Happy Birthday, Brenna

9 March 2015

Happy 11^th Brenna!

To our gal who was the first to take our “clean chrome challenge” – we wish you a fun day today.

  Good job on your accepting the challenge ! – you even remembered, “Don’t forget the mirror!...”

So what will be happening today to celebrate your last year in Primary?  Did you already celebrate on Sunday with the Heflins?  You and your Nana would enjoy the fun shopping here in Valpo.  Every Wednesday and Saturday there is a big feria de fruta y verdura

(fruit and vegetable market)

set up on the main street before our bus heads up the hill to our apartment.  With that market, everyone and his brother sets up sort of a flea market (feria de pulga), and you can find almost anything you need.

  Grandpa goes jogging by there on Saturday mornings, and he always brings a few coins for a lame man there.   Anyway, we are getting a routine down, but actually have finished all the books at “our” cemetery.  We were visited by FamilySearch people last Thursday.  Our supervisor came from Peru, a “contract man” (who finds records to film) came from Argentina, and a Family Search director came from Salt Lake.  They will now be deciding what will happen next for us.

The next hill (cerro) or so over from “our” cemetery is Cerro Alegre.  That is where you will find some nice restaurants and interesting shopping.  The English people first settled there, and named it Mount Pleasant, but now it is Cerro Alegre (merry hill).  The streets are all cobblestone and the walls have fun artwork.  I took this picture of a Thai restaurant for your Dad.

 

 School began last Monday (March 2^nd).  Summer vacation is over and all are back in school with uniforms and backpacks.

  That means our bus rides are now longer and harder to get on.  Usually as we are waiting, a couple of buses pass us by because they are too crowded for any other passengers.  It was so funny last Thursday – and I wish I had taken a picture of all the people cramming into the bus at our stop.  The door could hardly close as they drove away.  When we do get on and head down the hill (about a mile to the bottom), we are “stop and go” because of cross-traffic coming from Santiago.  Some parents get off the bus early with their school children and walk on down the hill. 

And guess what?  They do often beat the bus.  Quite an adventure!!

And speaking of adventures – we appreciate your Instagram posts.  That was a cute one of you when you had the two pony tails!  Keep your bathroom chrome polished and let it remind you that your job is to also become “without spot” (holy).  [See D&C 38:31 and Moroni 10:33]. 

We have some phrases for you that the Elders in our district use a lot: en serio, claro, and exactamente.  You can use “en serio” when in English you would say “seriously?”  You say it with the same tone of voice and it sorta sounds like cereal without the “l” and your “r” sorta has a soft “d” sound.  “Claro” means “of course” and “exactamente” means “exactly”.   

Love you Brenna.  You are a winner!

2013-2014 season

  Love, Grandpa and Grandma Gibson