Hello Again!

Good morning, Ft Lauderdale. It is Halloween morning 2019. 7 am and the sun is just starting to come up and it is already 81 degrees F. Yes, it's going to be another hot one!

Holli and Joey are enjoying the cool fall of Arlington VA.

Kristin is starting the morning with second grade at St Helen.

Tony is having fun answering the door this year.

Happy Halloween 2019

Birthday trifecta and more

Yesterday our day was jam packed with fun.
1. Archery practice for Carter.
2. Holli and mom hit the mall. Mission black pants for Holli.
3. Geovonie Archery Battle birthday party for Carter
4. Andrew's Paintball party for Carter
5. Alex, the Ambassador's daughter, birthday party at the Ambassador's residence for Holli
6. More friend time for Carter at Andrew's house.
7. Chinese food or Chifa dinner for mom and dad.

Here are just a few pics. ..

Color me Red

We arrive here in Lima with Holli supporting a few blond high - lights.  The looked good but what she really wanted was RED. So last week she went red!

I still love her natural brown!! But what do I know, I'm just Mon.  Love you Rue.

Surf's up Peru

Holli and friend Eva hit the waves in Lima.

Camping out

The kids love camping out on the patio off of Carter's bedroom.

ICC- Inter Class Competition

Each year Roosevelt American School Peru, High School has an inter class competition.  This year Holli was a Junior. She competed in volleyball and swimming.  They had so much fun. After an entire week of competitions in volleyball, swimming, cheer, basketball,  battle of the bands,  class murals and oh so much more the week ended with a Senior class win. We all think the judging was rigged.  Fun, fun week!!

 

Our new church

We love our new church. It is very small. The Masses are outside. The music is nice. Oh yah, it's in Spanish!  Yikes! We still love it.

Fun at the Embassy

Slack-line

Carter's latest challenge. He is taking  Slack-line classes after school. Of course he convinced us he needed his own Slack-line at home. He really likes the challenge. 

India
by Holli Ramirez

Rangoli - enchanting art welcoming Laxmi – Rangoli
Holi – Colors flying `through the air, covering faces with cheer- Holi
Sari- nine yards of graceful elegance- Sari
Bindi- forhead marked with a red circular dot- Bindi
Mahndi- Beautiful hands and feet blanketed with reds from a leaf- Mahndi

Holli and Josh Christmas

GREAT JOB Carter

YES that is Carter's clip at the top of the class.

Bishop England Dance Team goes Caroling

Spreading a little Christmas Cheer

Holli is in the BLUE!

The Yorktown and Ravenal Bridge

I love South Carolina....and my kids!

Nice picture

Holiday Parade 2013

Mt Pleasant SC

Stationery Card

Stationery Card

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Fishing off the dock

What's great about this picture is...
1- Holli did an fabulous cast.
2- Carter took the awesome picture.

I love my kids!!!

BE Dance camp 2013

WOW....what a weekend! We had such a great time, worked hard and made many new friends. I am not sure if you really have had a chance to speak with your daughter about the weekend yet....if she is anything like my daughter, she has been sleeping since she got home. So here is a brief summary of the weekend:

- The team learned a total of 10 routines!
- Awarded a Spirit Stick every day
- Award the Super Spirit stick from Chapin High School
- Brought home 29 blue ribbons. A blue ribbon is awarded for completing a routine with 3 or less mistakes and a smile on your face.
- Brought home the Creativity Award (not sure if that is the exact name of it). It is given to a team who changes the formations in the team routine they learn. Patrice is exceptional at changing formations. Our girls routine was changed to include multiple difficult formation changes!
- Brought home a Superior Trophy
- Melissa was presented a "Pass Down" pin from one of the dancers from Dutch Fork High School. This is given to a dancer who was seen as always giving their all and being a positive individual.
- Brought the house down with their surprise Backstreet Boys/NSync concert!!!

I cannot even begin to tell you how proud I am of your daughters. They are amazing girls and you should be proud! They handled themselves with utmost respect and perseverance. This weekend is not at all an easy weekend.