We've been a little busy.

I know it's been a while since my last post but we've been busy. I'm not sure when we are going to slow down. It always seems like our lives are in fast motion and I really find myself tired. Have you ever been tired and not really know why you are? Then I think back at our crazy lives and say, "oh, that's why."

We've purchased 200 Bibles for outreaches that we will be doing this summer.  Thank you LFTL!

We helped make candy bags for our church for Christmas.

I passed my drivers test in Spanish with a 100.

Shannon passed his test too, just not on the first time.  He went back the next day and passed it.  In all fairness the test wasn't the same test that we studied for.  And I still can't get over the fact that they actually have driving laws here.  For those that have been here, their driving laws are almost the same as the states, can't you see that?  haha!

We've made gluten free brownies.

The gluten free diet- It can be terrible at times, sometimes you just want bread.  We are slowly but surely learning how to make things gluten free.  It's really a trial and error situation.  Some things are good and some things are bad.  And it's really hard to find things here that are gluten free to cook with. Like they only have rice flour here, nothing more.

Ethan was sick and missed four days of school before the Christmas break.

The picture of Ethan looks worse than it really is.  Shannon and I were up ready for church (Dec. 15th) and Ethan got up with a fever and I looked in his throat and saw pus and knew that he needed an antibiotic.  So, we took him to the ER to get started on some medicine.  Ethan thought they were going way overboard by making him lay in that bed.  Oh, and how dare them make him put that gown on.

Shannon and Meg making Christmas candies.

Christmas 2013

Shannon and I wanted to go to the beach for Christmas because we thought that it would be easier for all of us to keep our minds off of Christmas and missing family.  But, the kids didn't want to go.  Can you believe that?  I can't either.

Megan and I were goofing off after we made our "serious" picture.

All in all, we've had a pretty busy last two weeks with trying to get things done and finally settle in for the next four years.  Our drivers licenses were the last things that we needed to do,  now we can finally breathe a little.

We are looking forward to 2014 and all that it has in store.  

Happy New Years to you all!