Catching up

A few weeks ago our whole family went to a Diamondback's game for free - free tickets, free parking, free food (for the kids-adults packed our own snacks :)), and free hats for the kids. The kids completed a summer reading program through the library and were all given free tickets. We chose to go on a Sunday afternoon kids' day so they got free food and baseball hats! My sister and her family came and sat right behind us.

Here are some more of Charina's hairstyles - she almost always uses Joanna for a model :) and just some cute pictures of the girls. Click on the first picture and look at that funny face!

Here is the big 15 passenger van we bought from our friends' mom - thanks Heidi and Andy for hooking us up :) - what a blessing to buy this from friends we trust, not have to spend time car shopping and get a great deal! We had prayed for God to provide one and He did - Praise Him!We named it "La Gua Gua" which in Dominican slang means "the bus". Without the back seat (space needed for stroller/groceries etc) it seats 11 - exactly the # of seats we will need since we have our niece and once we have our 3 babies.

Finally here are some pictures of our decorating. The first is in the hallway - just a big old frame from a garage sale $1 and some iron crosses $.50 each and some paint pens to write "Jesus - The way, the truth, the life". The girls' room was built by the previous owners to be a theatre room - so it is big. They have their beds at one end and their imagination/tea party/reading sitting area at the other end - again - 90% I found at garage sales. Above their couch I wrote "sisters forever, friends for life" They have a bible verse they have picked that they want me to write on the wall in between their beds - but I haven't gotten to it yet. Notice their Moroccan Kaftan's that were the inspiration for the room and their favorite dress up clothes.