Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Pao de Acucar
We took Sharon, our visitor for the month of March, up to Pao de Acucar (Sugar Loaf Mountain). It was a perfect day weather wise but a little cloudy for really good pictures. The kids had a blast going in the cable cars. We ate a picnic lunch on the first mountain near the theater where they feature a movie about how the mountain became a tourist attraction. Each time the movie came on we could hear it outside where we were eating and Ellie would call out, "Who's preachin?" It was a wonderfully relaxing day after months of stressful construction on the church building! It is rare that we get to enjoy the natural beauty of Rio like this. We truly live in a beautiful city!
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Danny turns 4!!
Danny had his 4th birthday this week!! He was very excited and wanted to know if he would be four for the rest of his life? His other "big 4 year old"question recently was, "Mommy what do your parents look like?" He wanted a dinosaur theme so we tried our best with what he had. Aunt Joy bought some cute dinosaurs for his cake. His meal request was grilled cheese, salad, mashed potatoes and sour cream. I did convince him to let me mix the sour cream into the potatoes instead of just plain in a dish on the side.
Camp...
The kids had a great time at teen camp this year. Two families with kids were there so I planned activities for the younger kids to do while the teens were in their sessions. We did nature notebooks, played outside, painted with color wonder paints and played lots of lego and doll house.
The theme for the teens was concentrating on the gospel. One of the pastor's wives made an awesome map in the theme of pilgrim's progress. The little kids helped with setting the tables at meals and of course had fun with the teens in their free time. One night it was twin night so everyone dressed up!
The theme for the teens was concentrating on the gospel. One of the pastor's wives made an awesome map in the theme of pilgrim's progress. The little kids helped with setting the tables at meals and of course had fun with the teens in their free time. One night it was twin night so everyone dressed up!
Hats!
The day before we left for conference (back at the beginning of February) we attended our neighbor's birthday party. She had an area set up where you could dress up and take pictures. The kids had fun doing that!
Daddy's lil helper...
Flavia wants to be a part of everything we do. She especially loves to help Daddy when he is working on a project. Today she was helping Daddy change the gas tank for our stove.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Conference 2012
Conference was so good this year. In fact we were so busy with meetings, fellowship and fun we forgot to take pictures!
Myla was very independent this year doing many of the afternoon activities with her friends instead of dad and mom. She loved every minute of it (and so did we!). Myla sang several specials during the MK recital. She and some of her friends made up the Joy Quartet and sang I've Got the Joy Joy Joy.
Ellie made some first time friends and it was so cute to see her with them. She was pretty independent herself. Like Myla, she ate most of her meals with her friends. It was pretty funny to see a table of all 4,5, and 6 year olds eating and conversing like little adults.
Daniel went to VBS for the first time instead of the nursery. I think he had fun once he got in there. The first day he escaped several times, but managed to find us each time in our meeting. That was a little scary as there are pools and a lake right near where we had our meetings.
Flavia was the big surprise as most of the missionaries did not know she was part of our family since we went home on furlough soon after she was born. Everyone was charmed by her but she would always roll her eyes and turn away when anyone would try and talk to her.
BJ led our prayer time each morning as missionaries and did a great job helping us to focus in on praying for one anther. He was elected treasurer of the South Region. He enjoyed talking with other church planters getting ideas and tips for effective church planting. He and Daniel went out piranha fishing one afternoon! He was able to get in a game of basketball and soccer two of the nights as well.
Melissa kept busy getting everyone where they needed to be when. This year she joined the choir that sang for the evening meetings and loved it! Pratices were a guaranteed 45 minutes without kids! Of course three meals a day cooked and cleaned up by someone else wasn't too bad either!
Next up is Carnival Camp....stay tuned for details WITH pictures!
Myla was very independent this year doing many of the afternoon activities with her friends instead of dad and mom. She loved every minute of it (and so did we!). Myla sang several specials during the MK recital. She and some of her friends made up the Joy Quartet and sang I've Got the Joy Joy Joy.
Ellie made some first time friends and it was so cute to see her with them. She was pretty independent herself. Like Myla, she ate most of her meals with her friends. It was pretty funny to see a table of all 4,5, and 6 year olds eating and conversing like little adults.
Daniel went to VBS for the first time instead of the nursery. I think he had fun once he got in there. The first day he escaped several times, but managed to find us each time in our meeting. That was a little scary as there are pools and a lake right near where we had our meetings.
Flavia was the big surprise as most of the missionaries did not know she was part of our family since we went home on furlough soon after she was born. Everyone was charmed by her but she would always roll her eyes and turn away when anyone would try and talk to her.
BJ led our prayer time each morning as missionaries and did a great job helping us to focus in on praying for one anther. He was elected treasurer of the South Region. He enjoyed talking with other church planters getting ideas and tips for effective church planting. He and Daniel went out piranha fishing one afternoon! He was able to get in a game of basketball and soccer two of the nights as well.
Melissa kept busy getting everyone where they needed to be when. This year she joined the choir that sang for the evening meetings and loved it! Pratices were a guaranteed 45 minutes without kids! Of course three meals a day cooked and cleaned up by someone else wasn't too bad either!
Next up is Carnival Camp....stay tuned for details WITH pictures!
Friday, February 3, 2012
The long awaited conference is coming up next week. It is that time of year when all the missionaries in the south region of Brazil come together for a week for fellowship and daily time around God's Word. The kids especially (me too!) look forward to seeing their friends they only see once a year! My sewing machine usually makes an appearance the week before conference. This year Myla got a new skirt. She is growing so tall her skirts are being quickly passed down to Ellie.
Okay, so the skirt was supposed to be a Christmas present that only made it as far as being cut out but it is finished now and she loves it, so that is all that matters. Isn't she looking so grown up! She is such a big help to me with Flavia and folding clothes. She loves to give Flavia her bath and even put her to bed! I love it too!
Okay, so the skirt was supposed to be a Christmas present that only made it as far as being cut out but it is finished now and she loves it, so that is all that matters. Isn't she looking so grown up! She is such a big help to me with Flavia and folding clothes. She loves to give Flavia her bath and even put her to bed! I love it too! 
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