Caroline and I finally made the drive down to Tucson, Arizona, today to visit the Silvas (Arturo, Guadalupe, Melissa, and Sophia) – although we were late, as usual. This photo of the day is of a painting inspired by a photograph from the wedding of Guadalupe’s parents. On the left is Maria Guadalupe Madera, and on the right is her husband, Bacilio Avila. These two were married in 1949 and are now retired, living in Nogales, Mexico, still a couple 57 years and ten children later. The painting was done in 1995 by Arturo’s mother, Maria Inés Torres, herself from a family of 13 children. Guadalupe prepared a great lunch that was so filling it acted as dinner, too. We brought down the Stollen and a couple of Advents Calendars for the girls while Guadalupe, Sophia, and Melissa gave Caroline a great gift of frog earrings.