Here is what should've been published last week, with a little bit of things from this week. Last week was “relatively calm,” and it seemed to
fly by! Rather than cover a smooth week
of school, I’ve decided to share the experiences of Independence Weekend. Independence Day is debated in Mexico; the
date could be September 15 or 16, so both days are celebrated as Independence
Day. This year, both days fell on the
weekend. Therefore, we had an amazing
Independence Weekend here at the ranch.
Before covering the weekend however, let me share a bit about the center
of Mexico City around this time of year.
A few weeks back, Vero and Adrian took a group of us to
the center after a Sunday youth group meeting.
We got to see the lights in the center as well as get a nice walk. I was amazed at the light display; it
reminded me of some of the elaborate light designs around Christmas time. In addition to these designs, there were a
few important faces on display as well.
Unfortunately, I do not have any shots of these.
Over the weekend, we had guests visit us and play with
the kids. Saturday afternoon, the kids
and our guests went up to play futbol.
This is only the second game I’ve seen since arriving, but the kids seem
to enjoy it, and we certainly have enough people to play!
I chose to sit out of this game, but it looked like a lot
of fun!
After the game we went back to the house to warm up (it’d started to
rain), and we relaxed until it was dark enough to go check out some
fireworks! Victor gave us quite a show
that night, and I can honestly say that I don’t recall ever being rained on
while watching fireworks. We had our
little huddle out in the rain so we could get a good view, and it’ll definitely
be a night to remember.
The following day, the 16th, we made a two
hour drive to the center of Mexico City to go see the annual parade. It was a long day, but no doubt worth
it! The parade featured most every
government service and the branches of each service. We saw firefighters, the police with their
many departments, sanitation providers, all kinds of military branches, and so
much more. Photos weren’t the best
quality because I was in the middle of an enthusiastic crowd, with everyone
wanting a better view and another picture.
However, I do have a few decent photos to show what a variety was in the
parade.
After the parade, we all piled into the van to go share a
picnic lunch at a beautiful park in the city.
After the meal the kids got to go play around on the rocks, and Krista
and I both got out our cameras for some shots of the family. We tried to get all the children to peak
around a giant tree, but they weren’t too good at that, and we have a lot of
camera-shy/camera-stubborn kids who didn’t want to cooperate.
Here are my best shots of those attempts.
Apologies to all, but I'm just going to skip coverage of this week and pick up next week with whatever may come.
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