Pictures of our kids with some new friends

Some recent family shots

Here are some current pictures of us just being "us" around the Ranch.

Katie is showing her painting that she did with Darwin. You can see Darwin's picture on an earlier blog post.

Emily has painted her face for the big soccer game that took place at the Ranch between the Bridge House and the boys here. She later discovered that this concoction of red that her and Katie made, would not come off. This led to some pretty stressful moments. Ask her about it.

Karen is shown here with some of her new friends. From left to right: Kimberly (our Ranch social worker), Kim (wife of director Eric), Mirian (another house mom), Ceci (Honduran office worker), and of course Karen on the right.

The last photo is of Dave & Karen hanging around with Edgar on the compo (playground).

Emily's Birthday Bash

We recently celebrated Emily's 14th birthday. All of the older kids at the Ranch were invited and some adults showed up too. We did smores over a fire (with saltine crackers that Katie thought were graham crackers), had way too many snacks, and played Wii. A Honduran tradition here (at least they tell us it is) is to "egg" the person on their birthday. Emily had it in her hair, on her face, and all over her clothing. Nice.

We hope she enjoyed her birthday here. She is growing up quickly and turning into a beautiful young lady.

"SUPERGUY"

We found this old hard hat in the workshop, and Darwin fell in love with it. He immediately started wearing it backwards and calling himself "SUPERGUY". After running into many things and falling down often, Dave drilled two eye holes in the back of the helmet. Problem solved.

Art Work

The girls and Karen are turning Darwin into quite the artist. Karen painted chalkboard paint on the wall and allows Darwin to keep it decorated.

Some new pictures of our Honduran child - Darwin

Challenged in so many ways.....................

God bless you all for your patience! You have no idea how many times I have tried to connect with you through this crazy blog. The problem is how electronically-techy challenged I am. Thanks to my new high tech friend, Jason for getting me out of the mess I had made for myself. If any of you have any helpful instruction for this blog, let me have it! All of us have safely survived the political chaos here in Honduras and have reaffirmed the fact that politics are not in our future. At least here. It has been 2 months on foreign soil and we are actually adjusting and growing to like the majority of our lives. You will hear a bit of what we don't like because it makes some good stories. Actually,none of us should ever get too comfortable where we are because there are so many other experiences we would miss. Granted, I miss Wisconsin but I see Honduras and am so glad that I haven't missed this. I promise you photos, videos and anything else I can offer you to experience and enjoy our life. It will be worth the wait. I promise. Until then, let me know you are out there as my audience/connection to the world around me. Take care of each other...........Karen & Fam