.life lately.

So the past few weeks have been rather busy. and that hasn't all been in a bad way,because some of the stuff I was busy with, I was also enjoying!(if that makes sense) So here are a few pictures of what all i've been up to.

Beginning of this month,I offered a friend of mine from church that I could make her Quinceañera,15th birthday,dress!

Here we are fabric shopping!

and cutting out the dress!

aw! we also got to babysit our cute little neighbor twins!but sadly I don't have a picture of both!;/

one of my older cousins was down for a visit and and also my aunt from Costa Rica,so we were invited over to my Grandma's house for a supper of pupusa made by Tia Aida.

My cousin's kids that the Ramos family got to meet! So cute!

watching Tia Aida cook

mmm! they were really good!

visiting

and about two weeks ago a group of the church people,mostly the youth, went to climb this mountain in Santo Tomas! We had a lot of fun!

we had to walk for a bit till we got to the base of the mountain

and then we started climbing! The young boys started running up and some of ther rest of us just took it a bit slower.

resting about half way up

and I was helping these kids up since you could slip so easily.

we could see Victor's house and Hna. Rosa's also the Laguna de Guija. It was an amazing view!

This was the group of girls! ha! we all made it to the top even though some people kept warning us that "it is steep" :)  and yes it was bit difficult but not extremely! The fun part was running back down and making sure not to slip and start rolling:)

Ahh! more great memories!

Well I gotta go study for my bible school class this afternoon,pics of that will come later too.

Weavers {2}

I am back! So much for trying to get it up "as soon as possible"! huh? But hey I have been busy! we just started school again, plus in the afternoons we've been heading over to Casitas,where the other Pastor of our church  lives,for VBS!

Anyway back to the last part of the Weaver's visit!

Ah! Many,many walks were taken around town,but here we were heading back to a small soccer field so that the guys could fly their airplane! 

~love these girls~

 

Doing their thing!

While they flew around,us girls sat on the playground!

Then later the guys joined us,

and here is James "in all his awkwardness":) lol

And Le-o-n-a-r-d,as we called him, maybe a bit uncomfortable?

Next big thing we did with them was to go ziplinning! At first  only the guys were going to go because Alverda wasn't really into going,but then the guys thought it was just ridiculous that "the gigglers" weren't going to be along and it'd be lame! So we went after all calming Alverda's nerves as we went!;) 

Sus and I were excited though,even if we have done it like four times already it's always fun to do it with different groups!wayyyy extremly cheesy, I know!

On the way up the mountain!

Getting off the truck and...

All suited up!!!

We had SUCH a blast Alverda even admitted that she did enjoy it! Score!

Then we stopped at a really cool restaurant to eat lunch! and laugh over our silly experiences as we zip-lined!;)

ha! outside the restaurant they had this funny,what should we call it,manikin. Susanna thought he was a cute object to pose with.

Then that weekend Samuel Stoltzfus came over from the deaf school,and we had a blast hanging out with him also. We didn't take much pictures of what all we did while he was here,since we mostly played games,so when we went to let him off,we quickly took a group picture!

Tuesday morning we were all planning on going to Guatemala for 3 days,but being that Leonard got sick monday night,only Mom,Dad,and Susanna went.

So the rest of us stayed home and tried to entertain ourselves as best possible!

The second day that the parents were gone we made sandwiches and headed over to the soccer field again to have a picnic! It was fun to get out of the house for a bit!

Eating the snack we had bought for the trip:)

Then we played a bit of soccer! 

and then rested a bit and ate some watermelon! It was a warm day once again and our water was finishing so we didn't stay very long.

Their second to last day here!:( we went out to Lago Coatepeque for supper.

Us girls took some quick pictures together!

And then the day arrived when they had to leave! James was checking online,hoping their flight would be canceled. Alverda was grumpy! And Leonard was trying to enjoy his last drink of Coca-Cola!

Ya mahn!!!

They all needed one last swig!

On the way to the airport

Oh wow! so many awesome memories! never to be forgotten! Their visit meant so much! We miss them,and their names are often brought up at the table! What we do now is Skype and ,believe me, it can get quite loud! 
Thanks again guys for coming! We loved having you here!
~Cecilia Ramos

Weavers Visit {1}

Early Friday morning,February 14th the 3 Weaver Kids arrived! Tired from lack of sleep, and yet still, from the moment they got here we were already goofing off and having a good time! 

I have a whole lot of pictures  of all we did together so I am going to split them up in 2 posts. Hope you enjoy...

First and most importantly for the guys was to build Kendrick's airplane!

They fussed and fussed! about "this awesome weather" since they had just come from like below zero weather! But we just had to smile!cause we love this weather too!

One of the first things we did while they were down was cut Cocos.

Oh and drink them of course!

They helped us pick oranges,

And squeeze the juice out of them,for which Mom was very grateful!

Some of us talked while other worked!:)

Then one afternoon we headed to the river to have a hotdog roast!

All us kids sat/stood in the back of the pickup! It was a gorgeous day!

 Just a little squished!?

Such a typical dry season day!

We stopped at the supermarket in town to by some snacks and Kendrick found a more comfortable spot I don't think James really agreed with him!

These 2 girls can be really loud together! but in a good way!

Getting to the river! Ah! it was SOOO pretty and relaxing!

Kendrick and I as we were zooming along a really bumpy road!

 Susanna and I

Mom and I!

It was so much fun to just sit in the river and let the water rush past you!

Susanna being Susanna!

Getting the fire started!

drying off by the fire!

Papa eating more cocos

after supper us kids(except Leonard) crossed to the other side of the river

YAY! we won!

and then we took a group picture!

We then climbed up to the bridge and waited for Papa to pick us up,up there.

Susanna and I had so much fun with this girl!!

We had a great time and this was the beautiful sunset as we left!

                                   I hope to post part 2  as soon as possible! but this is it for now!