Fun Day

A few weeks ago I invited Nalleli, one of the older girls from Mata Gorda, over to our house to spend the night. She is best friends with our niece, Pricila, so I invited her as well. It was a crazy fun weekend which started out with a VERY special treat that Cristian brought back from the capital: Krispy Kreme!!!

After the girls spent Saturday helping me clean the house (they teach them young here, a tradition I will definitely continue with my own children) :-) we took a trip to the beach on Sunday. Nalleli had never been to the beach before so she was soooo excited. It was so fun for me to see such excitement and so special that we were able to treat her to such a fun day.
Here are Nalleli and Pricila:

Me and Nalleli:

July Birthdays

Happy Birthday to Enmanuel and Alexander!!

Where The Wild Things Are

This was one of my favorite books as a kid and I always love reading it to the kids in my class. I'm pretty sure most of them have it memorized now...

Here I am "roaring my terrible roar" along with the wild things. :-)

june Birthdays

Daniela, Stiven, and Kisleidy

our home

The front view of the house:


Living room with 4 times passed down old sofas newly reupholstered:


"New" reupholstered old dining room chairs that we did ourselves:


Dining room:


Kitchen with the beautiful pantry that my dad made us:


Master bedroom:


There is also an office/sewing room and a guest room so we welcome any and all visitors!! :-)

Our Wedding

~April 30, 2011~

Cristian and his groomsmen:




Me and my bridesmaids:




My flower girl, Lyla.




My grandma Lombard:


A goofy pic of my family:


Cristian's Family:

Cristian and I and the noviocitos (little bride and groom, a Dominican tradition) Marcella and Natanael:






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Semana Santa

For the second year in a row I participated in the Semana Santa Volleyball tournament here in Jarabacoa. You may remember that last year, my team got 4th place and the first place team was awarded US$1000. This year however, the sponsors dropped out so it was a lot more low key and there wasn't as much prize money. My team, Cecilia, Jessica and I, had been preparing and training for the tournament for months and we even had team shirts made! So we were very disappointed when we found out that since there was not as much prize money, the competition would not be as tough. But, nonetheless, the tournament was great and we won first place! We were very happy to be presented with RD$12000 (US$300) as our prize. :-)