Stuff.

My car should be ready next week. We decided to keep our car and fix it. The insurace paid us the value of our car. We paid the salvage fee (235) to keep our car. Jorge is able to fix it for cheaper than they would have and it left us some money. I at first wanted a new vehicle. That would have been nice, but with what our car was worth . . . Well we have refurnished our emergency fund. That feels very good. We paid off some debt. We will pay off more with our income taxes (since we are not using that for a vehicle). It feels very good. I will have my car and be better off financially. Its turning out to be a good thing.

Jorge and I have decided that we want to have another baby. Sorry for all of you who have to hear about this on the blog. I like to hear first hand, but it's not like I'm anouncing I'm pregnant or anything. We have gone off birth control and are ready for God to decide when He chooses to bless us. We know obviously that this means eventually we'll have to get a van or something, but we will cross that bridge when it comes. We can always sell my car or Jorge's car, his truck (not running, but someone could wnat to fix it) and we have some time to save up for one.

I am heading to Mexico this Summer. Cathy and I will be gone almost a month total! Wow. Talk about replace yourself. First I will be going on the church mission trip this will overlap a day or two with our scheduled family vacation. Jorge and the boys will meet us over there. Won't he have fun flying with the boys! In the mean time, we're going to start getting our passports. I am expecting a great summer. Then we'll come home and it will be August - Kids Camp! Woo Hoo. School will settle in and work --oops, NO WORK. WOO HOO. The anticipation is almost too much to handle.

We bought the movie Flicka. It's horse movie. You know the girl who finds the wild mustang and tames it. I liked it. I liked the whole "your daughter is just like you and you don't even see it" part. It reminded me of how a lot of the times we clash with our kids, but its the fact that sometimes we're really just the same. Her stubbornness and my stubbornness. Her insecurities and my insecurities. Her frustration with no knowing the answer, my frustrations. How often our kids mirror us is amazing. God designed man in his image. He the father and we the children. And our children seemed to be designed the same way - reflecting us. I also liked the movie setting. A horse ranch - like 5000 acres. I imagined life like that. All secluded. Going on a riding date with my husband. Just talking and riding. I think that at times I would like it. Maybe Jorge and I should buy a ranch. Probably not that big, but you know. I think my kids would absolutely love that kind of life.