The Rogers Family

A new family picture....

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taken by hanging the camera in a tree and setting the timer!

We visited Cuicocha for the first time and hiked this trail for a bit. It goes all the way around the lake, but we didn't go that far. One might have to do some sort of training to tackle that.

April....

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is my favorite month.

And daisies are (one of) my favorite flowers.

And having my girl's help

blowing out my single birthday candle

is a new favorite.

Happy April!

A weaver and a foot washer

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On our recent field trip to Otavalo, Dan tried his hand at weaving. He did a few good rows and impressed those who were watching.
Carolyn impressed us with the amount of mud she managed to get into her shoes. This resulted in a foot washing in a very cold stream!

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Wow -- the months sure go by quickly when your goal is one post a month! The first weekend of February we headed to Baños. It was rather exciting to see Tungurahua "acting" on our way down. Carolyn was the official photographer during our stay and I love these two pictures that she took of the bathroom doors!

I guess I could have hired one of these 3 photographers since they didn't seem too busy.
But, I kinda like my girl's perspective and angle on things.

We're still around!

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Don't worry -- we didn't fall off the face of the earth. We're still here, 2 miles south of the equator.

This is my favorite picture so far this year. (A not-so-good internet connection didn't let me post it yesterday, so I missed my goal of one post per month in 2010!)

This was taken by the Peguche waterfall -- a very pretty spot about 2 hours north of where we live.

Spelling.....again

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(Sigh....) Andy's subtle way of letting me know he was done with his schoolwork for the day, except maybe for spelling class. We'll work on that next week.

A new, but temporary, pet

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The kids have been asking us for a pet baby duck, but someone brought this to our door Friday. He's actually a thank you gift for Dad Rogers, but since he's not here, we get him. I'm not sure that he will stick around for seven more weeks -- he's kinda noisy in the mornings.

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Since I missed a post for July, I'll share some of my favorite pictures from last month.
My sister and the cutest baby girl came for a visit; Andy and Carolyn enjoyed someone else's pet duck, and Carolyn made sand angels at the beach -- that's what ya hafta do when you live where there is no snow!

After almost 8 years....

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We have a house number!

However, that doesn't mean that mail will be delivered

to our door -- we'll still need to drive into Quito for that. But, it's still fun to have a number.

It's also fun to have puppies again.

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Today we went to Nayon, the plant town. It really is a fun, colorful, happy place. Grandma Rogers got lots of big flower plants and we got lots of small ones and together we managed to fill the pickup. Our front steps are looking a lot more springy now that each one has its own pot of flowers.

Do ya think.....

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it's gonna rain this afternoon?

Another Lego Movie

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...for your entertainment...

Andy made a movie!

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An MK came for a visit this week and showed Andy how to make Lego movies.

So, here's Andy's first movie. Enjoy and look for more to come!

Fun Things

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There are so many fun pictures of our time in the US, but I won't make you look at all of them right now. Here are just a few of my favorites.

The most fun thing by far was

meeting my new niece, Elle Nichole!

Carolyn liked her a lot too.

We saw (and played in) a lot of snow.

Andy's New Bicycle

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Update: It's a girl! Elle Nichole Chandler was born on October 23 -- we can hardly wait to see her next month!

I went to Alaska and....

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I saw a moose!

I had a great time visiting my sister and her hubby and getting some things ready for my new nephew/niece.

Can't wait until October to find out if it's Owen or Elle!

Fun with Words

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Above are bits and pieces from Psalm 1 (which is our homeschool theme "verse"). I found a link to wordle.net and gave it a whirl. Kinda fun, isn't it?!

Summer

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Happy Mother's Day!

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This one's for you, Mom!

Carolyn's Video

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A big "THANKS" to Aunt Beffy for this video!

Here Comes the Sun

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Coloring the Table

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April was a very fun month. Dan rode a camel in Israel, my mom and my sister came to Quito for a visit, I had cherry chip cake for my birthday, Andy lost another tooth, and we colored the table!

Quito Zoo

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Since Andy is on spring break this week and Grandma is visiting from the US, we decided to check out the Quito Zoo today. We saw a lot of animals native to Ecuador and a few "imported" ones, such as the kangaroos. The kids (and the 5 other adults who went along) had a great time feeding carrots to the cows, donkeys, goats, sheep, and guinea pigs .

Two of the girls who went with us are from the jungle (Gladys and her niece Sara). It was hilarious listening to them as we walked by the animals. They would say, "We have those in the jungle. They taste good!" or "We have those too. They eat our chickens!"

Spelling Words

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Spelling is not Andy's favorite subject and practicing during the week is always a struggle (sometimes it's all-out-war!). Dan gave me the good idea of using whiteboard markers on a mirror a few weeks ago. I didn't get pictures of that, but I did get some of Andy writing on the windows.

Hint: you can kill two birds with one stone this way since when you wipe the marker off the dust comes too! :)

Sunday School

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Sunday School song in Pomasqui

Corfu

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On Tuesday mornings, after we drop Andy off at school and before we go to BSF, Carolyn and I go to Corfu for coffee. Well, I have coffee and she has a box of chocolate milk! It is our favorite time together and we look forward to it each week. Today I remembered to take the camera (I have to do that now that I've started this blogging thing!).

Who we are...

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We are the Rogers family -- Dan, Nikki, Andy, and Carolyn.