Where does the time go?

Well it has been about 3 weeks since the last blog and it only seems like it was yesterday. They say time flies when you are having fun, I guess we are just having so much fun.

I cannot believe that October is almost over.

As we write this blog, we are sitting in the hammock on the front porch while Henry is

sucking down a mojito (en serio) and listening to Bob Marley. Breana is playing with Leonela and DJ just got finished surfing (no injuries today). DJ surfs 2 to 3 times per week, and Breana is in the water daily (after school, of course!). It is currently partly sunny and 78 degrees with an onshore breeze. You can check out our weather and surf conditions on www.magicseaweed.com and put in Canoa Ecuador.

We have pretty much settled in to a daily routine. Henry gets the kids off to scho

ol (while I sleep), and spends an hour or two with Rosetta Stone (while I still sleep), goes for a run (I'm still sleeping), and then fixes brunch (good morning honey at 11 am). The kids get home from school around 1:45, eat, finish homework, eat again, play, eat some more, play again, eat dinner, and get ready for bed. Henry has been doing a lot of creative c

ooking (homemade biscuits, donuts from scratch, cookies, beer battered onion rings and fish, chinese food, various pastas, and sauces from scratch, yummy!). Life has been great for m

e because I get to sleep in, play games on the itouch, relax on the hammock, chat on facebook (internet willing), and enjoy the amazing view. So he brought me to a 3rd world country because he wanted to get away from the riches and me getting all spoiled (like I was in the US!) but yet here I don't cook, I don't do laundry (we have an Ecuadorian lady who does our laundry), and there is very little cleaning to do (ha, ha, the joke is on him!), I am living THE LIFE (thank you babe!).

We had a group of Austrian teachers from Quito come by the "Hotel de Greg

" for the long weekend. We hung out with them, went out for drinks, and enjoyed a Paella de

Greg. A paella is a spanish rice dish consisting of various vegetables, chicken, shrimp, and clams (delicious). The wind conditions were good enough for them to go

paragliding (pretty cool, almost cool enough to make me want to go flying). Thank you girls for bringing the sun with you to Canoa.

The good news is things are good. Kids are doing great at their new school, Breana is popular with kids of all ages, DJ is popular with the girls of all ages (came ho

me asking, "What is guapo?"). Bad news is Henry has been stung by a jellyf

ish, got a 2nd degree burn on his finger while BBQing, DJ took a head injury (again), scraped his leg with the fin and pulled an abdominal muscle all while surfing (it's a dangerous sport), Breana can't seem to stop injuring her toes on rocks and shells (we need to cut them off!), and me, I think I may have injured my neck while sleeping (ha, ha!).

DJ has learned how to use a machete effectively to open coconuts, while Breana has learned how to drink the coconut juice effectively. Henry and I have learned how to mix the coconut juice with rum and consume it effectively (it's a family affair). We will hopefully blog again soon, it won't be this long next time. Thank you all for reading

and for sending your comments.

Hasta Luego.