... culminate in the CVE Family Vacation - Rancho Betania! It does seem like it's a lot of "work" for two days, but the joy that the kids have, the memories, the photos, etc... all combine to make it well worth it in my opinion. Praise the Lord that we were able to go this year, and that He kept everyone safe... :)Above: The kids (each with their backpacks) ready to head out on Thursday morning.
A front shot...
The kids love to take our cameras and capture weird photos. Nereida managed to get this one of Jo-el, which (in my opinion) perfectly sums up his personality... ;)
We brought some twine to hang up clothes, strung it between the tress, and it managed to make the dorm area quite festive!
Diego had this tube almost the entire swim-time one day, and would get an adult to blow it up, and then ten seconds later it would be flat again. Amazingly enough, he went to different adults every time... I think because he recognized that it was a bad idea to annoy one person too much... lol.
Smart kid... :)
The kids also enjoy listening to our iPods. Fede's favorite song is "He's in Love with the Girl" by Trisha Yearwood, and I translated the lyrics for him. So now he just listens to it over and over again, and tells anyone else who is listening what the song means... he's got the melody and chorus down pretty good "singing-wise"... :)
We had a fogata (campfire) on Thursday night, and sang praise songs while David played guitar and Limón "tocared the tambor" (played the drum).
Seated above on the older kids' bench: (l-r) Karla, Michelle, Lili, Lupita, and Fede.
Also at the fogata: Ezequiel, Bere, and Poncho
Pool-Time: David and Jo-el spent some time again this year tossing kids high into the air to do flips, jumps, etc. This is always a fun time for the kids, and makes for some great photos for the rest of us... ;)
Top left: Frankie gets flipped... he was amazing, by the way!
Top right: Magda makes amazing expressions every time she flies into the air... lol.
I just think this photo of little Gloria is great... she's starting to really follow things with her eyes, and she makes some great expressions with her eyebrows. She also has beautiful eyelashes...Below are a couple videos that I hope you enjoy. The first is David and the kids singing "The Tiburon Song" and the second is Candi with the frog that the kids found. Amazingly, the kids have picked up on my love (okay, the Bahr-girl love) of toads and frogs, and we have a constant supply of "prospective pets" brought for inspection. Candi and Diego really wanted to have this one sleep in their beds in the dorm... ;)
9 comments:
Steph,
Great pictures and videos (I love the one of Candi and the frog! How hilarious that she even kissed it)! Sounds like Rancho Betania was great fun and I'm sorry to have missed it!
Los extraño pero hasta pronto!
Carissa
LOL
keep trying Candi.. you never know which one's going to be a handsome prince :)
loved the videos and all the pics from the weekend. looked like lots of fun was had by all. praying for you and thinking about you all every day.
Dios les bendiga!
Kendra <><
hilarious... I burst out laughing when candi kissed the frog. Way to go mom for not scolding her! :)
Thanks for the update.
p.s.
"...tocared the tambor.." !?
*rolling on the floor laughing*
David can really cut move when he jigs
bash <><
Jim, my friend... just exercising those excellent Spanglish skills that you picked up this summer... ;)
And Chel... how could I even think of scolding when I'd done the same thing the week before??? :)
No princes, though... *sigh*... I was really, really hoping, ya know... lol
...yeah candi even thought the bop on the head would do the trick...better luck next time ; )
So, I'm a little behind on reading your blog but that didn't make it any less hilarious. The videos are great. I love Candi and el sapo! David and the kids are pretty funny too. I miss all of you very much! Amor y oraciones!
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