October's Progress

A lot has been happening around our house the last several weeks, so much so that we have forgotten about posting to our blog, so here is a quick month-in-review:

Levi's Birthday
Levi turned 6 at the end of September. Highlights from his birthday party were playing Pin-the-Tail-On-the-Donkey (see pics below), and getting a "birthday spanking".

Levi found it funny the his "tail" wasn't even on the board...can you find it?

Jungle Eggs
I took a short day-trip to the jungle this month. A group of people were headed to the jungle, but needed an extra vehicle to get them from Puyo to the river "insertion point".

While stopping at the little Waoroni community of Menepare, some of the locals gave me some turtle eggs to bring back. They were very different than chicken eggs; they had a lot more flavor!

Painting - Phase 1
Glory's room got a face lift. Perhaps it is because she is the only girl. Perhaps it was because the "burnt orange" walls did not look very girly (sorry, Longhorn fans). Now we just need her matching curtains from Texas!

Settling Down
We have made several trips to Quito in hopes of finishing our visa process, but there always seems to be something new. Since our visa process is still on hold, we are no longer planning on coming to Texas in October. Thanks to my mom and some friends, we should have the remaining paperwork by the end of the month! Instead we have been settling in more here in Puyo: painting, some minor electrical rewiring, building new beds for the boys, installing a fence around part of the property so that we feel safer letting our kids "roam", attending a Bible conference, etc
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Levi really enjoys spending time with his baby brother, Noah.

Sorry about the lack of pictures of the others, I suppose that they were not very photogenic this month.
Enjoy!
Taylor