‘Family Life’ Archive

Meeting with the Fam

So I met up with Jen and David yesterday.  We planned to meet eachother at their hotel around noon or so.  Since they were running a bit late due to transit problems, I decided to wait in the restaurant for a bit and then made my way over to the bar.  I hung out there [...]

Meeting with the Fam

Otto’s mother and little brother are here.  I met up with them for some wine and cheese (with promises of Pollo Campero despues - but it all fell through because it ended up being closed). 
Rachid is going to be here until the beginning of September.  We’ll hang out.  He really wants to try the redbull at [...]

Feliz Cumpleaños Stella

So it was Stella`s birthday on May 24th.  We celebrated it all day.  I don`t have any pictures of the party because my camera was out of commission…

Family life update

We left Stella`s on Monday morning to go back to Guatemala City.
 We had alot of fun with Stella and fam.  We did alot of the Semana Santa activities together.  This was very helpful because Stella had the lowdown on exactly what was happening and where.  Stella was very good about calling us and saying, “Brian, where [...]

Tour d’ Force

So my mom is flying into Guatemala city today.  She’ll be here for 2 weeks.  Marty and Carlos have volunteered to “show us Guatemala”.
Photos to come…

Dualing Birthdays

This past Wednesday was both Jaime`s birthday and Fabiola`s birthday.  We had a small party for both of them. 
 

The processions have begun…

Throughout the entire 40 days of lent, Antigua begins to gear up for Semana Santa.  Semana Santa is the last week of lent and the week right before Easter.  From what I have heard, this is the time of the biggest celebrations in Guatemala.  Antigua is famous for their processions and alfombras (carpets made of sawdust, fruit, flowers, [...]

Family life update

So things have changed a bit at home even in just the past few days.
Miguel left this morning for MA.   Miguel was good times.  He had alot of good one liners like “Vives solo un tiempo”, “pinta la ciudad rojo”, etc.
Before he left, Stella, Neri, Miguel, Carla, and I drove to the next pueblo over [...]

Family life update

So the family has changed a bit.  Henry has since gone back to Canada.  I am now staying with Miguel (Mike) and Russ and Judy.

Miguel is from Western Massachussets.  He is down here to scope out plots of land where he can build his future house.  He has sold his house in Mass and is [...]

Family life updated…

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I´m gonna have to think about making a page specifically for “family life”