This week passed in a flash and just like that we’re into a new one! So many things that were fun and great and lots of things that were pretty routine too. We’ve fallen into a great routine with school and fitting visitors into the routine is part of the fun!! Rhen and Lily had such a fun time catching up on months of being apart from each other and stayed up late every night chatting into the night! We spent some time writing letters to old friends, making homemade empanadillas, funny sock day at school, growing out of school pants (all the boys!), and Desh had an activity day at school.
Beach day is always a fav and we loved showing Lily our favorite spot and teaching her how to boogie board. There were good waves this week and they had fun catching all the waves they could!
Liev worked hard on a science project that was due this week. He had to take pictures of every step and then make a presentation with all his work. He presented it the next day in class and said he got 100% on it! So proud of him and his hard work!
We took a day away from school and went shopping at the Plaza las Américas mall in San Juan. Laura met us for lunch after she got done with her school and then spent the rest of the afternoon with us. It was a fun break from everything and always fun to spend it with just the girls!
Josh, Rhen and Lily packed their bags and took the ferry to Culebra one day this week and spent the day and the night in the beach. It’s such a fun experience to be out there all day and then sleep over with the waves crashing beside you and a full moon above. They had a blast and said it was the perfect day and night with no rain and little wind. I’m so glad Lily got to do that while she was here and they all made it through with just mild sunburns :)
Rease was part of a really special ceremony this week - the Cuadro de Honor (Honor Roll). She has done exceptional in school this year despite the language gap and I’m so so proud of this girl! Making the Honor Roll is a big deal here. They have a full on ceremony similar to a graduation and honor each of the students that have worked so hard in school this year. I was so thrilled to see Rease part of this group and couldn’t be more happy to support her. She has come so far this year and has really embraced her role in school this year. We walked around the school and she showed me all her classrooms and places she hangs out during the day. It was so fun to be a part of her world. So proud of this girl!
The end of the week brought more of the same with random projects (having our gate remade with perforated metal), final days with Lily, painting the back wall (we pulled out the sprayer and finally got this wall done), and playing in the pool in the hot afternoon sun. Lots of good happening around here.
We had the special treat of watching general conference this weekend and it was just what we all needed. We hunkered down at home for 48 hours and enjoyed listening to our prophets and leaders teach us all the good things. Saturday morning we continued our tradition of making scones before the first session and invited some of our branch members to join us. Carlos and Laura, David, Hector and the missionaries were with us for the day and we listened together and were fed physically and spiritually! It was a great day.
Sunday afternoon we watched conference at Carlos and Laura’s house then had dinner and time for bike riding before we wrapped up the weekend. Such a fun week with lots going on, but ending on a high note listening to conference and being with loved ones!
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