Author Archives: Wes

Blanket Drive – La Frazaletera!

May 26, 2010 – 8:29 pm

Calling ALL friends and family back in the USA! We are desperately in need of your help for a blanket drive! Peru is creeping into winter and it is getting chilly. Our friends in Villa Maria who live on the side of a mountain in homes that are not adequate to keep warm, are in [...]

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How is May almost gone already?

May 23, 2010 – 6:06 pm

Well… I have no good excuse for not writing an update right now… so here we go.  Obviously, tons of stuff has happened since our last post… if nothing else, our kids are more than a month older than the last time you saw them.  How could I let that happen?  How are you coping? [...]

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Unique Reflections of Us.

February 23, 2010 – 10:28 pm

I remember once, when I was really still very young, maybe 5 or 6, we were all in our car driving somewhere through Texas or Oklahoma and I was watching an endless supply of  telephone polls and rows of crops streaming by when I asked, “How many rabbits do you think are in that field?” [...]

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The Chilluns

February 20, 2010 – 11:57 am

It’s been a while since we’ve had some good pics of the boys around here.  Did you know that cameras and 3 year olds don’t get along very well?  And also,  cameras and hard floors don’t get along…  so, my weapon of choice, my Nikon, is currently in need of some TLC from an expert. [...]

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