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July 2020
Despite closures and restrictions we have had a very busy July. We started out celebrating 4th of July with the Powers Clan, visiting Alicia’s bother’s new house. Then we celebrated Lydia’s 2nd birthday. And a bonus visit from Alicia’s cousin. Anthony had his week with Grandparents Powers. Tim also had two work trips. We continue to have…
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June 2020
This month Cordelia and Anthony continued back at school. Grandparents Powers have been coming to watch the kids and Aunt Kelly too. We have been able to settle back into a routine that allows us to have a good work-family balance. The weather has been nice this month. Slightly warming up, allowing for some pool…
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May 2020
Some big changes this month. At the end of the first week our Au Pair Julieta left us. Thankfully Tim was able to adjust his work to go semi-part time and Grandparents Powers came over to help for the rest of the month. Cordelia and Anthony were able to go back to school starting middle…
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April 2020
April has been a different month for everyone. Schools and activities are still closed, going on 7 weeks now. The weather made a drastic change from down-pouring rain to summer temperatures two weeks later. Tim and Alicia were still able to get away to celebrate our 9th anniversary, thanks to Grandma and Grandpa watching the…
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March 2020
March madness. A term once reserved for College basketball, now applied to pretty much everybody. As much as we wish it were otherwise, this month has been an unprecedented whirlwind of chaos. Church, lifegroup, work, kids activities, everything has changed with the COVID19 pandemic and associated shutdowns. We’ve been keeping our shopping runs to once…
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February 2020
February has been a transitional month for us. We’ve been going to a new church and joined a small group (life group) close to our house. So far it seems like a really positive church and we have enjoyed getting to know the other people in the small group. Each of the kids have also…
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January 2020
January was a busy month for us, starting off 2020. We had a couple of big changes this month; primarily we all bid a tearful farewell to Valéria, who had been with us since January of 2019. The whole family has been sick as well, fighting off a cold that Tim and Lydia lovingly shared…
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December 2019
December started off busy, getting back to work. We also found our next Au Pair and she joined us mid-December. So there was some rearranging and cleaning to prepare for her arrival. We continued to have cold weather with an occasional day of rain once or twice a week. We celebrated Jesus’s birth with songs…
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November 2019
November has settled into “business as usual” with our day-to-day really settling into a routine. Not too much excitement this month. We were able to have another family over for dinner and fun. It was one of the first times we had another family over. Hopefully it will be a continuing friendship going forward. Towards…
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October 2019
October has mellowed some for us. While still busy we have not felt quite so thinly stretched. In the middle of the month we celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles by camping out in the backyard for a week. It was a good time of reflection and re-calibration to what our focus should be on. We…