Green!

When you have lived in the concrete jungle of Guayaquil for the past 8 years, hitting lush, vast expanses of trees and lakes is quite astounding. It seems that large amounts of land are simply "wasted" with just trees and water. I can't help thinking about how many houses could be built there for poor people!

We arrived in Charlotte, North Carolina last night. We are staying in a wonderful guest house run by SIM USA. We have our own little apartment in a large house with others and it is great to hang out and watch English speaking TV. My boys are glued!!!!

Even though we are in the city (I think) we are surrounded by woods and there is no sound at all. Imagine that....silence!!!!! Supposedly we can see deer and raccoons during the day wandering around and even snakes sunning themselves on the road (I will be sure to keep my youngest boy from seeing them). It is unlike everything I am used to.

Disney World was a great time although 3 parks in 3 days was a LOT to manage. We were exhausted by the end of it....all "funnered" out (as we would say). I just loved seeing the boys faces light up at all the magic around them. They are so cute!!! It was money well spent and an adventure of a lifetime. The boys are already planning on visiting again but we're telling them they'll have to pay next time:-)

So now it's time to shop. We're off to a supersized Walmart today so that may take us a few hours!!! Fun though. SHOP! SHOP! SHOP!