Archive for September, 2008

Sep

30

Tough Day

By jeff

Learning a second language is difficult to say the least! We are in our 6th week of language school (Monday through Friday – 8am through 3pm). We are definitely learning a lot but the more we learn, the more we realize we have to learn. But, as one of our teacher says, [...]

Sep

30

Family

By natasha

  For many of us, Sunday is a day to spend time with family.  Some families have a big dinners after church, some visit grandparents,  others spend the day at a park or pool, and a more still just leave their calendars open for whatever activity appeals to the fam that day.  Growing up, my family spent Saturdays at the ballpark [...]

Sep

29

Webster

By jeff

Thanks to everyone who has written such kind posts concerning our loss of Chester. We wanted to show you that Webster is certainly not suffering from a lack of attention here at the home. He has mellowed out quite a bit and has grown very comfortable around the kids. He is also [...]

Sep

22

Sad News

By jeff

Early on the morning of September 18 while in Florence, Italy we received the news that Chester, one of our two dogs, lost his battle to cancer.  He was diagnosed back in March, had a large tumor removed, and completed 6 chemotherapy treatments before we left for Mexico.  He had been showing signs that it [...]

Sep

22

Pictures from the Journey

By jeff

A few images from our trip.

Sep

22

When in Rome…

By natasha

 Vacation in Italy, with the fam, for two weeks…what a gift!  This trip has been in the works for over two years.  It took quite a bit of scheduling, reservations, and rearranging for eight adults to agree on the dates, destinations, and other details of an international vacation.  However, it was worth the wait.  We [...]

Sep

9

Does this look like Mexico?

By jeff

If you answered “no” than you are correct.  Natasha and I are in Italy – Sorrento to be exact – with her family for the next two weeks.  We have been looking forward to this vacation for close to two years.  We are going to be in Sorrento (South West coast of Italy) this week [...]

Sep

3

Cultural Lessons and Green Grass

By jeff

We are learning more and more each day!  One very important lesson we learned this week is that when you go to the tortilla shop where they make hot, fresh, flour tortillas (yum!!) they will ask you (in Spanish of course) if you want the hot ones right off the stove or the cold ones. [...]

Sep

2

Our neighbors

By jeff

I thought you might like to see who we hear each morning and hang out with each afternoon.  Carole taught them how to say “I love you” in English.  It’s the cutest thing!  I’ll try and get a video of it.