First off, I want to thank everyone who bought a painting from me. Every single one of your purchases made me so happy, so THANK YOU so much!!! 😀
Yesterday we got home from a 5 days trip to Arizona (!!!) for our friend’s wedding. (We were only there two days – the rest was driving, lol.) XD The wedding was awesome, and it was also great to see friends. 🙂 ❤
Kyra and I ❤
Group games are the best -, especially with awesome friends! 😀 ❤
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It was an awesome trip, even though we ended getting sick and having to leave a day early. (That was definitely prettyvery sad.) 😦 But I am very grateful that we got to go! 🙂 ❤
*Note: Don’t read, unless you love pictures. There’s gonna be a lot on this post!*
On Monday, December 23, my family bundled up in the cold to drive to my grandparent’s house, in Coahuila, Mexico. We stopped for lunch in Torreon, Coahuila at a restaurant called Pizzaria La Sierra.
Lizzie and I both drew Dad’s portrait on napkins while we were waiting for the food… XD Neither of them look anything like Dad, but at least mine was more realistic, lol!!
We got to Grandpa and Grandma’s house that night. And we had a lot of fun at their house for the next four days! I have a LOT of pictures…. but I’ll try to limit this post to only my favorites… 🙂
The mountains there are so beautiful. ❤ No picture could truly do them justice!
Making Tamales 😀
Mom, and her mom. ❤
My beautiful Grandma ❤
My brother Philip, Aunt Abigail and I ❤
Mom, and her Dad playing Backgammon<3
On a walk
My Uncle Benjamin and I
My Uncle Timothy and I
We got some good pictures with all the family. My uncle Timothy did an amazing job with them!!
I LOVE this picture!!!
All of us with Grandpa and Grandma ❤
Us with Uncle Benjamin ❤
Us with Aunt Anna ❤
All the redheads!!! (I love this picture!) ❤
On the last day of our stay, some good friends of ours came up to visit. We had an awesome time with them!!!!!! 😀 ❤
I love these people!!!! ❤
My uncle, and friend Valeria
Three crazy people. xD ❤
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Love this picture!! ❤
Benjamin, and two Andys. ❤
❤ My Grandpa and I!! ❤
That was a lot of pictures. But it took a lot of self-control not to post them all!! XD ;P
We got home on Saturday, December 28. I was glad to be home, even though I totally would have stayed a few more days. XD (Or weeks?!?!) It was an awesome trip!!!
(Note: Thanks to Timothy, Benjamin, Sinead, and Valeria for letting me use some of their pictures!! love you guys!!!) 😀 ❤
~Rosy
P.S. It finally snowed today! (Cuz if it’s gonna be cold, it might as well snow, lol…) XD
Hi everyone! Yes, I am still alive over here… XD Sorry I haven’t been posting much lately. I guess I just realized that (believe it or not…) there are more important things in life than blogging. (Surprise!) Ok, well I guess I already knew that, but… Lol. Anyway, I still very much love blogging, so…! 😀 😉
Last week we traveled to Arizona to visit our friends and home church there. It was probably one of my favorite trips to AZ since we moved to Mexico! It was great to see all of our friends there again. 🙂 I was so thankful for the Christian fellowship with other believers. ❤
Dad, some of my siblings and I, sang For the Sake of His Name at church. 🙂
Two of my crazy, amazing friends and I!
I like this one! Kyra, Gaby and I! ❤ 🙂
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Trying on my glasses… XD
Playing guitar 🙂
Gaby and I… XD ❤
This picture is sooo cool!!! 😀
One of my favorite pictures!!!! ❤
Another one of my favorites…! 😀 ❤
My friend Kyra, and I!
XD
Susy and I. 😀 (And her brother…. you can see his hand sticking in the picture…! XD)
One of my favorite memories during the trip is when Gaby (My Fellow-Redhead) and I braided our hair together… 😀 ❤
Our hair is SO similar in color!! (You can’t really see it in the picture, but mine is a bit darker red…! XD) 😉
This picture is so funny… XD
Singing with the R’s! 😀 ❤
So yeah, this trip was pretty much a blast. 😉 It was amazing!!! Thank you so much to everyone who showed hospitality to us while we were there. It meant a lot! 😀 ❤
Also on this trip we took Maggie back to her home in AZ. We miss her a lot already, lol! Now Maggie’s cousin, Anna, is staying with us for a few weeks! We are having quite a bit of fun with her!! 🙂 ❤
Hey everyone! We’re finally back from our trip!! 😀 (In case you don’t know, our family went on a two week trip to Alabama for a family reunion. We also went to Georgia to visit several friends. We had a great time!!) 😀
Here are some pictures from our trip. 🙂 (Btw, I vlogged (video blogged) about the trip too, so ya’ll will get to see that video soon! 😀 )
We got the see the ocean for the first time on our way home! It was so beautiful! 😀 ❤
James is so cute! ❤
Beach photography!
Our Uncle and Aunt took us to the zoo. Sadly, I forgot my camera, but here are some pictures off my uncle’s phone. 😉
Some of my siblings and I (Lacking two), and my cousin. (The boy in the green shirt.)
Cousins!
Philip and Susy make great lions!
OH! And I finally got to meet my good friend Amie!!!! 😀 We had such a fun time together! Her whole family is awesome. 😉 ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
We had a BLAST! 😀 We also made a video together, which you will get to see… later. 😉
Andy and Cousin Eddie invented a new way to have water balloon fights… Just smash the baboons on each other’s heads! LOL! XD I guess they weren’t getting wet enough the real way… ;P
Mom and her new-found cousin and Uncle. Probably more on that in a later post. No promises, but… probably! 😉
Lizzie and a friend’s dog.
We spent a looong time in the car… Like, 6 days worth of driving… Ugh! To pass the time, we listened to a lot of Jonathan Park, Brinkman Adventures, and sermons by Israel Wayne. 🙂 So it wasn’t so bad. 😉 We did have a few really carsick kids though… XD
Y’all. I LOVED the South. It was sooo pretty, and I loved the people, the accent (lol!), the trees… And guys, the GREENNESS!!! 🌳🌲🍃 It was so beautiful! I loved it all! Except for the ticks. Death to all ticks. Seriously, if it hadn’t been for the ticks, I probably would have moved there. Ok, maybe not quite… ;P XD
Well, I hope you enjoyed these pictures! Keep on the look out for a video about the trip, where you can see all you just saw, and lot’s more! 🙂 And also the video about our visit with Amie. (Amie’s making that one.) I can’t wait to see it!! :D😁
See you soon! (Figuratively speaking.) 😉
Rosy
Have you ever seen the ocean?
Are you looking forward to seeing the video about our trip?
Hi everyone! I have a big long post for you today, so beware. 😉 XD
Hey, I just realized I could call this post The Three B’s for short… XD 😂🤣😜
Anyway…! 🙃
We had a really busy and exciting two weeks during my media fast. One of the first things that happened was the birthday party of my friend, Karen. She turned 15. In Mexico, when a girl turns 15 she’s basically considered an adult and eligible for marriage. (Wow, that’s crazy isn’t it??? I can’t even imagine… XD) Anyway, she asked me to take pictures at the party for her. Which I did, and enjoyed doing! 😉 😀
Here are a few of them… 🙂
I LOVE this picture!!! 😀 ❤ The girl’s names are Maria and Rebekah.
My friend, Karen, and I. ❤
There was also a piñata for the kids, although the adults joined in some too. I did not get any good picture of that since it was night, but here’s something from my Dad’s phone… Terrible picture, but it’ll do… 😉
And, in other, really exciting news, we had our first baptism at the church we’re planting here in Mexico!! 😀 It was a man named Alejandro (Alexander), and it’s been so awesome to see God working in his, and his wife’s, life. Praise the Lord!!! He is so good.
Here’s a slideshow I put together with the pictures I took during church last Sunday, the Baptism, and the meal afterwards. (Not to mention the water fight that was bound to happen when you have kids and young adults standing around with nothing much else to do… XD ) It was a great time. 😀
The day before yesterday my Dad, Philip, Bekah and I took a trip up to the El Paso, Texas to get our mail, and get some supplies. This time we planned on making it there and back in one day! 😀 Usually we have to stay a night in a hotel.
We got up at 3:00 and left at 3:30 am. We drove for a few hours until we got to a small town to get breakfast. We got food for all four of us, for the equivalent of $3.50 US dollars. We had to laugh about how much food for us all would have costed in the States, and how different Mexico and the States are from eachother! XD
We reached the border by around… 9:00 am I think. We crossed uneventfully, and drove to El Paso which was nearby the border crossing. We couldn’t go to Costco yet, since it opens at ten, so we went to Goodwill, where we bought… Nothing! Then we went to Savers, where we bought… Nothing! XD 😦 ;P After that, we went to Walmart, and a few other places. We ate lunch at Costco. Well, actually we got lunch at Costco, brought it to the car and ate it there! 😉 Then we did a few other things, including picking up our mail, then heading across the border again. We were home by 9:30 that night! We were so tired… XD
Philip and I, while Dad and Bekah were in an auto parts store… And Dad left his phone. So… XD
And, yeah… I think that was most of the big things that happened… At least that I can think of. 😉
In other random news….
I read…
This book:
⬇︎Summer of Suspense by C.R. Hedgcock. this book was really good! I think would rate it… 4 or 4 1/2 stars… 😉 I would definitely recommend this one!
⬇︎This book: Joey by Jennifer Marshall Bleakley. 3 1/2 stars. 🙂
⬇︎This book: For One Moment by Christmas Carol Kauffman. guys. This book… 😫😭 Is so good… And sad… (Which is why I’m frowning in one of the pictures… ) Anyway, this is a great book. (One of the rare few that actually make me cry!) I would rate it 6 stars! 😁
And I’ve read several more books lately, but I won’t list them all. 😉
Baby kisses ❤ ❤ ❤
Ohhhhh!!!!! There’s one thing I have to tell you guys!!! First you have to guess…
What, you don’t like to guess?
Ok, fine. 😉 XD
We’re going… SOUTH!!! YES! To Alabama and Georgia… I am so excited!!! It’s mainly for a family reunion, since my Mom has lots of family there. We’re also going to get to see some friends for the first time. (I’m especially excited to finally get to meet my friend, Amie, from Crazy A!!! 😀 ) Anyway, it’s still almost a month until we leave. I think we leave on the 3rd or 4th of June… Something like that. 🙂 We are all waaay excited!!! 😀
Before I leave, here is a really good quote I found recently. It really made me think.
Sorry about such a long, packed post… Hope y’all like long posts, lol! XD 😉
In Him,
Rosy
p.s. this is so funny! XD
Have you read any of the books I mentioned in this post? What do you think about the quote? Do you like longer, or shorter posts the best? (Or medium sized???) 😉
So, we’re finally back from our two week “furlough”. 😀 We had an awesome time catching up with friends and family. In some ways, it seems like we were gone for such a long time, and in other ways it seemed so short. But, we’re definitely very happy to be home again. 🙂 All in all, we drove over 3,500 miles!!! :O It was a looooooooong drive, but worth it! 😀 To help pass the time we listened to Lamplighter Theater and Jonathan Park.
Here are some highlights of our trip.
Arizona and Family Camp
Eating at the cafeteria during Family Camp
Dad and Susy
Visiting 🙂
Pictures with friends!!! 😀 ❤
Kansas
After Arizona, we drove up to Colorado for a couple days to spend time with my grandparents. ❤ And then we drove to Kansas, and stayed at the Cook Family’s house. They were so extremely hospitable to us!!! (After all, we are 11 people…:P ) We had so much fun with them!!! 😀 Playing flashlight tag and kick the kick the can, boating on the pond, and going to the zoo… It was a BLAST!! 😀
Elaine Cook did a photoshoot of Gracie and I. I really think she did an AMAZING job!!! (Even though she won’t admit it… :P)
Oh dear… xD
Me and Elaine. ❤
Boating on the Pond
The kids loved playing with Andrew
Especially Susy! 😀
I am planing on making a video about the whole trip, as well, though it may take a while until it’s finished. I have a few other videos I need to make first for my Mom, and they need to be a priority. 🙂
So, my family and I are going on a two week trip too the states in a couple days. We will be traveling through several states, and my dad will speaking at a couple different churches. So, sadly, I won’t be posting anything for a couple weeks, maybe a little bit more. Just wanted to let you know real quick! =)
I hope that you are all having a great day!
Anonymously,
Rosy ;P
P.S. Contrary to what that picture of the map seems to indicate… No, we are not going to Paris! xD
Here is the third video about when we went to Colorado. This one is the longest one, because we went to the zoo, where I took lots of pictures and videos. xD
P.S. This morning I found this small leaf with some kind of eggs on it. The tiny eggs were empty (I think… :/), and there were baby bugs sitting next to them. It was so neat to see and photograph! 🙂
Hello people! 🙂 How has your August been so far? For us it has been great! (So far, of course!) Dad had a birthday, which you can read about here. 😀
So anyway, you may have also read a while back that we were going to Colorado. And I said I would vlog ( video blog) about it. Well, after quite a long while, I finally have the first three videos ready to post!!! 😀 The 4th (and probably last) is still a WIP, but will be up soon. So here’s the first video, and stay tuned for the next one very soon!!! 🙂
Hope you enjoyed, and tell me what you think in the comments!!! 🙂
~Rosy Posy
P.S. I created a new page called “Guestbook!” so if you would like to sign your name, and tell me about yourself, or tell me about your blog over there, I would love it! 🙂 Have a great day (night!)! 😉
