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Las Glorias, Sinaloa, Mexico is located about 500 miles due south of Nogales, Arizona, on scenic Mexico Highway 15. Since we are within the tropical zones, our climate is very mild. We basically have 2 seasons: wet and warm, dry and warm. Temperatures during the winter (the dry and warm season) range from 50 degrees to 80 degrees Farenheit (10-25 degrees Celcius). Absolutely beautiful -- about 8

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Have you ever gone to someone else's computer to show them your blog only to find that it doesn't look quite as cool as it looked on your 'puter? Well, I did that a few days ago. "You've gotta check out my blog! You'll love my header. I worked really hard on it." What header picture? You mean the little half-inch sliver that has your blog title on it? Ooo. Impressive. I have no idea how

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We had the campground pretty much to ourselves the first 2 or 3 days of our time there. On the weekend, some other campers moved in, but overall it was a good bunch. We didn't realize how good until the folks next to us pulled out. We had been gone for the day (to the Grand Canyon, more about that next post) and when we came back, our neighbors were gone. It was kind of sad to see them go, but

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We are a family who loves to play games. One of our favorite family games is a card game called spoons. The object is to collect 4 of the same cards in your hand...well, the object is actually to collect a spoon from the spoon pile, but in order to do that, you need 4 of the same card in your hand. Or else you need to watch closely for someone else to get 4 cards and grab a spoon, because as soon

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Our Campsite... We've been camping in the desert so long, we forgot about "water-proofing" the tents. Oops! It's OK. We didn't get too wet!

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It's really hard to know where to start posting today. So much has happened in the past month that I haven't mentioned. In fact, I still have some things to share that happened back in May. I'm so behind!!! Oh, well. I guess this post will be a "Highlights of the Past 2 Weeks" photo showcase with a few explanations. Enjoy!!! Traveling to the States was pretty un-eventful...and hot. We left

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As uneventful as it was, I've been such a louse at posting over the past few weeks that I thought I should at least report on our Independence Day celebration. We didn't do much. HOWEVER, we did make a small fire, shoot off a couple of firecrackers and roast marshmallows. Mexican marshmallows are called "bonbones" and they really taste nothing like marshmallows, but they do melt nicely! The

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Would you believe that the 5th of July was actually more eventful than the 4th? Go figger. As I said in the "Our 4th of July" post, we were exhausted at the end of the day and barely had the energy left for hugs, kisses, prayers, drinks, toothbrushes and the rest of the nightly ritual. One part of the ritual which we opted to skip was the nightly inspection of the boys' room (usually done at the

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Not sure if it's spelled correctly, but it's pronounced "wa-cha-PO-teh". Nasty little boogers these. Looks like something out of an old Star Trek episode. These things are no joke when they get trapped inside your sandal! The folks here call them espinas once they're inside your skin. Each tine has a little barb on the end which makes it rather velcro-ish and very difficult to remove! Just

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Technorati Profile Doh! The Technorati Monster escaped again. We're currently experiencing backend issues and are working to resolve them as quickly as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience. What does that mean? What exactly are "backend issues" anyway? Do I really want to know? Honestly, we've been experiencing "backend issues" lately at our house, but I'm

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One of several reasons why we buy drinking water...Edgar. Edgar climbs into our cistern at every opportunity. How do we know it's Edgar? Simple. He has the black mask. We should have named him Zorro, but he just looked like an Edgar. Not to be confused with Bob or Tim. They don't usually hang out in the cistern. They frequent our shower. (Although we did fish Bob out of the cistern yesterday. I

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Consider this a post for the Grammas and Aunties and the other homeschool moms reading this blog, and feel free to skip it if you don't want to read my bragging! I promise to be brief, but the kids have worked hard this year, and I want to share a bit. So, we finished school officially last Friday. Yesterday, I finished grading "finals". There weren't really that many tests to grade, and they

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There is something decidedly sick and wrong with that statement. We've been with US Bank for almost 20 years, but this almost makes me want to change banks...except that probably every other bank in the nation has the same philosophy. "You need more toys!!!" Anyone seen the Veggie Tales movie "The Toy that Saved Christmas"? For the record, I can remember MANY summers that were a LOT of fun

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Evie picked a flower for me. Every time I look at this picture, I think of Evie's huge smile and sparkling eyes as she handed it to me!!! Pictures are truly worth a thousand words!!!

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As many of you know, we've had some rather odd pets during our 2+ years in Mexico. In addition to the normal cats, dogs and rabbits, we've also had a boa constrictor and hamsters (not a very good combination, I must say), turtles, a horse, a pelican named Bill (only for a short time -- Man! They stink!!!), a wonderful North American Oyster Catcher (bird) named Sam, a 4 foot long iguana named

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Evie and Andrew have been working on a "playhouse". We don't have a whole lot of trees here, and what we do have are a little "stunted", but in front of the house is a scrub tree (I have NO idea what kind!) which has been receiving a lot of TLC for the past year. I think it has almost doubled in size. Hmmm. I actually think it may have more than doubled in size! Anyway, Evie wanted me to share

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This week I tackled the boys' baseball pants. One challenge about sewing in Mexico is that no one sells patterns. I didn't know that when we were packing to move here, so I gave away most of my patterns and all of my pattern construction books. I honestly haven't built my own patterns for a decade. So lazy!!! Well, here we go...back to making patterns out of newspaper! My 14 years in the 4H

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Lately I've had a little help preparing meals. It really doesn't bother me, except when I'm working with things like tomato, onion or papaya. Those foods just smell too good to my little observer and he has to come down and beg scraps...and if I'm not looking, he snags pieces!!! Can you see him? Look at the curtain. Can you see him now? Meet Neo. He's Seth's iguana. Can't wait till

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Ok. So I ran across a really neat give-away at a really neat site of a mom who, quite possibly, is busier than I am. Actually, I think she is busier than I am and also, perhaps, busier than I was 10 years ago. Hats off to Christine who has six kids under 7 and whose oldest two are twins. I often said that if I'd had twins first, I might not have continued to the next and most probably wouldn't

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This is a cathedral in Culiacan, Sinaloa. I don't know why, but I just love this photo. Could be the intricate cement work, could be the tall spires, but when I really stop and consider it, I think it's the incredible blue of the sky.

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Well, it's May 16th. Today is "Teacher's Day" in Mexico. We've decided that May is the most festive month of the year here. Yesterday, Esteban and I were counting the holidays. I'm sure I'm missing some, but here are what I remember: May 3 -- Labor Day, May 5 -- "cinco de Mayo", May 10 -- Mother's Day, May 16 -- Teacher's Day, May 26 -- something else, I think it's students' day. Each of these

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Well, here's a Tackle it Tuesday which doesn't involve housework. I'm beginning to think that I prefer the housework!!! Generally speaking I like projects, but this was a project which just kept growing everytime I turned around!!! First, a bit of history... Last November Doug and I began to talk seriously about building a website for our ministry. I searched all over the web looking for

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A definite "perk" to having mission teams come down from the States: PEANUT BUTTER!!! Jessee has the creamy and Seth is lovin' the crunchy.

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Marina from "Daughter of the King" just tagged me with 6 words or phrases about myself. AND since I do love to multi-task, I'm doubling it up with My Walk Monday (finally!). Well, I tend to talk more about stuff going on around me than I do about things going on in my head or heart. I thought maybe I should use this tag to share a few things that God is working on in my life right now. So

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