Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Paul's 9th Birthday

Paul turned 9 on October 14th. We don't know a whole lot of kids here, but we invited a few of our friends over for tacos and yogurt cake to make it feel a little more like a party.
 
Becca is saying something like, "See Paul, I told you I got you a volcano."
She doesn't quite understand the concept of presents being surprises.
 
 Sonja and Nestor - Nestor is a BYU-I intern here for the fall. Their baby didn't make it into the picture.

Eladio and Yoyo - These two are our greatest source of information concerning all things Chile. Eladio works with Mando and is in the branch presidency and Yoyo spends a lot of time at the house helping my kids and me with Spanish.

Neto - a family friend who came to the United States from Brazil a few years ago and lived with my dad while learning English. He then went to BYU-I and interned at different operations on his school breaks. He is in Chile for a few more weeks and then he'll return to the Ranch in Brazil. We will miss our friend Neto!
 
Val and Marge - the missionaries at the learning center. They teach the employees English on their lunch break as well as visiting some in their homes. We go visit them at the learning center on Wednesday afternoons and they always have a fun activity for the kids. They leave in mid-November.
 
 
Inhale. Exhale. The candle is out and Paul is officially 9!

"A Pokemon handbook! You are so lucky Paul!" We have a bunch of Poke-nerds over here.
 
 Oh there you are Sam. Don't look so worried. I am right here behind the camera.

One brown and one white Caballero having a little siesta after too much partying.


1 comment:

  1. I cannot believe how white Sam is!!! Crazy. Glad to see you have a few friends over there and Ava will be so sad she didn't get her thing shipped to Paul now. We'll have to send it to your dad, if its not too late.

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