Celebrating - August 2011

 Maria drew her first picture of a person!  It was of Grandma Wenner:

Then she drew a self-portrait:

Grandpa Wenner's birthday is a week before Carlos', so we usually have a celebration of both birthdays together:

 Carlos and I are making eggplant parmesan and chicken parmesan

Carlos' actual birth day was very full!:

Carlos got to share his special day with his cousin Zach who was baptized that day.  What a beautiful time celebrating with family!

Carlos really wanted a pinata for his birthday, so we brought one with us to our care group (small group from church) that evening.  It was a blast!

 It was so windy that the only way we could keep the candles lit long enough for Carlos to blow them out was to hold up a tarp over the cake!
Carlos had a great day. He is our very special, very loved seven year old!

Soccer cuties - August 2011

Carlos and Maria wanted to wear their Colombian soccer uniforms and play soccer in our front yard, and they were just so stinkin' cute that I had to take some photos!  I later had Carlos change into his Guatemalan soccer shirt so we could have photos with him in that as well!