Busy week, but not much to say

I promised pictures (of our family) the next time I blogged, so here it goes. Just an update from a week ago when I did the last entry as well…

 

 

 

 

Most of our week was filled with gathering donations, coordinating donations, collecting donations, and delivering donations. It was pretty hard not to think of the flood every day. With the threat of Typhoon Parma, one of our helpers came to stay with us for 3 nights and she brought her 9 yr old son, Joshua. The girls were anxious to meet him and slightly timid at first. He went to play with them in their room and in 5 minutes they were all giddy and laughing. Turns out his favorite game is Uno, as is theirs, so they played a LOT of Uno.  Marie, our helper and his mom, has been teaching him English for awhile. He was nervous to speak it, but he did great. Not to mention, with kids, language doesn’t seem to be a barrier. I think he had a really good time here and I believe we will ask her to bring him now and again when she comes on a holiday or a Saturday.

This week (Friday) Curt bought us a new camera, so we should have many more pictures to show you in the coming weeks. Our old camera still mostly works, but you can’t zoom in and then focus. Apparently, the fall it made on the ice skating rink was not lethal, just crippling. Yes, Curt won’t let me forget…I lost the last camera 2 yrs ago (remember I had to buy one in NC when I went to see Matthew return from Iraq) in Australia while seeing Ryan and now I broke this one on the ice rink when Aleah grabbed me from behind (I couldn’t see her) as she fell. To keep from falling on her head, I braced myself with the hand the camera was in, thereby, letting go of it! All for a good cause as I love my daughter and wasn’t ready to lose her to brain damage from my butt!

We have been playing with the camera all day yesterday and today. Yesterday was all volunteer pictures for the most part, so in the next few days I will have plenty to choose from. For now, here’s what I have to offer.