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14 July 2017

Retro: Hanging Stephanie

10 years ago today – a birthday party in Cuernavaca! It was time for the piÃ±ata, but the birthday girl (in pink in the front of the line) would need a lot of convincing before she would actually start walloping “Stephanie”.

It was 2007 – and in Mexico, LazyTown was all the rage. The piÃ±ata here is made to look like Stephanie, one of the main characters.

Nathanael (in the striped shirt near the front) awaits his turn, with his older sister Hannah (hair just visible – you can’t really make it out in this tiny version of the picture) waiting further back in line.

The girls in the mini-skirts were a part of the company that ran the party.

Birthday party in Cuernavaca

6 June 2017

Retro: Hummingbird Feeder (video)

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Last month I hit the jackpot.

For whatever reason, years ago, we lost most of our pictures and videos from 2007. Usually we’re pretty obsessive about backing up pictures, but I searched everywhere for months and was only able to find the odd file.

But, amazingly enough, I found the pictures on an old drive (which I thought I would have checked!). Which means we’re seeing pictures and video from 10 years ago that we thought was lost forever!

So, one of these is this video from ten years ago today – Hannah and Nathanael in our yard in Cuernavaca, showing off a hummingbird feeder which we had made.

13 May 2017

Retro: Birthday Bugs

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Ten years ago today – Hannah and Nathanael had their first birthday party in Mexico. Considering the plethora of new bugs where we lived in Cuernavaca, it was appropriate that the theme was – bugs! Or – small creatures, anyway. I realize that neither caterpillars nor spiders are technically “bugs”. 🙂

Birthday Bugs

8 April 2017

Retro: Easter Eggs 2007

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A photo taken on this day ten years ago, in our yard in Cuernavaca. Nathanael and Hannah are showing off their specially decorated Easter eggs on Resurrection Sunday.

Easter Eggs 2007

2 April 2017

Talking Turkey (video)

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This past week we spent a few days up in the state of QuerÃ©taro at an MK (missionary kid) camp, since everyone in the family except me is an MK!

Our friends who ran it did a great job, and a good time was had by all.

We were out in the country – farm country, with men on horses and cacti and chickens and all stuff like that there. One morning I looked out the window to see two turkeys wandering down the road. When I came out the door, they were right close to the building where I was staying.

Now if you’ve ever seen the movie Sergeant York (and you should see it), you may remember the turkey shoot scene where Alvin York “talks” to the turkey. That scene becomes important later on.

Anyway, I thought I’d give it a try myself, not having much experience with turkeys. And I discovered that yes – the scene is accurate (actually, I don’t know if the “turkey episode” really happened, but the movie is based on a real person). So here’s the video to prove it – yours truly, talking to the turkeys.

16 March 2017

Retro: The Casteel’s Pool

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Ten years ago today! Chilling out in the Casteel’s pool – something we actually rarely did, considering how close it was to our house in Cuernavaca. But we had fun when we went there! Thanks, Toby and Marilyn!

Shari, Nathanael and Hannah in the Casteel Pool

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