Hello

Ok so we have now been in the Philippines for a week and things are going good. I have to admit that I did have a moment of I want to go home, I miss my home, my friends, my family, my car. It was really hard because I am in this totally new country and I have no idea how to get around. I don't know how to drive a stick and driving in this country is sooo hetic! It's high anxiety when it's rush hour because there are tonz and tonz of jeepneys aka taxis everywhere. So I'm in our friend's house and she is busy getting here kids to and from school and here I am stuck in the house with not a thing to do. It was times like that I wanted my van. I did got over it when the weekend came because Brandon took us to the mall and the mall had lots of things for the kids to do. The mall has a play place and a area where you can pick out a ceramic figurine and paint it. Mariah thought that looked pretty cool. Another thing why I was missing home is because I was soo annoyed that our luggage hadn't arrived yet. Our luggage finally arrived 2 days later and I was sooo excited to be able to put make up on and do my hair and have the kids put on their own clothes.

The girls are absoutly loving it here. They go swimming every single day and the cool thing is they didn't even know how to swim and now they do. It took them 3 or 4 days to finally learn how to swim on their own so that's a good thing. Brock is adjusting a little to time. He wakes up in the middle of the night but goes back to sleep with a sippy. He has finally been able to take his naps and they are a good 3 to 4 hour naps. It's been nice to be able to have a built in babysitter. Jeremy's and Kelly's yayay (maid) are awesome! They are way good cooks and they are soo nice to our kids. It's nice to be able to go to the store and not have to take them with me. They would rather stay home and swim.

The girls will be starting ballet lessons next week. The ballet place is super close to where we are staying and the teacher is really nice. The girls are going to learn proper ballet technique here. Kelly and I were pretty impressed with it. If you saw the teacher you would think that she is mean and strict but she is really nice. While Kelly and I were filling out their registration forms she was talking to the girls and telling them that she will teach them to do such and such. They will go 3 times a week so that will be good for them.

No pictures again. Sorry as soon as I get our house and connect our computer I will post them. For now enjoy reading about our journey here in the Philippines.