2010 Memories

This is our life from Jan - July 2010. Enjoy and we love you!

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Sara's swimming classes

Mi Sarita esta disfrutando sus clases de natacion. Le encanta el agua, asi que eso ayuda mucho a que aprenda a nadar rapido. Hay 4 ninos en su grupo, 3 de ellos tienen mas experiencia que Sara, pero ella trata de hacer todo lo que su profesora le dice. Yo disfruto mucho viendola, como nunca tome clases de nina, es mi deseo que mis princesitas puedan aprender de todo.

SLEEPY ANGELS

Looks like finally my girls decided to sleep in their beds all night long. This is really a praise, after struggling for a long time with Sara to go to sleep at night in her own bed, she finally gave up and decided it was time to sleep in her bed. She fought many battles with us at bed time. Some of her reasons for not sleeping in her bedroom was that she was scared, so she used to fall asleep on the couch in the living room and when she was asleep we would put her in her bed, but then in the middle of the night she would end up sleeping in our bed, which was very uncomfortable for us, we needed to do something. We got her a full size bed, and she didn't sleep in there right away. It has been a month now that we can say "thanks God" because she is sleeping in her bed now and we can have a better rest at night. Now, our other battle is to make them eat vegetables and all kinds of fruits. I'm sure we will get there soon too. On the other hand, Ingrid is sleeping in her toddler bed with no problem, we didn't have any trouble during the transition, she has always been a good sleeper at night. Even though we have had hard times with them, we will remember these memories forever and treasure them in our hearts.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

July 4, 1776 is when the United States declared its independance from England. This started a terrible war which the USA later won. Every July 4, we celebrate our declaring ourselves a free and independant nation. We have dress in red, white, and blue (the colors of the USA flag), have cookouts, spend time with family and friends, and shoot fireworks at night. We celebrated the 4th of July at Vaughan Baptist Church, and afterwards went to a waterfront restaurant a few miles down the road on Lake Gaston. Sara and Ingrid loved watching the boats and eating outside on the deck. It was a beautiful day! For the evening, we went to a friend from our Care Group at Open Door Baptist Church, Drake. His family has a swimming pool and we played in the water, ate some home cooked food from India (Drake's dad is from India) and when it was dark, they shot off many beautiful fireworks and we enjoyed them very much. We got home around 10pm and the girls were tired and ready for bed! Plus, Daddy is off from work on Monday and we got to sleep late and have pancakes (Sara and Ingrid's favorite) for breakfast before heading off to another party with our Care Group at Anthony and Carla's house this afternoon. We are really enjoying this time of celebration together! Praise God for putting such a close and caring group of friends in our life! Here are pictures at Vaughan and also the lunch on the lake. We were so busy having fun at the pool we forgot to take pictures!

Papa's Birthday

We celebrated Papa's birthday at the a la Mode Ice Cream cafe in Wake Forest. We actually had a meal at home and then went for ice cream afterwards. We had a great time with Papa. Happy Birthday!