Kim’s very cool ventures w/Jared

Hi everyone!  What are you doing today?  It is a normal day for us, but we will celebrate Thanksgiving on Saturday.  I think all countries should celebrate Thanksgiving, what is the deal?!

When my father-in-law came, he spent the first week touring two of the farms Jared oversees - Los Perales & El Quebracho.  These farms are located in a northeastern province of Argentina called Entre Rios. 

While visiting Los Perales, they went to a little town called La Paz where lies the massive Rio Paraná.  This river runs through Brazil, Paraguay, & Argentina, and is the second largest river in South America next to the Amazon.

Jared’s fishing line got stuck in this:

Kim caught a Golden Dorado, one of the greatest sporting fishes in South America.  These babies have sharp teeth.

Jared caught this creepy looking Surubi, a type of catfish. 

I love how they still managed to have an Argentine Asado on the bank of the river.  Have I mentioned that Argentines love meat??  They eat red meat all the time. 

Goodbye La Paz.  Those beautiful purple trees (jacarandas) are everywhere here. 

Here is a glimpse of Los Perales:

These Braford beef cattle look intense.

Then it was on to El Quebracho, the other farm & cattle ranch in Entre Rios.

I love this next picture of Jared.  Sometimes I can’t believe that my husband is in the middle of nowhere in South America…on a horse!  Notice the horse’s tail – all horse tails are chopped blunt like that. 

Jared, thank you for working so hard & for being such an amazing provider.  This is you living your dream.   Please watch out for poisonous snakes and cacti.  I love you.

Pretty please check back tomorrow to know how you can give an Argentine child Christmas for less than $3.00.  I’m serious.

I’m up to something big, and I need your help.

Love, Sharee

moments I want to remember

Jared’s dad is here, so we’re enjoying lots of Grandpa Wolfley time.  We only have a few days left with him, so we’re soaking it in.  I’m grateful he’s here. 

I’ve been line drying lots of bedding on the roof of our building.  (Bed wetting makes for lots & lots of laundry.  We’re trying to be patient.  My two little nenas have been through a lot of change this past year.)

But…I enjoy a nice view of Venado Tuerto while I hang laundry,

and a nice view of this happy little face:

I drive AnnMarie to school every day. 

Her teacher and classmates are beyond excited to have her back. 

We decided to keep Carlie home from school upon coming back to Argentina.  Jared & I think she needs more time to adjust to all that’s going on in her life right now, including being a big sister.  It’s been good for her to be the ‘big girl of the house’ while AnnMarie’s away at school.  

My girls talk a lot about Christmas & Santa Clause. 

I love that AnnMarie is holding a craft book in that picture.  Those two and their crafts, oh my - it’s nonstop.

And last but not least, not that anybody cares, but I spotted a gray hair on my head today.  And yes, I’m sure it was gray.  A little traumatic, but I got through it. ;)  I won’t post a picture of that.

Home Again

I once told a sister-in-law of mine that Argentina would never really be home.  I was wrong.

I’ve been back in Argentina now for 2 weeks, and it feels good to be back.  I’ve missed the amazing views outside our windows (like the one above taken from the girls’ room).  I’ve missed the smell of the heavy rains.  I’ve missed eating empanadas every Saturday afternoon during siesta.  I’ve missed speaking Spanish. 

But most of all, I’ve missed being with this guy that makes me smile every day and does so much to make life comfortable for me.

 

It’s been really rainy & wet outside; the streets have been flooded.

I read this every day,

and I love on this little man every hour.