Happy and a little homesick

Well, it's been about 2 1/2 weeks since we've been in Portland and we're still pretty happy but I'm a little bit homesick. I've started exercising with my friend and neighbor Whitney and I think its been helping me. The kids are doing good, Massey seems to really like it, he especially likes the common area in the back, it's pretty much our backyard because no one seems to ever go there. Jordan is starting his 2nd week of school and he really likes it. He's already working on a dead guy whom he named Peter because he doesn't know his real name. Well here are some more pics of last week. My sister Esther really wanted pics of our apartment, so I took some. I'll post some of the bedroom later when they're clean.
Pues ya llevamos 1 semanas y media desde que llegamos a Portland y aun estamos felices aunque yo ya empiezo a extrañar un poco a la familia. He empezado a ir a correr con mi amiga y vecina Whitney y creo que me esta ayudando bastante. Los niños estan bien, a Massey le gusta mucho especialmente el patio trasero que es compartido por 4 apartamentos, pero es casi de nosotros porque nadie lo usa. Jordan ya empezo su 2nda semana en la escuela y le gusta mucho ya empezo a disseccionar un cadaver a quien le puso el nombre de Peter porque no sabe su nombre de verdad. Bueno pues aqui estan unas fotos de esta semana pasada. Estercita queria fotos de nuestro apartamento y aqui puse algunas, luego que limpie las recamaras pongo mas fotos.

This is what our apartment looks like from the outside.
Nuestro apartamento de afueraThis is the Gneiting Family. Whitney, Josh and little Beca. These people have been wonderful to us and we're really glad to be be their friends
Ellos son la familia Gneiting. Whitney Josh y su niña Beca. Ellos se han portando tan bien con nosotros y nos sentimos muy agradecidos con ellos al ser sus amigos.

This is what you see looking from our front door.
Asi se ve viendo de adentro hacia afuera por la entrada







This is our back patio, and behind the fence is the common area.
Este es el patiecito de atras y detras de la cerca esta el area de atras que se comparte.




Our living room
La sala





Some of the kids from other apartments and Massey
Algunos niñitos de los apartamentos jugando y Massey queriendo jugar

On Saturday we went to Costco for the 1st time and on our way home we stopped by one of the many Marina's on the Columbia River.
El sabado fuimos a Costco por 1ra vez y de regreso pasamos a ver la marina al lado del rio Columbia.

It was pretty windy and I had to feed Rebecca so I went to the car and after 10 minutes this is what her face looked like. Isn't she delicious looking? Sometimes I feel like eating those cheeks in a taco.
Estaba haciendo algo de aire y la bebe tenia hambre asi que me meti al carro a darle de comer y despues de 10 minutos asi tenia la cara. Aveces me dan ganas de comerme esos cachetotes
Last Friday Western States had a barbecue for all the students and their families.
El viernes pasado hubo un barbeque para las familias en la escuela de Jordan.


Little Rebeca was all bundled up, wearing the hat that abuelita gave her.
Rebequita bien tapadita, con el gorro que la abuelita le regalo.
















Massey found this cool place to sit.
Massey encontro este lugarcito para sentarse.





Whitney playing soccer with Massey.
Whitney y Massey jugando futbol.








After the barbeque we were invited to play games at the Bateman's house. they're from Canada and are super nice. Their son Benson is about 7 months older than Massey and he kept trying to sit on Massey, we thought it was funny because it was karma from when he sat on his cousing Nigel.
Despues del barbeque fuimos a la casa de unos amigos que son de Canada a jugar juegos de mesa y tienen un niño llamado Benson que es 7 meses mayor que Massey y queria sentarse arriba de el, a nosotros nos dio risa porque el hizo lo mismo con su primito Nigel.
Last monday we went to the international test garden to celebrate Jordan's 1st day of school and it was beautiful, Massey fell asleep on the way there but woke up after 20 minutes.
El lunes pasado fuimos a un jardin de flores, sumamente bonito a festejar el 1er dia de clases de Jordan. Massey se durmio al llegar pero se desperto despues de 20 minutos.

This is an amphitheater
El anfiteatro, las gradas alrededor estan llenas de cesped
Last sunday we invited the Gneitings over for dinner to say thanks for all their help.
Invitamos a cenar a los Gneiting el domingo pasado para agradecerles por toda su ayuda.

Massey loved the International Rose Test Garden
A Massey le encanto el jardin

This is at the house of some new Canadian Friends from the ward
En la casa de nuestros amigos Canadienses, el muchacho que esta jugando con Massey se llama Jeff y es bien chistoso. A el y su esposa los invitaron tambien.

Here is Massey playing with some of the neighborhoodies
Afuera con los vecinitos

Massey playing with his new puzzle his mommy got at the huge dollar store we went to last night. Also, this video has lots of Massey's talking.
Massey ha estado hablando un chorro ultimamente y quize sacarle video, tambien fui a la tienda de dolar y le compre un rompecabezas que le encanto.

This is Massey playing in our backyard.
Aqui Massey esta jugando en el patio de atras, casi se mete al patio de la vecina.