Our New Home!

So 2 weeks ago Justin flew to Culiacan, Mexico to find us a place to live for the next year or so. We have been praying for the past few months that we would be able to find a nice, safe place for us to live there and our prayers have been more than answered! Apparently there is a community there called "La Primavera" that is the nicest place to live in Culiacan. Justin went to see if there were any openings for a house, apt, or just anything and there happened to be an opening for a brand new apt that is being built and should be done by mid- August! It is a two bedroom apt with 'vaulted ceilings, balcony, kitchen, laundry room, living room, etc. It's only $650 a month too!

Here is a little description of the community... it is gated with guards at every entrance and barbed wire surrounding the top of the gate. They also do a thorough background check on every inhabitant: you dont get in if have had ANY trouble with the law. You have to have at least 20 references, passport, birth cerftificate, the whole works to give to them. The people that live there said its so safe that no one even locks their doors ( although, i think we still will:-) There is a huge lake, swimming pools everywhere, parks, tennis courts, horseback riding arenas, 4 elementary schools, a gym, and lots of activities that go on throughout the day for kids. All these amenities are free and open to anyone living here. We might not want to ever leave!

Anyways, we are so excited and feel as if we have been immensely blessed! Here are some pics..

As with most of Mexico, there are iguanas everywhere!
This is the nearest pool to our apt. Ethan and I will probably be spending mucho time here
This is the nearest tennis courts
And here is our little apt building! We will be living on the top left. If you are ever in Mexcio, come visit!

Happy Father's Day!

Yes, yes, I do realize that I am very late on this particular post but we have been pretty busy with traveling. Ethan and I were not with Justin for Father's Day ( becuase we were in Texas visiting my family) but we still tried to make Father's Day special for Justin. We wrote him a little card telling him how much we love him and how much we appreciate all he does for us and then framed a 5X7 picture of us for his desk at work. Because he travels so much, I also printed off a bunch of wallet sized pictures of us that he can keep with him while away. Anyway, it was a lot cuter than it sounds and Justin seemed to really love the gifts. Below two of the pictures of Ethan and I that I printed off for him.

We love you Justin!

I didn't print off this picture for Justin, but I just thought this one is funny how I was trying to do one of those cute mommy and baby pictures and how much Ethan did not want to cooperate!

Boy or Girl?

I have always found it funny that people somehow mistake Ethan as a girl pretty much anytime we go out into public. Even if he is dressed in blue boy clothes at least one person will say "she" when referring to him. My favorite is when someone will actually recognize that he is a boy but will follow with the comment of "Oh, wow. He sure is a pretty boy!"

So one Sunday we decided to see if he would actually be a pretty girl if dressed up in girly clothes. We found an old baby dress and hair bow in my mother-in-laws old closet, put him in it, and this is what he looked like....


Pretty funny huh? I really think he would make a pretty girl! He was actually playing with the hairbrush and mirror before we dressed him up, but I think it goes with the picture perfectly! Hopefully he will find this as funny as I do when he's a teenager!

Taiwan

About a month ago Justin and his dad flew to Taiwan to take care of some business there. He said that Taiwan is a lot different than America and he brought home some pictures to prove it...
Dog on a scooter...

Taiwan

Justin said that everyone over there rides scooters around. I guess they haven't quite figured out how to use car seats on scooters yet!
A whole family on one scooter Apparently this is fine dining...I dont even want to know what's on this table.
This would be fried bees...
and this is a honecomb with bee larva in it which is considered a delicacy????

Quick Update

I know its been awhile since I have posted but we have been super busy! Here is a quick update:
- Ethan turned 11 months old and has been walking for about a month now. He now tries to run everywhere he goes, but doesn't quite have the coordination for that yet!
- Justin had 14 of the biggest distributors in Mexico come to AZ this last weekend on the company's tab. He wined and dined them, took them to a Diamondback game (box office suites), and gave them money to shop at the nicest places around. This was all in hopes of expanding the company down there. He feels as if they all had a blast and that this last weekend will help to company to boom!
- Justin flew to Culiacan today to do some business and to find us a house down there! Hopefully it will all work out.
- Ethan and I left this last Saturday to fly down to Texas to visit my parents. I will be here for a week and then will fly out on Friday with my brother for a week in Cancun. There we will meet up with Justin, my mother and father in-law and Justin's brother, Nathan. We will leave Ethan here in Texas with my parents, who are VERY excited for the opportunity to watch him for a week. They don't get to see him too often, so they are pretty ready to spoil him.

Anywho, pictures will come eventually, I promise! I left my camera back in AZ so it might be a few weeks. Thanks for reading!