January | 2018 | Valeria Out Loud

Hey Everyone

🍾 Happy New Year!

Hope you all had a great New Year’s Eve celebrating with all your loved ones and that you are all prosperous for a happy, healthy 2018! xoxox

For my first post of 2018, I thought to review 2017 with a year-end recap like I used to do, and because right now I am rushing to get my whole family dressed to go to my parents for our first dinner of 2018 together it is an easier option than typing out a recap haha.

Eating the first dinner of the year together is a tradition. Lots of traditions in this family, but my favorite is eating lentils together on January 1. I am Italian, so of course, if you are also Italian, you know that this is a big tradition as we believe lentils bring luck.

January 1, 2017- We had the first dinner at our house

That is the first photo of the recap, so let me keep going. I chose the photos for this recap, but am having WordPress put them in random sizes and order because that is how I roll. Ok so here we gooooOOOOoooo!

Photo Recap of 2017…

Me and my sister

I WILL MAKE YOU SELFIE FOREVER!

Before the party

We saw another waterfall

COCOA PODS!

But then she gets freaked out

These guys can talk..woo

They were selling these magical balloons that were just battery fairy lights over a plastic ball..but they were beautiful at night.

Crepe anyone?

my baby nephew

MOS crew 12-2017

The craziest color drink ever.. so yellow! Inca Kola tastes like bubblegum and cream soda. the girls gave it a thumbs up but didnt finish them..soooo i dont know if they actually liked it the whole meal.

falltime in japan

Aww

Photobombing galore

The Rockefeller Ctr Tree from the back

Then we arrived in La Fortuna

Adios Costa Rica!

Sunset cutie

My waterfall family 🙂

I dont normally eat burgers out, but I was glad I did this night! so good!

Aw, we are so cute. 🙂

Halloween NIGHT

New York Bar french 57 and sidecar

Fam photo

SUPERBOWL SUNDAY! This was a fun night in the main restaurant. There were probably 100 people watching the game.

Concert Love

We are ready to go to our next stop…

Campfire

With my mom 🙂

Blood Orange Cosmos

As the sun set, it was breathtakingly beautiful all around.

she takes after me. :)))

Then after we left the waterfall, we went onto La Fortuna. Here was a Lake Arenal Lookout.

MY DAD!!

On the train!

With the Dude

My mom and sister

All the awesome gifts from the girls

I love these two girls.

Dinner at the Little Lion

haha see?

Aww my Dad. hahah

Geiner! You were the bomb my friend!

Off we go!

my dish was the jerk chicken and shrimp

not me tho, just wanted to do nothing

Fourth of July

Then… we went out. Our last Dinner in Tamarindo, at Nogui’s This place was fantastic.

Their sushi was pretty insane

Salute!

Great memories…

With our youngest girl

During the show.

Daddy and daughter

A Clara in a Porron (sp)

And they are kindred spirits too

So the guys took the kids out on the hotdog

Side view of the mountains

Recital 2017- my family 🙂

Not our oldest! She was psyched!!

Scorpion Bowl and Mai Tai

Sunset selfie

Boston, you’re my home!

My youngest w my oldest niece

Unicorn themed Birthday Cake

Cheers Everyone!

“I want to be Jackie Onassis” ooh yeahhhhhh ok I will stop singing.. So Four Seas is the place in Hyannis for ice cream. My fam loves it here but I hadta skip it this night… too much ice cream for me man!

We hit the pool and i got to read a lot!

Japanese Subway station ticket booth Shinjuku Station

Then it was time to show Nonna and Nonno all their cool tricks.

My loves 🙂

2017 bday w my Sagittarius babes

How cute!!

bday sisters

Rainy night love

El Diria across the street is condos, family swimming, swim up bar and adult only areas. This place was huge..it had an Amphitheater!

Got some secret stash rum. :)))

This was the abuelo, he was the funniest man. Spoke only Spanish and hand picked every fruit for us to try. i loved him!

The past and modern city

My beautiful soul. I take courage from her because I put myself out there only to be sure she is never afraid of anything. I hope this is working..

Asakusa Sensoji Temple market

That is me with a VOLCANO!

THE BEST sangria of my life has been in Costa Rica. Lordy lord..

Playing in the monkey pool

Sunset is the best time to take pics..and makeout. jussayin. good advice here.

before…look at the end

The outdoor patio had hammocks, a table with cushiony chairs and rocking chairs.

Taking off!

The girls loved the drink and the homemade chocolates.

Love on the beach

PJ KIDS 2017

agedashi tofu

Bus to Club Rio!

I tried being serious, but i look mean hahah

my sister in law surprised us with these beauts

Taking sign making seriously.

They looked so cute, and i loved my new dress from J Crew haha

Happy Birthday love!!

And as we are getting into the tour van to go back to the airport..she shows herself!

I love them 🙂

Our sister loved her mitt. hahah

this beast is huge…the dino not my husband 🙂

The motiff of the place is the indigenous people..so the artwork around was fun.

This was the best dumplings. Street food usually is. Here is chicken and pork shumai (I love shumai) and pork sticky buns. SO GOODNESS EVERYWHERE. haha I was in heaven

so I poured myself a lil glass and waited for the boat to return..

At happy hour, the girls (who are whips at chess) are helping this cute girl beat her bf at chess.. they loved the kids so much. 🙂

Girls w Santa 2017 at Mission Oak

Tokyo love

Cable bridges…these scared the pants off me.. SERIOUSLY

WHICH WAS OF THE VOLCANO!!

the food was spectacular

Summer Lovin’

Asakusa Sensoji Temple Buddha

THE FOOD WAS TDF. we got empanadas, calamari, crab cakes to share… so good. the kids got risotto and pasta..my husband got the halibut over risotto…so good. i am planning to come back next month haha i wish i was kidding.