The last four days were too eventful to describe in just one post, so I will take a couple of days to describe our four day weekend down in Demorest, Georgia. Lorena and the kids came to my work here in Morrisville on Friday afternoon after Christian’s guitar lesson. We drove straight from there down to Buford, Georgia where our good friend Myrna lives with her husband Rene, their two year old twins, Rey and Victoria, and their new little baby boy, David. We have known Rene’s family from Medina, Mexico, but had never met Rene until this weekend. It was a nice drive (in spite of the surly service we received at a Subway on the way). When we arrived, Victoria ran out with her arms out to be picked up. She is an absolute doll and we instantly fell in love with her as we did with Rey and David, too. Rey is the Energizer Bunny. He is a very physical boy who is moving all the time–running, pushing his cars around, hammering things–just in constant motion. He is also a very sweet boy. At the end of the last meeting, he was just worn out, so he saw a lady none of us had ever met before, ran up to her, and held up his arms. She was a little surprised, but she picked him up and held him for forty minutes or so while she slept on her shoulder. She fell in love with him, too.
Went to our church convention after spending the night at Rene and Myrna’s house. There, we met Rene’s brothers Agusto, Luis, and Froylan along with Froy’s wife Blanca. We really enjoyed the chance to get to know them a little. We hope they come to visit us some day soon–they do not live too far from us. Here are some pictures we took at the end of the convention of the whole Mexican crew:
Victoria and Rey
Victoria
Todos los Mexicanos
Ken, Lorena, y Rey
We met a whole bunch of homeschoolers and an old Cuban friend, too. I will talk about them tomorrow and the next day.
July 7, 2004 – Counter offer from ATS
July 8, 2004 – Staying in Albany (photos)