Second of the Day

Is all about the big guy of the house... BEN!He is 9 and 1/2 months and so cute!!! We are working on crawling, but seems like he is not ready yet! he can do a "military crawl" but not on his knees... He goes around a little but not that far... as soon as he gets tired (which doesn't take long) he lay his head on the floor and take a little rest...When we go get him after his naps or in the morning, he is normally on his bailey looking at the door. As soon as he see us, he put his head down and try to show us that he didn't know we were coming.
What adorable child!!!The waving is another thing that we are trying to get out of him. He can wave to himself but not to others yet. He is eating quite a bit and sometimes the bottle is not his favorite... he wants FOOD!

Standing is fun, when we go down on the floor with him, he can "climb" on us wanting to look what is on behind us...And he loves the soccer ball, plays and wants to eat it at all costs....
The best is with other kids around, he just loves child... always laughing and giggles to them.
We love our Benjamin!!!!

Wedding West

What a beautiful day for a wedding and what a sweet couple. I went to Oregon to be a part of Jason's and Melissa wedding.

What a fun time....

And I had a chance of seeing some supporters, Church and some most dear friends!!!

Jess stayed in MN wit her Mom and Ben. The Bachelor's party was a ride on the dunes on the Oregon Coast. A BLAST!!!!

Funny is that it was the first time that I stayed a part from Ben and I never felt that way... I missed him so much!!!

On the wedding party had a little baby and ev ery time I look at the baby I just wanted to hold her... I just couldn't wait to get home.

As soon as i got home, I went and held him... He was almost sleeping, but I just didn't care... He grew up in 5 days...

I love my son!!! !

We still waiting for Jes's visa to come

through... We will be leaving to MT and WY this week to visit Jes's family that are there for vacation.

July 4th and World Cup Final

It is incredible to be in a Country with freedom and be able to be around with friends and see that most of the things around us are well cared for.
So, we were with some friends here in Minnesota for a dinner and fireworks after. Ben did great with both. He loved the fireworks and they didn't scared him at all. I think he got a little bored after almost 15 minutes of lights and "boom" sounds though!

After a month of soccer, 32 teams and 64 games the World Cup came for its end. For Jess a relief of sports watching in home. For Eddy, 4 years will be a long wait for the next World Cup (in Brazil). For Ben... well he didn't understand much of what was going on and most of the time he was taking his naps... but anyway, for Ben it was something new.

We have Jess's Mom here with us for a couple of weeks, which is such a blessing to have her! She has been traveling on the "main land" since April and will go back to Hawaii at the end of August.
Eddy will be going to a wedding in Salem on July 15th than at the en of July we will be going to Montana and Wyoming to visit family, Churches and friends.

We are just waiting for our approval of the visa to come through and then we will be returning to the Sand Box as soon as we have the permit for Jess. She will start working with an Aid Organization managing projects with wells and dam construction in a remote area of the country.
Eddy will be looking for opportunities of opening the ice cream shop and connecting with the tribe. Our commitment with the Aid Organization is for two years.

Blessings to you all!!!!