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!

Daddy's girls

My girls are so beautiful! I love it when Giovanna takes them for new photos. They have such wonderful smiles and bring such great joy to us!

BOAT RIDE ADVENTURE PART ONE!!!

Our good friend Kevin Long invited us for a boat ride a week ago. We went to Fall’s Lake. It was Sara and Ingrid’s first boat ride. Sara enjoyed the ride more than Ingrid, our little curly was a little scared. I think she got a little dizzy; I had to ask Kevin to slow down a little bit a couple times since he likes to ride fast. The weather was nice; we didn’t arrive until 6pm, trying to skip the heat. Lately, we have had hot temperature in the 90’s F. We rode for an hour and we had fun watching other boats go by and people skiing on the Lake. After that, Kevin decided to fish but unfortunately he couldn’t catch any fish that day. He is a very skilled person catching fish.

BOAT RIDE ADVENTURE!!!

Summer family pictures

It is nice when Frank have some time off from work and spend time together. It is so much easier and fun to do things together with the girls. We decided to take some pictures ourselves at Southeastern and they came out real good for my taste. Since, it is summer there was almost nobody on campus so we set up the camera on a bench a had a family picture, let's see what you think.

Sara tiene 3 & Ingrid tiene 2 years

Nuestras princesitas estan creciendo bastante rapido. Sara cumplio 3 el 21 de Febrero, 2010; Ingrid cumplio 2 el 29 de Mayo, 2010. Cada anio es diferente, ahora que Sara tiene 3 le encanta posar para las fotos, en cambio Ingrid, no le gusta tomar fotos. El Jueves las llevamos a Southeastern, donde estudia Frank, para tomarles unas fotos en sus vestidos de verano y pudimos obtener algunas buenas tomas.

INGRID'S 2ND. BIRTHDAY!!!

She, her sister and her friends had a lot of fun! Dios te bendiga mucho hija querida.

INGRID'S 2ND. BIRTHDAY!!!

Our little princess turned 2 today, May 29th. Thanks God the weather was nice and we were able to do it outside. She had a Little Ponny cupcakes as cake. I thought it was easier for me to serve cupcakes than to cut a cake and I was right. We also, had hotdogs, and some slides for the kids to play with. Thanks to all who came and make Ingrid's bithday special.

Sara's ear surgery

Our little Sara had her surgery for tubes in her ears at Rex Hospital. She was shy and clinging to daddy but they gave her some medicine that made her feel good and she was VERY relaxed when they wheeled my princess away to the operating room. The doctor came to visit with us before the surgery and we got a picture of him with Sara. The surgery was a success and when she awoke from the surgery she wanted her daddy and he gladly held her in his arms. She would not let him go so mommie had to go get the car as they wheeled daddy and Sara out in a wheelchair to the car. She seems to feel better and also seems to have more energy. Praise and glory to God for His grace!