It is a beautiful day today! The sun is out, the mountains are out... it's gorgeous! I was sick yesterday with a fever, so I didn't go to school today. I am thankful for the fever because I was able to spend some needed time in His word. Thank you Lord for slowing me down.
Our shipment is suppose to arrive today! I and the kids are very excited! The kids will finally have some toys to play with and I will finally have some things to cook with... yea!
Matt had his phone stolen the other day on the trolley. The trolley was packed (people crowded up all around you) so it was hard to tell if someone was grabbing something. Matt thinks it was a girl who snatched it. I thought it was pretty impressive... even though it was crowded she had to reach up under his shirt and grab it out of the case! Amazing! So, we're short one phone now.

Home Sweet Home

Our lovely bedroom before we painted it.










Our terrace that you access from the kids bedroom.












Our dining room that is still just as empty. =)










Ok, I'm a bit behind... We are in our new house! Yea! Our landlords are wonderful people... very nice and very helpful. We have been in the house 2 weeks now. Our first week was a bit rough. Water kept coming up through the kitchen floor drain every time we used the sink. The sink also had a leak and the cabinet in which the sink sits is molded. We also had to buy a stove and a washer and dryer for the house which was challenging. Once we got the appliances, it took us a week to get them hooked up. But, a plumber came, a technician came and we have painted our lovely rose colored bedroom to blue, so now we can cook, wash dishes and sleep well. Our house is still without furniture (besides beds) but we are working on that too. We are also waiting on our shipment. It is here, but it is still in customs. We hope it won't be too much longer. I'm excited to get my recipes and some kitchen items that are very useful (mixing bowls, spatulas, cookie sheets, pyrex, etc.). It's really difficult to cook without them.=)
Funny story... A man comes to our door the other day asking if we want firewood and dirt. Matt says no thank you. But the man kept insisting. Matt was confused, he wondered if our landlord Ruthie had ordered it for us and he was just wanting to deliver it. Matt gave the man Ruthie's phone number just in case and in broken Spanish tried to tell him to call her and discuss it. So the next day, there is a pile of wood and a pile of bags of dirt sitting in front of our house. A woman rings our door and asks for money for the dirt and wood. I try to tell her we didn't order it, but she insists that Matt did. Our landlord (who lives above us) comes down and through much discussion she explains that we can't communicate well and there has obviously been miscommunication. We ended up buying half of the wood and a couple of bags of dirt anyway and people who drove by stopped and pick up bundles of wood, so it wasn't a complete loss for them. We're learning.