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so last week was quiet something. i got the biggest stye (in my eye) on planet earth. i mean couldn't leave the house for a week, or open my eye, and throw away all my eye makeup afterwards bad. and it hurt muito. MUITO.

ok i did go one place during my stye stay and that was to our church's "festa julino" bash. wow. i threw on some shades and we all went. i have said it once before and i will say it again, brazilians really know how to throw a party. huge blow up play things for the kids, tons of bbq meat, sandwiches, homemade cotton candy, every dessert you can think of, drinks, decor, music, people, fun, and wow, a lot of the last one. really fun.

we have ourselves a fun little garden brewing on out deck nowadays. it is getting very romantic and green and practical all at the same time. today i kept going out to our garden to pick things for dinner, i felt so capable. it was wonderful. i keep telling daniel that i want our whole house to feel like a secret garden, to feel alive. and i think he is 90% on board. as i was cleaning up tonight he was looking up the best plants to grow at home. ginger, avocado tree and rosemary are up next for our garden. i'm so excited.

we have strawberries and whipped cream for all our deserts lately. daniel was noticing today that the strawberries here are different than the ones in the states, they are just them, ya know? no added hormones and who knows what they put into those giant california berries you see at the store. these are small, red, and have character strawberries. i like them.

charles and henry are growing like weeds over here and are becoming closer and closer everyday. tonight while we were eating leftover spaghetti on the floor for dinner (while daniel was home-teaching), they were crawling around, giggling their little heads off. it makes me so happy seeing them together.

we are really doing great over here.

xxx