Pictures for Mariano

Mariano is supposed to be going into town today to look at some pictures. So I hope you like them honey! I am ready to post pictures here of us together as a family!!!!


This was from VBS 2009. To get the kids motivated to sing we took turns singing int he microphone. Mariano sorry if you don't like his shorts but I love them!!!






















Here is a picture of Aydan in my parents pon-toon boat and the lift jacket. He wore this one last year so I need to pull that picture out!












And here is Aydan sitting on the side of the boat when it was on the trailer.
















These two pictures is where Aydan was wearing the pants that his Abuelo made for him. I thought he looked really nice!

































July 4th!!!












Aydan on the carousel at Dolly Wood. I lost count at how many times we rode this ride!











This is Aydan's choo-choo ride. He pushes the gorilla around the house! Surprisingly what their imaginations can come up with. I think this is him saying that he is wanting another brother / sister soon!















And the cars at Dollywood where Aydan gets to drive. The few times that he has drove he has taken me to 'church' and to 'town.'









And now he is driving Paw-Paw's boat. I believe I have gotten replaced because I have yet to drive the boat. I wasn't too nervous about him driving just nervous about him being that close to the side of the boat!

Jacksonville!!!!!

Well the package is in Jacksonville, FL as of last night at 9:46 pm and is on its way to the destination point. Now why Lord would the package go to New Jersey??? Or are you just showing off again your powers and how you are 'always on time???'

Well most know that my computer crashed and that I lost everything, even songs that I have sung maybe once. So I fixed supper for my parents tonight, hamburgers, and scalloped potatoes. So Dad asked me about a song that we use to sing and I had no idea what it was. But looked it up on the Internet and found it and it brought me to a point where in my walk with Christ I was feeling low. Yes it did have to do with Mariano's situation but it uplifted me again. I don't like crying in front of my parents and believe it or not I don't like crying in front of people when it comes to Mariano but after they left, Aydan is in the tub, splashing ALL the water out of the tub. But I am listening to the song, crying but uplifted because GOD IS STILL GOD!!!!


You're still God when my eyes have cried a million tears!!!!!!!
You're still God when my last hope has disappeared!!!!!!!!!!
You're still God and I know you'll make a way somehow!!!!!
You're still God and you're holding me right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is Mariano and his son, Chapito. This was when we were on the boat in Panajachel. They had this huge lake and we were going fast and the wind was blowing so that is why they are squinting.







This is my next to old niece. It feels somewhat weird being called Tia which is Spanish for Aunt. Her name is Guadalupe and we just call her Lupe. She loved to follow me around and was really nice! I do miss her and miss my family over there. I am even torn with saying goodbye to them also!










here is the whole gang! We are missing one sister, the one that stays in Guatemala city and all the brother in laws.





This is Mariano's Dad's store from the outside. You walk up to the window and tell them what you want. He had the little benches put there for people to sit and talk.











And this is Aydan!! They do not have air conditioning neither do they have heat. This is our room in Guatemala City and it was so hot that I didn't put any clothes on Aydan. He liked it actually!!









//c////c/cxz/F.lep ke9ur8u84iru888888888888888888338u8854y88i55iii459898558485gh985hhhhhh58hhh774848888448 eueueueru - This is Aydan typing. I let him type a 'letter' to Mariano so he ask for a turn every now and then. So since he asked nicely I thought that it would be 'nice' of me to let him.

Pictures from Day One going to Guatemala

This is Aydan and my pallet in the floor while we were sleeping in Charlotte Douglas Airport. I had to use a towel as a blanket. Aydan covered up with my shirt and I used my blanket. Wasn't that comfortable but you reach a point where you are just so exhausted that it doesn't matter what you are laying on!




My Dad had his feet propped up on his suit case so Aydan wanted to be just like Paw-Paw. And if you look in the background, there is my Mother who is sacked out! I won't tell you what kind of sounds we heard because they were hard to describe!!! But the lady behind Mom would turn around every now and then and we just all laughed!

This is a picture of my dad and Aydan walking in the airport, we are still at Charlotte. We didn't have time to take pictures at Miami because we would have been late for our plane.

Another picture, we had just got through eating and was sitting down watching the planes take off! It is interesting to see but can get boring after a few hours!

FINALLY, we made it to Guatemala to see Daddy. It is like 9:00 at night and pitch dark where you come out at! A long days journey that started out at leaving our house @ 3:00 Am and getting to destination at 9:oo pm. 9 hours later than what was planned! But the Lord got us there safely and that is what matters. I will post more pictures later. I have one of Mariano's family, everyone except is younger sister and the brother-in-laws!

Eating Lunch

Sometimes I don't really know what to title my posts because I am just updating or rambling on. But I am sitting here in my cube eating my lunch. This is 2 days in a row that I have brought something for lunch. It is kind of hard when the majority of people go out for lunch but I want to tighten down and get my debt paid off!!!

Talked to Mariano last night and he was in good spirits. Thank you Lord!!! I could tell he was doing something by his breathing so I asked. He said that his Mom had washed his clothes today so he was putting some of them up so that he could wear later and the other ones he was packing in his suitcase. So I asked why?? He said that he was packing things up so that he could come home and the 'good' clothes that he still had he wanted to keep put up so that he wouldn't ruin anymore. Sometimes he changes oil in peoples cars that come by so he gets some on him. But I thought it sounded really good, "I am packing clothes up so that I can come home!!!" I like that!!!!

I do have something that I can not stand!!! This automatic toilet flushers!!! I cant stand when they flush and they get water on the toilet. Then you have to wipe that off!! Then sometimes for no reason while you are using the toilet, it decides to flush then YOU get wet!!! Then here is my favorite: To be clean you take a seat cover, place it on the toilet, turn around so that you can sit on the toilet or sometimes in my case pick up Aydan so that he can use it, and the toilet flushes and there goes the seat cover that was never used!!! So then you have to grab another one and start the process over again. Although I do not think that I have ever had to do it twice but it can be annoying.

Aydan woke me up Monday morning at 3 and said Poop Mommy. I told him to go back to bed!! He said Mommy Poop Me! So I sat up in the bed and asked, Aydan do you need to go poop. Uh-huh! So we get up and we go to bathroom where Aydan poops and he is like wide awake almost like he had been up a few hours. So after he gets through with his business, he wants something to drink so we go in the kitchen, he takes a sip of milk from one sippee cup and another sip from his koolaid sippee cup. I usually fix two cups to take to Amanda's. So then we go back to bed and I am thinking it might take him a while to go to sleep, nope!! Thank the Lord! But on occasion and lots of times when Aydan was smaller, he would poop during the night and it would sit there for a few hours and I would find it the next morning. I remember one time it was like I had to scrap it off of his bottom. But he never has had a diaper rash! Thank the Lord also! So we will see how this goes!

Well I will get off of here and get back to work. Have lots to do. Have already been fussed at today. Not to my face but it was brought up in a meeting. Saft has several divisions and one particular division I am to devote my time 25%. However sometimes it seems more and others times less. However I just don't pick out 2 hours of my day and work on their things. I just do stuff. So the question came up that when I was given something why wasn't it done. I will admit it kind of made me mad because I wanted to say, does everyone do something when it is first given to them. In the work field, NO! But I just didn't say anything and went on my business. I could manage getting things done but they don't want overtime so I just get done what I can get done.

Enough said about that! I have been praying about choir practice! I hope that we have a good one tonight and get alot accomplished! Hope to see you guys there!

Hip Hip Hooray

Got the computer back thanks to Bro. SG!!! Got it plugged up after threatening Aydan a few times because he thought that he would help plug things in where he thought they should go. It didn't have any electricity plugged up to it but I thought maybe something would fall off. So he got banned to the living room which he sat at the edge of the carpet crying. But we got it up and running. Emailed Mariano, Aydan wanted to do that too so I allowed it.

Getting ready to Lordwilling take the boat out to the lake. Don't know if it will crank or not because we haven't taken it out at all this year. But it will be something different.

Went to a friends house last night and played games. Didn't know how it would go because I only knew her and no one else but we had fun!! We played a game called "Things" and it was 'interesting' but we had fun!!! I left there around 12:15 and came home.

I hope to download my pictures here to the computer because I have alot I want to post. Especially a picture I took this morning. While we were in TN my parents bought Aydan this Elmo that is like a baby and it sings. So Aydan has tried on occasion to try to get Elmo to eat and drink his food. He never succeeds however this morning he had Elmo with his 'house shoes' on and couldn't figure out why Elmo couldn't stand up!!! It was funny. So I will get off of here and try finishing the house cleaning!! I am working on the Diaper Genie that I posted a LONG TIME AGO!!!

Thursday

Got my computer back last night but I haven't hooked everything back up. I am excited now!!! I can't believe how much I missed it! Still want a laptop though but it will wait.

Work is slammed full with stuff to do. I finish one project for my boss and find out that he has another one scheduled for me. I have two that are due tomorrow. One I haven' t even started on but somehow will find time to do it and then the other one is partially finished. The power point presentation is completed however I have to have a handout to pass out for some training we will be giving and that is what is left on that one. So Monday morning I believe that I will be handed another one but that is some job security and I have a job with good benefits so I won't complain.

Weekend seems to look rainy! But I am kind of glad because when it is nice and sunny outside I feel kind of obligated to take Aydan out and let him play and get dirty. Even though I do not like it! But we have fun in the pool and so forth. But I am really behind on some housework. I need to vacuum, sweep, mop, dust, cob web dust, and clean the bathroom. So if it is raining then hopefully I can get some things accomplished.

Going tomorrow on my lunch break to get Mariano's work authorization from Broyhill and then will have overnight to the lawyers. Hopefully the package will be ready for a go by mid next week. And we can see this going forward and getting my hubby back home!

Aydan has a friend from church and they are only like 2 weeks apart, but at his birthday part back in FEB...Aydan received a treat bag that had small Old Maid Cards in it. He has played with these things like crazy! They are starting to fall apart and he has lost a few here and there but they go wherever he goes! So this week he has started that when he wakes up that is the first thing he wants. After he gets the cards then he will go on his marry little way. So Mom calls one day this week and says that Aydan just keeps crying so I walk out of the room that I am in because I am thinking that he is sick. NOPE....he wants to know where his cards are at!!! I tell mom to tell him to get over it and play with something else! But Mom who loves Aydan takes him out to the house and they search for the cards, which they find but I am like I am not starting that! But I felt bad because my Mom saw the house!!!

Tuesday Dreaming

Well, have you ever been in a spot where you really don't know what to blog about? Well I just came out that one and remembered a dream actually two dreams that I have. I wish I was a Prophetess because I would so love for these to come true!

Dream 1: Had this one on sometime during Saturday night / Sunday morning. Mariano and I was at the Guatemalan airport parking lot and we were waiting in line to see if he got to come back home. I don't know where Aydan was in this dream. But we 'walked' up to where you would normally drive up and give the guy your parking ticket and pay for your time there. However we were waiting for him to hold up a sign and it we got the sign then he would 'raise' the lever and we could 'walk into the US of A" Sounds so easy. So we walk up together, I know this was a dream because Mariano had his arm around me walking.....but we waited and we saw the guy going underneath the table to reach the sign. We anticipated as if he might be digging for something else but he grabbed the sign and held it up which read, "Information." How weird??? But he lifted the lever and we went on our marry way. So I couldn't decide on which saint I wanted to call first and let them know that God had answered prayer. I picked Sis. Regina can called her screaming and she laughs and said that they whole church had been rejoicing all day long because God had came down and told them all that it would happen!! End of dream


Dream 2: I had this one this morning. Aydan was sleeping in a toddler bed in my bedroom and Mariano and I was just laying there like we had exercised and was just resting on top of the covers. We had the window opened to where you could look outside and saw my Dad walking two dogs up the drive way on the other side. I was embarrassed and was trying to get up out of the bed. Because I don't like sleeping with Mariano even when we are in the camper with my parents because I feel kind of guilty even though we are married. However Mariano was like calm down. So then we watch as Dad comes around the front and is staring at us from the patio. So we get up and go outside to talk to him and he was just thanking God that he didn't have to worry about his daughter being alone at nights anymore because Mariano was at home.


Don't know where the dreams came from or why but it made my day!!!

I love you honey and hopefully will have my computer back soon so I can post pictures for you to look at!!!

Spaghetti

I love spaghetti!!! But I have ate it Monday night, Tuesday for lunch, Tuesday for Supper and Wednesday for lunch. So I am kind of tired of it!!! Now Aydan only had it for supper both nights but I believe that he could eat it every night. He loves it!!! And has asked for 2Nd helpings both nights!!!

Remember the $2 skirts I got on consignment. Still love them but I am having a hard time finding shirts that match. So I have one in my closet that matches and then you look at again and start questioning. Then blink and it looks okay....so I don't know. So I thought I will wear it to work anyways and get people's opinion, however I don't have any shoes that look okay with it. Go figure and I cleaned out my shoes so I really don't want to buy anymore because I have just
enough to fit on the shoe rack without putting any on the carpet. So we will see what we can do.

Aydan's shoes on the other hand: I am disappointed about!!! His foot I think is big for his age but he grows out of shoes so quickly and doesn't get enough wear out of them. So regardless if the Lord sees fit on blessing us with another child, boy or girl, they will be wearing some of his shoes!!!

Mariano and I have been thinking, or I have been thinking and Mariano says not to think about until we have to, but trying to think of the things that we could sell so that if I did have to move to Guatemala for awhile. I still want a home to come back too and that would mean that we would still have to make the payments. But I have cried, could be the devil, because everything is paid off . The furniture, washer and dryer, etc. and I like what I have and don't want to have to go through that again!!! So I am determined to pray harder!!!

On to church tonight...although Bro. C might not like it but I struggle so much with getting a song for the congregational. Sometimes it is hard when you look out and see the expression on some faces as if they could really care less. I don't know, I have battled with it for awhile and want to be there to help but sometimes I wonder if I am doing the right thing or not.

Well my weekend will be cleaning out Aydan's little pool. Some one was nice to weed eat for me and the grass / weeds got into the pool and now there is junk in there. Don't know what you want to call it but is green looking. Probably slimy too!!! I know it will be lots of fun.

I also want to put some gravel around the back of the house because it is muddy there. Or have something in place for the water hose where the spicket is. Still thinking about that. Chiquita needs some tick medicine so I will have to get that and rub it on her or someone was telling me something that you could put in her food....who knows.

100!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally I have posted 100 posts, including this one!!! Don't really know what to write about other than my weekend.
We went to Pigeon Forge for the 4th. Spent all day on Friday at Dollywood with friends. Had a great time and rode two of their new rides. They were both thrillers!!! Great rides and I just kept thinking that Mariano would love to be on one of these!!! Mariano loves thrills when it comes to roller coasters. Maybe we will go next year. Aydan didn't get to ride too many rides but he did play and I think he had fun. So on Friday Aydan and I went back to DW. This time I let him ride the kiddie rides. They have this car ride where the kids can drive the cars while the parents are passengers. So Aydan drove me to 'town' the first time and then the second time he drove, we were going to Church!!! That made me feel good!!! Then my friend and her son were on the rides too and they loved it!!! But so on Friday we are down at the carnival rides and I see this small girl riding with her mom on this ride. And the thing that caught my eye was that I only say the forehead of the girl and nothing else. She was smaller than Aydan. So I read the rules to riding and see that Aydan can ride. So we hop on, I will tell you the ride in a minute. I thought to myself that Mariano would probably die if he knew that I was taking Aydan on this ride. So the ride starts going and Aydan doesn't really have a clue as to what we are doing but then we pick up speed and he can hardly keep his head up. His head is like going round and round so I start laughing and he gets to laughing so hard that he can't hardly catch his breath!!! When the ride stops, he is screaming MORE MORE MORE. He didn't want to get off of the ride and I told him that we had to get off and then go stand in line and we will ride again. The ride is called the SCRAMBLER!!! I told mom and dad and they couldn't believe that I took him on there. But I was tempted to ask if they would come and video him on this ride because it was hilarious!!! But we will have to do it again next time/.

Also went shopping, I guess next time I need to carry my cash with me so that way I have a set number in budget so that when the money is gone, no more shopping. However I found really good deals, $5-$10 shirts at NY&CO, OLD NAVY, BANANA REPUBLIC and so forth. I did remember my husband too and bought him 2 shirts and 2 pants.

Finally!!!!

Finally got my computer back!!! Still not fixed though but I am excited that it is in my hands. I know people have busy lives so I have mentioned working on it to others so we will see. I am wanting a laptop still but I would like to have a desktop as well. Mariano / Aydan / me can't all be on it at one time!!! But there is a lot of accessories that will need to be bought with a laptop but one day Lord willing I can have one!!

Mariano is feeling a whole lot better. THANK YOU LORD!!!!Last night he sounded better and then he texted me today saying he was getting better. I called him and he sounded in good spirits but I think he was down a little that he would not be celebrating the 4Th of July with us!!!

Mom and Dad actually still have Mariano's Christmas stocking up!!! I cracked up every time I see it. I am like, Mom we have been over there 2x since Christmas so why didn't you take it then???

Today is slow at work. Have tons to do but don't feel like working!!! I am the only one in my department working. But that is okay because I already took my freebie day when we went to Guatemala.

I am interested in going Horse back riding this weekend so that is a slight possibility. Oh and I want to go shopping. But I went to a Consignment store the other day on my lunch break. I try going by there at least once a week and I believe I got the best deal every. 17 pieces of clothing for $16!!! Clothes for Aydan and me. I got like 5 skirts. 3 of them are a size to big and I can take them up but they are really cute and I thought about trying to add them on to a cut off pair of jeans. Never tried that so that might take some work but cute material. Then I got a NY & CO suit jacket. I have been wanting on for ever. Or since I have started working here and never really found one that I like. So now I have one, need a good skirt to go with it. Got 2-3 skirts that can fit good and need a shirt to match cutely with!!!! Then got a dress shirt that is black with gray lines, adorable I might add. Then Aydan some 3T jeans to get dirty in. Although some are in good shape. So I was so thrilled when I left. Kind of felt bad that I got all that stuff but the lady was the one that priced them and she didn't complain but knew that I got an extremely good deal!!! Can't wait to wear them. I have to wash them so that is what I did last night but I might take one or two this weekend. So the only thing I want is tops to match the skirts that I got!!!

Hope everyone has a good Fourth. I will not be working for the rest of the weekend and with my computer down and no laptop, means no Internet contact!!!!

GOD IS STILL ON HIS THRONE

I don't know about anyone else but I am ready for a church service. Which reminds me that I need to find a SS teacher for Sunday morning. Just texted someone so we will wait on that one....but after VBS and I was wanting a service Sunday evening but everyone was wore out. So I am excited. WHY???? for a few things???
When Mariano was in the states, hardly ever got sick and although he might kill me but he hardly ever got diarrhea. Like diarrhea as in pure, pure liquid diarrhea. Not to be disgusting!!! But since he has been gone he has gotten several times and bathrooms are hard to find when you are away from home. Quite common to find someone sitting beside of the road and if there is a public bathroom then usually you have to pay. So it has been difficult with Mariano and although I do feel for him, I do laugh on the phone because it is hilarious. But yesterday he said that he felt weak, had diarrhea and was freezing. This morning he was to go to town to get his birth certificate and a copy of Chapito's. He left early because you have to stand in line and it is first come first serve. You feel out a form, show ID and come back that evening and pick it up because they have to type the information on the form. The old typewriters....nothing electronically. Thank God for the USA. So Mariano gets up and stands in line, has to leave the line because he has to go to the bathroom. He didn't eat or drink anything during the night because he didn't want to have to go hunt a bathroom. So back in line, waits a few minutes, has to leave again and he keeps loosing his spot. Back in line for a 3rd time and he said something goes wrong in the office and they turn people away!!! He said that if he had stayed where he was at then he would have gotten seen. He just has bad luck since he has been over there. I did laugh but he informed me that it was not funny!!! So his brother in law can't watch the store tomorrow during lunch time so Mariano said that he might be able to get it in the morning and come back in the evening. Just has to wait and see.
So Mariano and I have just been going through a dark tunnel since we last saw each other. Kind of been depressed and have both felt that God wasn't around although we knew that he was. However, I got blessed with a song that some of us girls learnt last night. I thought it would be an easy song, however I think we tried singing it in every key before we found one that worked!!! But finally we got one, I think it would mean more to Mariano if he actually heard the song. But I was encouraged by the song He will Carry me. Because I'm tired of walking this trial!!! So Mariano has been down because he hasn't felt like God had talked to him and what not. Mariano said that his prayers seem to never get answered and just being discouraged. Yesterday he is going home and it is raining. He didn't have an umbrella and didn't want to walk in the mud going up the mountain to home. So on the bus ride he starts praying that the Lord would stop the rain. He said it just kept raining and they stopped at his bus stop, he got out, and the rain stopped. It didn't rain again that day!!! Mariano said he just started crying up the mountain and he got home and his Dad asked what was the matter. So Mariano got to witness to his Dad. Mariano called me this morning telling me all this and to let me know that God was still on his throne. God knows what we need and when we need it.
I guess I know that a church service is coming but Mariano is by himself and that would get lonely spiritually but I am so thankful that he is encouraged!!! He is still sick and went home to lay down but God has answered prayer because I have been praying that God would speak to Mariano! Thank you God!!!!