post halloween...:(

Okay, we think Josie had a tough time on her first holiday here. First it made her miss everyone back home because the big holidays are approaching. Very emotional...bouncing between tears and anger. And then, because there are so many different cultures here, they don't dress up or have parties or anything at school and a lot of her friends in class don't even celebrate it. She's a bit thrown off, I think. And we only had two kids come for candy...although we only got five our last year there, so...

Very excited about the ability to post video! Looking forward to posting around the rest of the holidays. The cool thing about that game, our team was playing two men short (three, when one player had a mini anxiety attack and couldn't breathe!) and the other team played a full roster and had five subs. They scored twice in the first five minutes and we thought for sure our boys, Mas Fuego, were about to lose their first game. But they dug in, held them and ended up beating them by two! It was AWESOME, the sweetest win yet. We were sitting next to the Latino delegation and you should have HEARD them when they didn't call the foul on Cody! "REF! REF! REF! We have it on tape, REF!" I have nothing on the Columbians...and anyone who has heard me at a soccer game knows what I'm saying...right, Lynnette? I thought we were going to get our butts kicked in the parking lot, though...haha!

Only have one word for the hunters...ew. But I'm glad no one was kicked around in the underbrush....and you'll have some tasty meals. The hiking and camping and family togetherness holds much for appeal for me.

Miss you guys like crazy...been staying busy and feel the holidays creeping up. Guess I'll continue to ignore it while I can. So somebody tell me what's going on...whose names do the kids have? When are you having your party? Are you doing couple gifts? Do I need to figure out the name exchange? I will, you know...just let me know...