Alex...

Alex is a great kid! I love his humor and how he keeps us laughing, I would post more stories of things he says or does but he won't let me... This is the dilemma I face, when writing my blog how much should I respect others wishes and how much should I just post on my own??? WDYT?

Adrian and Jade Return To Texas

Haven and Sam came to pick up Adrian and Jade today to return to Texas. Adrian has been with me here since March and Jade since June we all look forward to these months we get to spend together and are so thankful for the time we share. Here are random photos from our summer of things I didn't do specific posts for. Enjoy!

Jade and Cielo roasting marshmallows during a family day BBQ the kids had with Bruni for the family day that I was gone.

L-R: Cielo, Alex, Bruni, Jade and Adrian at the BBQ.

Lynette and the kids grilling the hot-dogs and meat for the BBQ.

The kids and I washing the truck. The kids did this for an extra video during the week.

Alex, Adrian, Jade and I on Fathers Day.

Alex (last summer)

Adrian (last summer)

Adrian with his hair painted purple and blue. This was an activity we did one parent night.

Alex, blue and green hair.

Jade with purple, blue and green hair.

Alex with craft project.

Adrian and Alex playing a game.

Jade painting ceramics.

Adrian sporting his self made hunters cap.

Jade with her angel and cork knight.

3Marias

Tres Marias is a small village up in the mountains on the road between Mexico City and Cuernavaca with a strip of about 120 little rustic restaurants which sees a lot of touristic traffic on the weekends. As a home we have been going up there on the weekends for the past year for witnessing and fundraising. We have grown quite close to some people in the village and I can't walk anywhere in town without people greeting me and finding out whats happening with all our projects and little things in our lives.

I try to take the kids up there with me as often as I can as they get a chance to witness as well as get treated to a nice meal as we have several folks who always invite us to eat. The food is amazing authentic Mexican food all made by hand. This has become a favorite thing for the kids and Jade esp. likes it as she makes her own quesadillas in one of the restaurants.

Since the kids are going home tomorrow they all went out with me today to say good bye to our friends and for a last breakfast. Here are some photos.

Jade making her tortillas for her cheese quesadilla.

Adrian making his: ham, potatoes and cheese.

Alex making his: mushroom and cheese.

The quesadillas being toasted on the stove.

The kids content with the final products. This was just thier snack.

The owners of one of the resturaunts with the kids. This sweet couple feeds us two times every week with as many people as we bring, one time they feed 14 of us. God bless them.

This is the meal I had that day: Steak fillet with beans and nopales (cactus), red and green (from the spices) suassage, with lettuce and tomato. With a side order of tortillas and this is a meal leaving nothing to be desired.

Jades meal of orange juice, cheese qeusadilla and Birria soup. The sould is made in a tomatoe base with barrbacoa (lamb) meat. This soup is a fovorite with all the kids.

Adrian very content with his food. He had the same thing Jade did.

Alex with chorrizo (saussage) tacos topped with tomatoe onion and nopales (cactus).

Water Park Fun

Yesterday we went to a local water park "El Rollo" with my previous home from Veracruz. The whole home came and visited Cuernavaca for 3 days. It was nice to hang out with them and do some fun things together. Unfortunately we have no photos of the team that visited and we only have a few from the water park itself. But the kids had a blast and was one of our big events from this summer.

Adrian, Jade and Alex.
I think Jade is practicing for being a swimsuit model.

Kids play area.

Wave Pool.

The Wave Rider.

Some of the slides.

Parks and Boats

We have been exploring the local parks with the kids. They have had fun doing this and provides us with things to do with them in the afternoons as well as learn a little about the area and local culture.

A mural painted on one of the walls of the Library at the local park.

I am not quite what Jade and Alex are doing, but this is them none the less in front of the statue.

Alex, Jade and Adrian on a paddle boat.

I actually went on the boat for about 10 minutes with them it was fun but I won't post here any of the photos of the very off balance nearly sinking boat when I was.

Kids Summer

Adrian and Jade have been here over the summer and will be going home to Texas on August 10th. Besides having the baby and me needing to make two trips to Texas in the past 5 weeks we have been able to do somethings with the kids and will do a few more in the coming days, so for those of you who are interested I will do a couple of posts about those things.

Alex, Adrian and Cielo (another girl their age in our home) spent a week going to summer camp style courses that last for one week. From Monday-Friday they would get up early and be at camp from 8 am - 2 pm. They did lots of fun crafts and activities. Here are some photos.

Alex, Adrian, Apollos (camp team leader) and Cielo

Alex, Cielo and Adrian preforming with the other children for the parents, family and friends.

Jade enjoying the show.

Easter

Yesterday was Easter and Paula and Nadia organized a kids club type activity day at the new home here in Cuernavaca. They had pool games, painted eggs and some treasure hunts involving prizes for the kids. Here's a couple photos from the day.

Alex and Adrian playing a pool game.

Alex painting eggs.

Adrian painting eggs.

Cielito getting the eggs ready for painting.

Me, doing what I do best.