Mountain Men

A couple weeks ago we took all the kids to climb a mountain. Great exercise for both little and big. Here are some pics.The little girls climbing up the mountain holding hads ..so cute!

Benji and Janine did this fire; they were very proud of their work.:D

La-La and the babies.

Little lady taking a brake from all that climbing.

Kids christmas Witnessing

The little guys in the home have really been star witnesses this Christmas.
They were shinner track givers and gave out lots of tracks down town and to anybody they saw while out. They even had a lot of people come back and ask for another one of those 'beautiful papers" for a friend, cousin or other child. They take their witnessing so seriously, it makes me proud of them. Alex commented to me, after he had given a track to everyone on the bus and wished them a Merry Christmas," Mom I helped get a lot of souls into Heaven", I told him that to get saved they needed to pray the prayer in the back on the track to ask Jesus into their heart, so he went back and explained that to each person he had given the tracks to. Everyone was really happy and thanked him. Here are some pictures of a show they did in the Fiesta Inn for some very important doctors.

They had the most beautiful Christmas tree so we took a few pictures by it.

Daddy's little girl and her sour patches.

When daddy got home this last time he brought this huge bag of Sour Patches, Ayleen's absolute favorite!. It's definitely the perfect coming home gift and the way to her sweet heart.

Totally thrilled with the huge sour patch bag!!

Content Smile.!
Yum... you want some?
Time to put away..so sorry about the heart break sweet little girl.!

Posada

On September 7th we did a Posada all our friends and contacts, the idea was to do something nice for them in appreciation for their faithful support throughout the year, with this in mind, we made some special ¨Thank You¨diplomas to give out, put together a nice meal etc. It was a joint effort from the three homes here in our city. Lots of work to plan, GB the organizing commite made up of some home members and a few active members . The Lord really did lots of miracles and supplied above what we needed for this special event.
Between the three homes there was a puppet show with the Christmas Story, live music and face painting for all the little ones.

The little guys in our home worked hard for a few weeks to put together some songs, here they are performing "I'd like to be a Christmas tree", sang by Janine (5).
Their little singing troop is called "Campanitas".

Some of the attendees.

Singing "What can I give him"... ( sorry about the poor pic cuality)

Some more attendees

Micks and Lalo(AM) got to do all the talking.:D

The tech man. Phil did a very nice power point presentation of our work in Morelia for this year.

"Campanitas" and "Luna Azul" performing, singing "Burrito Sabanero".

Cristal, which did a big part of the organizing, and a dear friend.

Reception Committe; Liz and Ester (AM's)

Alex (5) all handsome before the show.

The beautiful girls of "Luna Azul".
Stephani, Mari and Teresa.(They are all young and pretty ...no need to put ages.:D)

Yumm........working on those manners.:D

Cosas buenas...

Earlier in December my little sister visited us all the way from Spain is was so nice having her around and the kids loved to go down town and give her the tour of the city, show her all the sights and walk through the artesany market. We miss you !

Tia Estrella con Alex, Ayleen y Benji

Estrella y yo sentadas encima de Frida Kalo, su esposo y la Muerte , en un banco de madera tipico labrado y pintado a mano.

Estrella, notice the detailed hand made wood work of the table and chairs tipical of this part of Mexico.

Thanksgiving

We had a nice dinner for Thanksgiving and everyone was home wich was a plus , here are some bad pictures of it. I got to be in charge of the deserts and the salads. Fun, fun.

Little Miracles.

It's easy for me to sometimes take things for granted, things like protection, health and supply, without really realizing what a true miracle it is to have good health, to not have big or small accidents and to not have to buy fruits and veggies every week, for example.

The Lord really does spoil us in so many ways that, we feel we almost deserve all of those blessings when in reality we should be a lot more thankful and praise him for all his little miracles.
Having good health and not having to take my kids regularly to the doctor is a blessing I appreciate a lot more after they've battled with a cold or fever.

Having fresh veggies every week is a blessing that not everyonce has; my kids get to eat exotic fruits every day!!, then again , it's only when we don't do the market, nad don't have it that I truly apreciate it

One of those little miracles happened just the other day.
As part of our offensive long term plan, and in order to be able to cut our expenses or generate more income the Lord showed us to ask our landlord to lower the rent. Big step of faith ! True to his promise the Lord did it and our landlord miraculously agreed to lower the rent 2000 pesos.
I gotta say that 's a first in my case cause in all my years of renting houses I've never had anyone lower the rent, to the contrary , it usually goes up every year.

So that is a little big miracle to celebrate and praise for and a kind reminder to follow the Lord even if He shows you something a bit odd or unconventional. New methods, right?

Still Alive

So ..yeah... I know it's been lonely here, but just in case you are wondering I still do care about my little blog and want it to be a happy place so I went through all my link list and took out the ones that didn't work and also added some new links from cool peoples -friends in the world that have started blogs. I still care.

Uno mas.

One more year together.... Happy Anniversary Baby!
You still have that amazing touch and thoughfulnes capable of sending me a love note and flowers when you are a thousand miles away. You are the best. I love you.

Quince años tiene mi amor...

Quien me diera volver a tener quince años otra vez , en retrospectiva creo que haria por lo menos un par de cosas diferentes.
Stephani tuvo una linda fiestita de quince años como es la tradicion en Mexico unos dias antes de mi viaje a España .
She is so pretty and is such a beautiful person inside and outside! The whole evening was just great ! Happy sweet fifteen!!

Yellow..!!

I know it's been a long time, for those of you who've been faithful to check my blog I've most likely been a terrible disappointment.
Life has been busy, the good kind of busy where I find I don't have much time for anything because so many things are going on that translate into action and progress. We all know Christmas time is one of the busiest of the year so prayers are appreciated for all the different projects that are happening.
This last month I had the wonderful opportunity and blessing to visit my folks in Spain which I hadn't seen since 2002. I'm privileged to have one of those large extended families with lots of halves in between, it would take more then a whole book to explain any and all of my family it so I won't get into that, I'll just leave you with some pictures. I didn't do all that much sight seing and all that kind of stuff that you do when you travel ..because to be honest, I didn't go there to see the sights (which are beautifull) but I went there to spend time with my loved ones.Thanks to everyone that had a part on making my trip happen; the ones that covered for me in the home and to my dear husband that went above and beyond to make it a reality. I'm truly thankful.

Picture time.
My oldest sister, Ines
My brother Juan (23) and my baby sister Vicky(15)

Grandpa and Ayleen chugging down cookies.

My brothers and sisters which insisted in us going out dancing. Night action starts at 2 am in Spain, amazing how many people party away the night.:D It was great fun though I think I'm getting old for that kind of action seeing my kids get up at the same time in the morning regardles if I got to bed at 11 pm or 5 am..

Angela(20), Estrella (25), Juan(23), Ana(17).... no drinking age restrictions.

Angela, Estrella and Ana. beautiful ladies!

"Costa Dourada", Calafell, (Catalunya), Spain
Family Portrait, the last time we took one of these was b4 they separated when I was 14. Special thanks to my dad, my brother and sister that travelled from different parts of the country so that we could all get together for this weekend family reunion.

Sisters
My dad's family in Catalunya, Spain
Alex was overjoyed that grandpa took him for a bike ride.
My dad and I.

Santander, Spain
Cousins Alan, Rebeca, Ricardo and Alex.
Alex and Rebeca on a train ride
Santander, Spain. Cousins Alex and Rebeca.

Ayleen going through a tunnel on the train.

My little sisters; Angie, Ana and Vicky.

Mom and I.

Auntie Ana with Ayleen in Laredo, Spain where my mom lives.

Airplane from Miami to Madrid.

Yummy headphones.