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Thoughts on jogging

Aug 30, 2006

I just got back from my first jogging session. I decided that I'm too fat and need to at least get in shape (even if I don't lose any weight). So I'm using Cool Running Couch to 5k running program. It's supposedly easy at the beginning, but I am practically dying...

Second Haircut

Aug 29, 2006

We got Nathan his second haircut yesterday. He looks really cute. The crazy thing is the traffic on the way there was horrible. They had blocked off a main street and directed to go through a back road that lead to a line of cars waiting to pick up their kids for...

5 Things we miss about Dunedin

Aug 28, 2006

Due to Matt's comment on the previous post, we are proud to present our list of 5 things we miss from Dunedin, Florida. Dinner at the Kalil's house every Tuesday night. We used to eat chicken parm every Tuesday night with some of the coolest people in the world. After...

Protest video

Aug 26, 2006

Here's a little video I found on Youtube today about the tents that are all over Mexico City protesting the election results. The street that all those tents are on is usually the main road going through downtown. Right now, it's all blocked by people who are upset...

Honorable Mention

Aug 26, 2006

The terms for being picked for honorable mention in my previous post are as follows: The places that qualified for honorable mention are places that we either do not visit weekly (i.e. the Torbert's house, McDonalds, Comercial Mexicana, Home Depot or Plaza Satelite)...

Five places we frequent

Aug 25, 2006

Since we already gave you 5 places to visit in Mexico City, here are the 5 non-work related places we visit every week along with the things we buy there or do: Costco: We go there to buy milk (imported from the US), diapers, chicken, and beef. Nathan likes to sample...

Nathan is a genius

Aug 25, 2006

WARNING: Proud dad ahead Nathan did something that amazed me today (click to view video). He has recently begun to love walking around with the broom (I have no idea why). Today, I was sitting at the kitchen table, and he took the broom stick and used it to switch on...

Mischievous 2

Aug 24, 2006

You've seen the mischievous pictures of Nathan trying to climb up the entertainment center. Now, we give you the picture of him in the cabinet. He loves playing with the plastic bowls in the cabinets, and he has learned to climb on into them (the cabinets, not the...

Going to Ecuador

Aug 24, 2006

Thanks to a special donation response to the request in our last newsletter, today we purchased our tickets to Ecuador. We'll be going in October to meet up with people from all over Latin America who are training youth workers. This is the first time we will have met...

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