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Veracruz-Villahermosa Trip Day One

April 15, 2006 in Family, Mexico with 0 Comments

We took off to Veracruz on Sunday morning, stopping there on our way to a youth camp in Villahermosa. Veracruz is a beach town on the east coast that’s really popular with Mexicans, especially during Semana Santa (the week before Easter). It takes about 5 hours from Mexico City, and you get to pass through all sorts of cool mountains.

We stayed at a hotel with a great view of the Gulf of Mexico, but we were right on a main road, so the view was surpassed by the noise. Nathan loved the pool, though, with his cool new bathing suit.

We got a chance to go downtown, see the zocalo, or main downtown square. This is my favorite part of visiting most places in Mexico. The buildings are always so cool looking, and it’s a great place to get to see most of the culture of a given place. I even had the lucky chance to get pooped on by a pigeon. We also visited the Malecon, or the boardwalk area where there are lots of vendors. We topped off the evening with dinner at a restaurant on the beach.

Lots done

March 7, 2006 in Family, Miscellaneous, Seminary with 0 Comments

Today I got lots done. I finished up the grades for this quarter at the seminary. My students finally turned in their work, and I got to finish grading the papers and give final grades. It always feels good when you finish something like that. The highest grade was 95 and the lowest was 83. Those who turned the work in almost on time got much better grades than those who didn’t, as was to be expected.

I also had lunch with a friend who is working with the youth group at Capital City Baptist Church. I went downtown to meet with him, and we had some good conversation. I’m looking forward to seeing what God is going to do at that church. A crazy thing is that he works about 2 hours away from where he lives. I’ll have to post about that another day.

I also finished up the syllabus for next quarter’s class. It will be a continuation of this past class, and we will be covering some things in more detail. I got my schedule, and I’ll be teaching on Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:25-11:10. That’s a pretty good schedule. Anytime there’s no class at 7 am, that’s a good schedule.

Janell also bought the tickets today to go to Florida for Kelle’s wedding. We’ll be going there the end of April, right around Nathan’s first birthday, so we’ll be able to have a family birthday party for him.

A really good day

March 3, 2006 in Family, Fun stuff, Mexico City, Nathan with 2 Comments

Since yesterday was exams and the weekends are busy with people, we decided to take the day off today and head off to the Mexico City zoo downtown in Chapultepec Park (Click for pictures). It was really fun, and Nathan had a great time looking at all the animals. They have pretty much every animal you can think of. They also have McDonald’s dessert stands. I had never seen that before, but they have them at the zoo.

There’s a cool art exhibit going on here, too, called the cow parade. There are a bunch of fiberglass cows that they have put up all over the city, especially downtown (Click for more pictures). They have been sponsored by different companies and designed by different artists. I was hoping to get to see it, and today after the zoo, we got to see a bunch of them.

We also ate lunch at Hard Rock cafe, which I like a lot, but never get the opportunity to eat there because it’s downtown. So, it was a good day with animals, art, and good food. Of course, the best part of the whole day was getting to spend time with Janell and Nathan.

Check out the “Vaca of Independence” and the “Paris Hilton Cow.”

Soccer in the States

February 16, 2006 in Family with 0 Comments

We just got this picture from Janell’s sister Kelle. Our nephew Andrew plays soccer back in Florida, and his team got runner-up in a tournament recently. I sure wish we could have been there to see them play. They tell us that he scored 5 goals in one game. Amazing! The picture reminds me of when I coached YMCA soccer and basketball in college.

Congratulations, Andrew!!!!

Pobrecitos

February 14, 2006 in Family, Nathan with 1 Comment

We took Nathan to the doctor today, and he said that he has bronchitis, laryngitis, and an ear infection. He gave us some antibiotics and other medicine to give him so that he will get better soon. Right now, he’s sleeping like a baby.

Because we had to go to the doctor, we had a very non-romantic Valentine’s Day dinner of rotisserie chicken and macaroni and cheese. It’s a good thing we’re celebrating Valentine’s Week at our house.

Happy New Year

December 31, 2005 in Family, Fun stuff with 0 Comments

We’re just sitting at Janell’s mom’s house waiting for 2006 to get here. We just shot off some fireworks, and now we’re fixing some snacks. Hope you all have a Happy New Year. We hope that 2006 is great. Thanks for your support and prayers during 2005. God has done a lot of cool things this year, and we look forward to seeing how He works in the coming year.

If you read this soon…check out this live webcam of New York City.

Christmas Dinner visitor

December 27, 2005 in Family, Fun stuff with 0 Comments

Janell just told me a funny story about our Christmas dinner this year. If you read my Christmas post, you know there were about 25 people over for dinner. I didn’t know, though, that a stranger walked in as we were about to sit down to eat as though she belonged at the house. Apparently, after a few seconds, she realized she was in the wrong house. She was going to Christmas dinner at a neighbor’s house. Oops. We’re such a friendly bunch of people that we didn’t even think twice about it. “Maybe she’s with someone else.”

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