Exactly one week ago we went to get pictures taken for our visas. As a bonus, we got these pictures included.
So this is what Hannah and Nathanael look like now (± 1 week, of course). Of course it’s more of a close-up of Nathanael. We didn’t do anything special for the pictures – we were late, and had just picked Hannah up from school (she’s still wearing her uniform in the photo):
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On Friday Nathanael officially graduated from Kinder 3 (there are 3 years of Kinder in Mexico). His school was Jardín de Niños Elizabeth Catlett.
He actually had his last day of school yesterday, and there’s one more celebratory event at his school Friday morning.
So, in honour of Nathanael’s grad, here are some clips from the whole program. In a lot of the video Nathanael is in the far corner compared to the camera. If you want to watch in HD for a little more detail in full screen, go check out the video at YouTube. Otherwise, in most cases you should be able to find a blond kid in a white suit if you look close enough (although there are a few clips of other classes).
One of the things we’re busy with these days is getting ready for Nathanael’s graduation. Yes, after 3 years of class time, homework, and exams, he’s about to graduate from Kindergarten 3.
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He actually just finished his exams. And the Moms and kids went to reserve the tuxedos (white tuxes with green cummerbunds [Edit: actually, it was a white suit with a green tie. Check for upcoming video/pictures]).
And here is his almost-complete graduation cap. It just needs a button on top. Which means Shari will have to go into the store, pick out a single button, get a ticket, go to the other cashier to pay, then… well, it’s a procedure.
And why should we celebrate such a big event for only one day? We’ll have the big graduation ceremony this coming Friday, then the Friday after will be the party. Two more weeks – then school is done for another year!
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I’ve successfully restored another album in our gallery. It was a new one when our gallery got fried, so you might not have seen it before.
It’s a collection of pictures featuring birthday cakes that Shari has made for the kids. I think we have all of them in there now, except for the cakes from this year (which are still in our Recent shots… album).
So check them out! Maybe you’ll get a new idea for your next party. 🙂
That would be this weekend!
Tonight there’s a youth conference, organized by our friend David Gomez. David is the speaker, and we also have Columbian recording artist Laura Guaza coming.
Apparently David is going to be singing too, and I’ll even be doing a song or two. Not sure which ones yet … I’d better get that figured out. 😉
The theme tonight is Youth with Purpose.
And on Sunday morning – we’re heading to a water park! And yes, we’re going for the same reason we went around this time last year. Except this year two churches will be involved!
Both the church in Santa Barbara and the church in Jesús María will be bringing people to be baptized! So we’re looking forward to a GREAT day on Sunday the 20th. We’ve been looking forward to it for a long time!
As we head into next week we’ll be thinking about school things again. Hannah is starting exams, I imagine Nathanael is soon too. We’ve reserved the rented tux for Nathanael’s graduation from 3 years of kindergarten. And we’re working on his graduation cap. Lots to do before school ends in July.
And, of course, there are Bible studies coming up on Tuesday that we’re getting ready for. (And let us not forget, that’s the day we want to see Mexico get its second win in the World Cup!)
But now it’s time to focus on the weekend. I’d better go pick up Nathanael from school – see you later!
Thanks for those who prayed for us recently, being sick and all. Nathanael is doing quite a bit better. He was back in school on Wednesday, though he still has to have eye drops until Saturday. I’m sure he would say the eye drops are worse than the disease.
I’m not 100% yet, but a whole lot better than I was a few days ago.
Somehow we still managed to have a full week so far. I just barely made it to the Bible study on Tuesday night (which went very well, and was packed with people). Shari also had a study that morning and … lets see … she was involved in an activity this morning. It’s also been a solid week for homework, and we’ve had a lot of other things to do on various fronts.
So thankfully things are moving along. We’re looking forward to having a visitor from another part of Mexico City this weekend (and believe me, that can be a journey!). So that should be fun. AND, of course, the first World Cup game tomorrow! Mexico vs South Africa! And we all know who’s going to WIN, don’t we?
By the way, I meant to mention a while ago that you can now get directly to our blog by going to Finding-direction.com. Or you can use the old URL – same thing. A little help for those of you having trouble remembering how to spell Cottrill off the top of your head. 😉 Just don’t forget the dash.