Saturday, October 27, 2012
My Sponsored Kids
Here are some updated pictures of the children we sponsor through Compassion International. (Revathi, from India, now has a new correspondence sponsor, and Pued, from Thailand, left the program, but we do have one new addition, little Yordan from Peru.)
Fogan Daniel, from Togo, will be 11 on December 11th.
Monica, from Peru, turned 8 on June 10th.
Karen Yanira, from El Salvador, was 8 on March 19th.
Yordan Nicolas, from Peru, turned 4 on August 2nd.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
And we're off!
It's official, Max and I will be moving into our first apartment together on Saturday! We can't wait to be in New Hampshire's capital city and to live close to the mall, grocery stores, and of course, Walmart! I have an entire week of school vacation starting Saturday as well, and I will be enjoying my time to just chillax in my own place!
My dad suprised me today with not just one, but FOUR grocery bags full of homewarming gifts including things like paper towels, spices, ketchup, and dishwasher detergent! Thanks Dad, you're the best!
Max has been busy with his new engineering job, and doesn't usually get home until sometime after six, so I have been in charge of most of the packing, but it's mainly my stuff anyhow. I'll pack it, if he'll help move it on Saturday! My mom will be "manning the fort" at our new place and helping to unpack while the rest of us lug everything up the three half flights of stairs.
Also my pets have found happy new homes where they will get lots of TLC and won't be cramped in our apartment. I'll miss them, but I am thankful for the joy they have been during the long process of bringing Max to the US.
So, that's our life right now. We're off to new adventures in our new home!
My dad suprised me today with not just one, but FOUR grocery bags full of homewarming gifts including things like paper towels, spices, ketchup, and dishwasher detergent! Thanks Dad, you're the best!
Max has been busy with his new engineering job, and doesn't usually get home until sometime after six, so I have been in charge of most of the packing, but it's mainly my stuff anyhow. I'll pack it, if he'll help move it on Saturday! My mom will be "manning the fort" at our new place and helping to unpack while the rest of us lug everything up the three half flights of stairs.
Also my pets have found happy new homes where they will get lots of TLC and won't be cramped in our apartment. I'll miss them, but I am thankful for the joy they have been during the long process of bringing Max to the US.
So, that's our life right now. We're off to new adventures in our new home!
Thursday, November 24, 2011
I'm Thankful For You!
Max,
This blog is for you! Happy First Thanksgiving in the United States! Max you are the most incredible man that I have ever met! On this special day, I want to say thank you with all of my heart for who you are and for all your love.
Thank you for leaving everything and everyone you knew to come to the "jungle" of Sandown, NH. Thank you for making our wedding in Peru so perfect and for all the fun memories at our Calef's Country Store wedding #2! Thank you for being such a good sport and trying all our American food, like roasted marshmallows and my dinner inventions. Thank you for your patience with me as your driver's ed instructor. Thank you for helping me correct papers for my Spanish classes. Thank you for all our fun date nights watching adventure movies, eating Chinese food, and exploring the big cities of Manchester and Concord.
And most of all thank you for being the loving, patient, fun, and encouraging man that you are! Of everything I'm thankful for this Thanksgiving, above all, I'm thankful for you!
xoxo
~Emily
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Tradition! Tradition!
It is after midnight, but I can not not blog about my most exciting, most recent purchase.....
A FLIGHT TICKET TO PERU!!
After 9 months apart, I can not wait to be with my Max! (and also his family!) I will be leaving Boston at 10:35 a.m. August 2nd and returning at 12:16 p.m. August 22nd. My father-in-law told me we'd be sure to have lots of "cuy" to celebrate my arrival.
So why the "tradition" title? Ha! My life has been far from following any sort of routine, let alone tradition, but this may be the start! I flew Continental Airlines last Sept, and now I have my first frequent flyer mile account with them. A start to a new tradition! Also, now that I will be a middle school World Language Teacher, August may remain the best time to visit relatives in my favorite land of Inca Kola. I hear the world tradition!
On the other hand, if there is one thing I have learned the past few years, it is that life is full of changes. As Rachel Lynde from "Anne of Green Gables" put it, "You're never free from surprise 'till your dead!" There are so many things in life that are out of our control, which I for one, find very frustrating.
BUT, as my boss consoled me on a particularly "down" day, there are certain things in our lives we CAN control, and we need to! Yes, my airline and flight dates were two things I could control, but perhaps there are things even more important in my life to take charge over as well. Things like: my attitude, the words that I say, how often I visit my family, the respect I show to strangers, the encouragement I give to my friends, my use of free time (gotta love those documentaries!), and so many other seemingly inconsequential day-to-day habits. Those mini-traditions can make up a person and even a life!
My previous blog had the words to, "How You Live," by Point of Grace, which gives a list of several simple but special daily traditions to cherish. Another song I was encouraged by this week was, "My Next 30 Years" by Tim McGraw. Tim sings about "turning a page" in his life when he reaches his 30 year milestone. He sings, "Now it's time to focus in on where I go from here," and whether we're 13, 30 or 93, I think it is always a good time to stop and take a look at our lives and the traditions we want to live by.
And while the song is still stuck in your head, feel free to sing along to Fiddler on the Roof's "Tradition", and maybe it will help us both remember to start and keep those traditions in our lives that matter the most.
A FLIGHT TICKET TO PERU!!
After 9 months apart, I can not wait to be with my Max! (and also his family!) I will be leaving Boston at 10:35 a.m. August 2nd and returning at 12:16 p.m. August 22nd. My father-in-law told me we'd be sure to have lots of "cuy" to celebrate my arrival.
So why the "tradition" title? Ha! My life has been far from following any sort of routine, let alone tradition, but this may be the start! I flew Continental Airlines last Sept, and now I have my first frequent flyer mile account with them. A start to a new tradition! Also, now that I will be a middle school World Language Teacher, August may remain the best time to visit relatives in my favorite land of Inca Kola. I hear the world tradition!
On the other hand, if there is one thing I have learned the past few years, it is that life is full of changes. As Rachel Lynde from "Anne of Green Gables" put it, "You're never free from surprise 'till your dead!" There are so many things in life that are out of our control, which I for one, find very frustrating.
BUT, as my boss consoled me on a particularly "down" day, there are certain things in our lives we CAN control, and we need to! Yes, my airline and flight dates were two things I could control, but perhaps there are things even more important in my life to take charge over as well. Things like: my attitude, the words that I say, how often I visit my family, the respect I show to strangers, the encouragement I give to my friends, my use of free time (gotta love those documentaries!), and so many other seemingly inconsequential day-to-day habits. Those mini-traditions can make up a person and even a life!
My previous blog had the words to, "How You Live," by Point of Grace, which gives a list of several simple but special daily traditions to cherish. Another song I was encouraged by this week was, "My Next 30 Years" by Tim McGraw. Tim sings about "turning a page" in his life when he reaches his 30 year milestone. He sings, "Now it's time to focus in on where I go from here," and whether we're 13, 30 or 93, I think it is always a good time to stop and take a look at our lives and the traditions we want to live by.
And while the song is still stuck in your head, feel free to sing along to Fiddler on the Roof's "Tradition", and maybe it will help us both remember to start and keep those traditions in our lives that matter the most.
How You Live
This is a song that always inspires me!
"How You Live"
Point Of Grace
Wake up to the sunlight with your windows open
Don't hold in your anger or leave things unspoken
Wear your red dress use your good dishes
Make a big mess and make lots of wishes
Have what you want, but want what you have
And don't spend you life looking back
CHORUS:
Turn up the music; Turn it up Loud
Take a few chances; Let it all out
Because you won't regret it
Looking back from where you have been
Because it's not who you knew and it's not what you did
It's how you Live
So go to the ballgames and go to the ballet
And go see your folks more than just on the holidays
Kiss all your children; Dance with your wife
Tell your husband you love him every night
Don't run from the truth cause you can't get away
Oh no
Just face it and you'll be ok
CHORUS
Where ever you are and wherever you've been
Now is a time to begin
So give to the needy and pray for the grieving
Even when you don't think that you can
Cause all that you do is bound to come back to you
So think of your fellow man
And make peace with God and Make peace with yourself
Oh yeah
Cause in the end there's nobody else
CHORUS
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