another busy weekend at our house. Saturday we headed out to hermano's home town for picnic with Mireya's boys. Pablo, the dog, got to come along and he had a great time chasing the ball for 4 hours. Pablo was on a leash, so there were times he needed the boys to chase down balls that went too far past the reach of his leash.
The day started with some football in the hot, humid air. Bug and D were kicking and catching and having a great time.
then there was some play time on the playground. this playtime involved me and C's dad pushing the boys on the merry-go-round.
then some swimming and finally the boys took off for another area of the playground and I headed back to check on Pablo.
Hermano's dad cooked up some great hamburgers for us all and we all contributed other food for he dinner.
Pablo just wanted to play.
trying to get a great picture of the boys- it is getting harder to get them all to focus at the same time.
I love this picture of bug that C's mom took. He is just hanging out, enjoying himself.
A great shot of the boys- their personalities coming thru. Bug is firmly on the ground, unwilling to take risks to climb and the others are risking it. But this is not a bad thing or a good thing, it just how the boys are.
playing on the tettter-totter, I was back at the shelter behind Bug.
just laughing and playing together. I pray these boys stay connected through their lives.
Back to the merry-go-round (again, pictures from C's mom)
The boys, going clockwise: Bug (8 years old), Hermano (8 years old), D (9 years old), C (9 years old), J (7 years old?) and D's sister A (16 years old).
The whole gang
More attempts to get a good picture of the boys.
We left soon after this, 4 hours at the park and we could hear the thunder nearby. We drove home (about 45 minutes) with some light rain- nothing serious. About 10 minutes from home, the highway was shut down due to a police chase. We sat on the highway for another 45 minutes. We finally got home at 9 pm. Bug was tired and so was I.
After church on Sunday, we had a swimming outing with the cub scouts. We were at the Y which has 3 pools, 2 inside and one outside. the outside pool was closed due to storms that ended about 20 minutes after our event started. we ended up staying inside for the event, playing in the water park pool. Our event was attended by one other scout family. No matter, we all had a great time.
Bug received a gift from the family at the end, a shirt from Brazil (the parents had gone to the world cup and brought the shirt back for him- something to wear in Guatemala at Christmas).
Mam (my mom also joined us for swimming. here you can see Bug in the front, Mam and then the other scout staring straight at the camera. Bug and T are in the same grade and I am hoping they are in the same class this year.
the shallow end of the water park- usually there is water pouring from the mushroom thing, but the pump is broken.
Bug and T playing catch with T's dad.
another shot of the fun time at the pool
Preparing to catch the ball.
The water slide in the water park. Bug has not gone down it yet, but maybe this year while Y is with us (more on that in 2-3 weeks(.
The middles section of the water park- beyond the buoys is deeper water, but Bug has been able to touch the bottom since he was 5 and beyond that is the walking channel and the "bubble water", the hot tub area (not really hot since the water is open to the rest of the water park, but it has the massaging jets like a hot tub.
that's my boy.
Bug has 3 weeks of summer left before school starts. We have lots of things to do.
Love and hugs,
Deb
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