So Expo was a little different this year, with just CVE participants.
However, I did heat banana bread and make coffee to serve in the mornings!
Wetting the arena in preparation for the horse performance. This year, there were only two animal categories, horses and dogs.
Riding in style
That kid! Up and at it again! #waytogotadi
These three are watching the dog competition.
Go, go, go!
The winner!
This cool suspension table was on display.
I helped with some of the sewing projects, so I was excited to see what the kids got!
I also had the opportunity to judge the cookies, and bread and tortilla categories. (Thanks to Carissa for the photos.)
Miguel judged agronomy. Here he is presenting the championship ribbons.
After a successful Expo weekend, the summer staff headed home. We miss them!
Miguel started working part time at CVE on Monday.
Miguel's cousin, Gonzalo, came from Colorado for the Expo and stayed the following week. We enjoyed having him over for a "carne asada" on Friday night!
Then on Saturday morning I played soccer and sprained my ankle.
This picture looks a little worse because I had been wearing a sock with a design on it and it imprinted on to my leg which was a little swollen. Anyways...I couldn't walk on it for a couple days and then started walking wearing an ankle brace. Now a week later it's kind of at that dangerous stage where it doesn't hurt all that much and I can easily forget and do something I shouldn't (like start running). So no sports for a few months and we'll see how it's feeling!
Miguel helped with some classes in the shop with the kids last week. They built two corn hole game sets and a Kubb game set. (Look it up.) So on Thursday morning I played a little corn hole. If you look closely at the picture you can see that one red bag got knocked in, but another is hanging, caught by the red one on top. Too bad for the red team! They almost got two more points!
Do you ever feel like you are learning the same spiritual lessons over and over again? I once thought about how God teaches us and thought, you know, sometimes the lessons are so simple and yet we struggle. I imagined God giving a lesson on the ABC's. And there we are, "A...B...umm...Let's see that was...A...umm, ok...C, no B...C..." you get the point. This is the poem that resulted from that idea.
As I pray my ABC’s
Could I ever tell Thee, Father,
What I really desire to pray?
Such a jumble of thoughts and praises,
My weak lips are trying to say.
But I know that Thou art mighty
As I pray my ABC’s
Thou canst form them into phrases
Of a prayer that pleases Thee.
