Mi mami recibio este e-mail por Navidad y quiero compartirlo con ustedes...

La diferencia entre Santa Claus y Jesus
Santa vive en el Polo Norte,
Jesus esta en todos lados

Santa Claus anda en un trineo,
Jesus se mueve en el viento y camina sobre las aguas

Santa solo viene 1 vez al año,
Jesus esta a tu lado todo el tiempo

Santa llena la casa de regalos,
Jesus suple todas tus necesidades

Santa entra por la chimenea sin ser invitado,
Jesus toca a tu puerta,entonces entra a tu corazon cuando se lo permitas

Tienes que hacer fila para ver a Santa,
Jesus esta a tu lado solo con mencionar su nombre

Santa te deja sentarte en su falda,
Jesus te deja descansar en sus brazos

Santa no sabe tu nombre,solo dice,"hola, niña, niño, mujer, hombre, ¿cual es tu nombre?
Jesus sabia tu nombre desde antes que nacieras,
no solo sabe tu nombre,sabe tu direccion,
sabe nuestro pasado y nuestro futuro,
sabe hasta cuantos cabellos tienes en tu cabeza

Santa tiene una barrigota como una bola,
Jesus tiene un corazon lleno de amor

Todo lo que Santa ofrece es un HO,HO,HO,
Jesus ofrece,salud, vida y esperanza

Santa dice, es mejor que no llores,
Jesus dice, "echa toda tu carga sobre mi, que yo te dare descanso"

Los ayudantes de Santa,hacen juguetes,
Jesus hace nuevas vidas, sana heridas del corazon, restaura hogares rotos y construye mansiones para nosotros

Santa te sacara una sonrisa,
Jesus te dara un gozo, que sera tu fortaleza

Mientras Santa pone regalos bajo tu arbol,
Jesus vino a ser nuestro regalo y murio en un madero ,
hecho de un arbol, la cruz

Necesitamos poner a Cristo en primer lugar en la navidad otra vez,
El todavia es el motivo de esta temporada

"Porque de tal manera amo Dios al mundo,que ha dado a hijo unigenito para que todo aquel que en El cree,no se pierda,
mas tenga vida eterna." Juan 3:16

Feliz Navidad.

Con amor,

~Lore~

My mom got this by e-mail and forward it to me and I thought to post it here....

Santa lives at the North Pole ...
JESUS is everywhere.

Santa rides in a sleigh ...
JESUS rides on the wind and walks on the water.

Santa comes but once a year ...
JESUS is an ever present help.

Santa fills your stockings with goodies ...
JESUS supplies all your needs.

Santa comes down your chimney uninvited ...
JESUS stands at your door and knocks, and then enters your heart when invited.

You have to wait in line to see Santa ...
JESUS is as close as the mention of His name.

Santa lets you sit on his lap ...
JESUS lets you rest in His arms.

Santa doesn't know your name, all he can say is "Hi little boy or girl,
what's your name?" ...
JESUS knew our name before we did. Not only does He know our name, He knows
our address too. He knows our history and future and He even knows how many
hairs are on our heads.

Santa has a belly like a bowl full of jelly ...
JESUS has a heart full of love.


All Santa can offer is HO HO HO ...
JESUS offers health, help and hope.

Santa says "You better not cry" ...
JESUS says "Cast all your cares on me for I care for you."

Santa's little helpers make toys ...
JESUS makes new life, mends wounded hearts, repairs broken homes and builds
mansions.

Santa may make you chuckle but ...
JESUS gives you joy that is your strength.

While Santa puts gifts under your tree ...
JESUS became our gift and died on a tree.



It's obvious there is really no comparison.
We need to remember WHO Christmas is all about.
We need to put Christ back in CHRISTmas,
Jesus is still the reason for the season.


Today, Christmas revolves around a fictional character instead of the real reason why Christmas came to be. Although we are not certain when Jesus was born we take this opoortunity to celebrate HIm during this season. I like what a pastor said to us a few days ago..."My mother was not born on Mather's Day but still I celebrate her on that day, Jesus was not born on the 25th of December but still we should celebrate Him also".

So, why not take this time to remember the great gift God gave us, his Son.

Merry Christmas to all of you!


Love,

~Lore~

Weekend

1. On Sunday we went to a program called "Global Christmas" where we found plenty of food from different countries, craft for the kids, carols, and we learned way in which other countries celebrate Christmas from Puerto Rico to Germany! Here we are Mia and I making a paper roll candle. Really cute!
2. Dami had such a good time, he loves loves loves crafts! Here you can see father and son at work!
3. Then we, the parents took over and started a competition...who would make the best crown for the kids. I had Dami's crown and Rick had Mia's. We went all out, getting stuff from the other tables an all. You can see Dami's here with his name in precious stones and it was half way done so you can imagine how many things I put in it. Rick even put a chimney in Mia's crown! We laughed so much doing that.
3. Then we went to our traditional drive to see Christmas lights. We love to go to this house that is filled with lights, but I am not taking about some few inflatable things and a few lights, this house is an attraction! It is always full with people who go and admire the work, and "the waste", as some others view it, of this house. This is a picture of the garage!
4. You can read a few facts of the house....
5. and more pictures...


6. This is one of the windows, they had a beautiful display of trains and miniature towns.


7. Then went to to another house that has something similar but not as such large scale, and this is a drive thru, not a walk in. They have music and the lights turn on and off at the rhythm of the music. Really nice too. Here is a choir of angels and a Nativity.

8. Oh and finally it got cold! 39 F!!! but in a couple of days it will be back in the upper 70's....

9. By the way...my dad got back from Ecuador!!! It is so good to see him again. And my brother left today to Ecuador to spend Christmas and New Year there...how lucky!!! I know he will enjoy every minute of it!

Love,

~Lore~

Happy Birthday tia Jodie

Happy Birthday tia Jodie! We hope you have a beautiful day in your birthday and that the rest of the year brings you happiness and many blessings. We send a big big hug. God Bless you always,

Rick, Lore, Dami and Mia

Fin de Semana

Este viernes pasado fuimos a Cocoa Beach porque habia un despegue de la nave espacial Atlantis asi que Rick le pidio a uno de sus clientes que tiene una casa alli que si podiamos usarla por ese fin de semana. Llegamos en la noche y tuvimos la oportunidad de disfrutsr de un cielo completamente despejado y lleno de estrellas, tambien nos arriesgamos a meter los pies en el mar, y digo arriesgamos porque estaba super oscuro y no habia nadie en los alrededores. Nos acostamos temprano porque quisimos levantarnos antes de que salga el sol para poder ver el amanecer. Casi no pude dormir esa noche porque estaba pendiente que el sol no se nos adelantase! Llegaron las 5 de la manana y desperte a la familia. Entre bostezos salimos a la playa, empillamados todavia y con una sabana y cobija para calentarnos porque estaba un poquito fresco. Nos acostamos alli y esperamos. Fue una experiencia tan especial ver como poco a poco el cielo negro, lleno de estrellas, se va aclarando a medida que el sol sale por el horizonte. Pasamos el dia en la playa, caminando, recojiendo conchas, caracoles, Dami y Mia metieron "un poco mas" que sus pies en el mar, y todos disfrutamos mucho.

A las 5:30 AM

6:30 AM

Hasta pudimos ver un par de delfines

7:30 AM

Nuestro Superman!

En la tarde volvimos a Orlando porque era el cumpleanos de Abuelita Mariela y nos ibamos a reunir toda la familia donde Lisa y Ramses para cenar. El domingo fuimos a un parque a festejar otro cumpleanos, esta vez de Joel (por eso los videos anteriores de Joel y Abuelita). A la final no pudimos ver el despegue del Atlantis ya que se pospuso hasta la proxima semana pero gracias a eso tuvimos una mini vacacion en la playa!! La proxima semana estaremos en Cocoa Beach otra vez para ver el tan ansiado despegue!!Feliz Cumpleanos nuevamente a los flamantes cumpleaneros!!!

Mucho amor,

~Lore~

Jonah Lapbook

By the kid's request we did a lapbook of the Bible story of Jonah. We had fun learning new things about this very often told story. This story usually brings to mind the big fish, the disobedience of Jonah, etc., but one thing that we empazised with this lapbook was the compassion God had to Jonah although he was running away from God. The same compassion God has for us today, even though we sometimes "run away" or sin, God is a merciful God who forgives us and restores us if we just ask Him like Jonah did from the belly of the big fish. Here some pics of the lapbook.

God Bless,
~Lore~

Thursday (almost) Family day

Rick is taking an Ethical Hacking course this whole week from early in the morning to late in the evening so this week our TFN was incomplete, no papi for us today :(

We went to the beach by default! There was a shuttle launch scheduled to go today and we have been planning on going to Cape Canaveral for week already, so the day came and we anxiously (especially Dami who is into Space things lately, everything he draws is space related!!!) drove there. When we got there we stoped to get something to eat and a gentleman told us that the launch had been cancelled and rescheduled for tomorrow!!! So we took advantage of the beautiful weather and went to the beach! We usually go to this park that has an entrance to the beach and a nature walk (which we never visit because we go for the beach itself ) but today we took the trail and it was gorgeous! we found many interesting things, bugs, and found out the name of the little berries we see this time of the year here in Florida...Beauty berries, perfect name for those cute berries! Then we went to the beach and enjoyed some time there. We will try again tomorrow since this could be our last chance to see a shuttle launch an hour away from home!

Dami's shadow


Jonah's fish (our current lapbook) beauty berries

snow berries
In the trail
posing for the camera
Dami made his name with shells

Love,

~Lore~

Feliz Cumpleanos Abuelita Mariela

Hoy es el cumpleanos de nuestra querida Abuelita Mariela!!! Queremos mandarle un abrazo muy muy fuerte de parte de nuestra parte y esperamos que cumpla muchos mas. Estamos muy felices de tener una abuelita y madre tan especial! Le queremos mucho y que Dios le bendiga con mucha salud y amor en este nuevo ano de vida.

"Una foto con mis tres hijos"

Abuelita con Mia

Muchos besos,

Rick, Lore, Dami y Mia

Wednesday Park of the week

We are trying to get back in business so we are posting our traditional Park of the week! We went to a very familiar park for us today. Since Mia has pink eye we only went walking close to the lake and hiked in a trail, no playground for respect to the little kids playing there since pink eye is so contagious! We don't know where she got it from but she is getting better. We have been putting charcoal-flaxseed poultices in her eyes and cleaning it with chamomile water and it has worked very nicely. We decided to go to this park because we are going to make a Frog Lapbook and the kids wanted to see some tadpoles and algae. After finding some tadpoles look-a-likes (I really think they were little fish, but we could not get so close to the water as to being able to make sure they were indeed tadpoles, but the kids wanted to see tadpoles!!!), we went to the trail and got some cool plants, leaves, rocks, etc, etc, etc. Then Mia took us to a "backyard", an open space were we run, and made a couple of "homes" for the kids' tiger and piggy.

At the lake

Tadpoles???
beautiful sky!!!
Just in time for the season
Hiking
In the backyard"Jose" the Tiger and "Maria" the piggy
Dami working on his tiger's house
All done!

Blessings,

~Lore~

Happy Birthday Joel

We want to wish a very, merry, happy birthday to our good friend Joel!!!! God Bless you and we hope That in this year He will "shower" (that was Rick"") you with many blessings, health and especially a strong relationship with God. We send you a big hug and hope you enjoy this little video from the kids....




With love,
Rick, Lore, Dami and Mia