the mattresses off of the pullout sofa beds. Avery decided it was her home and hung out in it whenever we were chilling in the room. Shayden decided to join in and before too long they were both hanging out in their "home".
We stopped at a little fruit stand on the way to buy some apples and clean Avery off (yeah kids and mountain roads don't mix.) This was the view from the pull off. Along the way there were many small communities built into the sides of the mountains. This was one of them. 
The Spanish country side is beautiful. I'd like to explore it some more one day.
Yeah I'm pregnant ;)
Avery kept yelling at the waves, " is that all you can do you big baby." She apparently wanted bigger waves.
The first day we went down to check the beach out the kids decided to get wet so we stripped them down and let them play. They both thought the waves were great. The ocean was a little cold for me but Shayden and Avery didn't seem to mind.
Walking around downtown we came upon this old building. 
This is a fortress called La Alcazaba. It was built by the Arabs in 11th century to protect the port. We could have walked to the top of it but we didn't have time as it took roughly 25 minutes just to get to the top.
The outside of the Cathedral which was built in 1528. Later in the trip we went back and went inside. It was closed this morning. The grounds are beautiful so we spent some time exploring them. 
Outside the cathedral.
Orange trees were everywhere.
The Cathedral.
A plaza in front of the cathedral. All the grounds were marble. 
A street in Malaga that was entirely marble. The shops on this street were very high end.
Our balcony.
