Past 2 Months in Review

- :/ on behind once again-

 but this post is pretty full of pics to let you all know what I've been up to!

So let's back up to mid-June. There was Retiro!

Youth retreat for all the youth of the Mennonite churches here in ES.

 There were a lot of great topics that really made you think!

There were about 40-45 youth there!

So many games of volley ball were played(in the bLAzing sun ,mind you) with a lot of fun had!

Of course, there were always dishes that needed to be washed after the meals. so a group of the youth would volunteer to help with that!

And usually would have a lot of fun while doing it.As you can see:

People to reconnect with.

I got to hang out with one of my good friends,quite  a bit!  She made a  good replacement since my sister,Susanna,wasn't here this year,but of course we missed her too! And I did hang out with other people just didn't always have my camera with all the time to take pics ;/

                                                

There were little kids to play with while on recess.

I enjoyed Retiro very much,and am sad to think that that was the last one I will attend before we move to the USA! crazy!

Something else that happened back in June? 

oh yes! Puffy,Kendrick's dog, had puppies,and so since he needed pics to put online for advertisement, we thought it'd be cool to have one of all the 8 puppies in a line looking over this brown bus seat!

  so we tried...

and tried again...

...and almost had it but,of course, they weren't looking! they thought we were just playing with them and stuff! ah! let's just say we don't know how other 'experts' get so many puppies lined up nicely AND looking at the camera. ;/

First Sunday in July,was my baptism,along with 2 single mothers at church! 

To put it simply,It was a happy day!!!

Hilda,Ana,and I

Hilda and Ana with their Mother,younger brother and sister,and their children.

Me with my parents and younger brother! It just doesn't seem right to say 'family' with only 4 of us in the picture! really did wish my older siblings could have been here,but they were close in my heart! 

!!!I love my family!!!

My dear MamaFela came for my baptism and that was special to have her here! 

I love her so much!!

She actually stayed here with us a whole week! and for those of you who know her,that is a long time for her to be away from her casita,(house)!!:) The day before she left,though, Papa decided to surprise her and bring her older sister over to spend the last day here with MamaFela,and stay the night and then take them both to their houses the next day!

 MamaFela was so surprised to see Tia Tona and they were both in tears!

They sat out on the porch and talked and talked and laughed and cried!!

It was fun having them both here,and see how they would "boss" each other around (in a nice way)

Tia Tona- "Hermanita no camines sin tu bordon!" (little sister,don't walk off without your cane)

MamaFela-" ay vepues tan bobita que soy! Es que a mi seme olvida!  Tona te dije que estoy perdiendo los papeles!" ( Oh my i'm so dumb! I am so forgetful! I told you I am loosing it!) 

Tia Tona- "No, hermanita,no se dice que sos bobita!" (No,little sister,don't call yourself dumb)

;) priceless! even though this might not have been their exact conversation,but you get the picture!

Tia Tona, thoroughly entertained with Kendrick playing Flight Simulator! She said she didn't even want eat, she could watch him all day! lol but Kendrick told her that after breakfast he would keep flying!:) she agreed!

Carlos Antonio,was over the other day because once upon a time he went crazy over a spice cake that mom made,and he wanted to learn how to make it. So Mom brought him over and got him to help her!

Mom has always loved the passion fruit juice,and has wanted a plant of her own,for years! We've tried several times to grow one,but it wouldn't last long. In the last year or so, all of a sudden there was this passion fruit vine growing on it's own! right outside our back door! so mom has been taking care of it, so Papa brought bamboo branches and built this arbor for her! She is pretty pleased,it's been growing nicely!

That is about it! I have talked about a whole bunch of odds and ends! but when you are on behind you just got to do what ya' gotta do!;0 lol  

This last picture is of El Salvador's National bird. el Torogoz! it is really pretty and there is this one that sits right out on our wash line and in front of the kitchen window,and mom has been wanting me to get a good pic of it,so this is just one I thought i'd share!  not the best quality but you can still see it's pretty colors, more or less!

Ok that's all for now! Sorry for the late post of what's been going on down here!!;(

 I do want to try to keep up  more with the posting from now on! 

Have a great week!