Capturing December: Day 7

{ Something Bright }

There's not much brighter here, than the sun!  It's really quite blinding when you walk out of the shadows of your house, to the blue sky and bright sunshine outside!

(This is at the park across from our house.)

Capturing December: Day 6

{ Shopping }

Does this place look familiar?  We even have lighted palm trees!  =)

Walmart.  The place where I do most of our grocery shopping.  It's close to our house (1/2 mile) and has about everything you need.  I will say, that just because it's "Walmart," does not mean it's like the Walmarts in the US!  In fact, most of their food products are Mexican, therefore they don't have all the variety of US packaged/processed type foods.  I miss things like Cool Whip, pepperoni, ground sausage, frozen biscuits, cheese crackers, good tasting butter, pickles, ranch dip packets, and Velveeta...just to name a few things.  But, I'm still incredibly blessed to be able to shop here where it's clean, where there's more variety than other places, and where it's reasonably priced.

Need tomatoes?  Also check out the Tortillería in the background.  Pick up a kilo or two of fresh corn tortillas to go with your meal!

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Here's another favorite place to go "shopping!"  A fabric store!  While they don't have quilting cottons, they have just about everything else you need or want.  For cheap, too!

Capturing December: Day 5

{ Today's Temperature }

Yeah, it definitely would be hard to sing "Baby, It's Cold Outside" in this kind of weather!  And I must admit, for us Pennsylvania folk, it's kind of hard to get in the spirit of Christmas when we're experiencing the extreme opposite of their (PA's) cold and snow!  On the other hand, it's very nice not to have to worry about wearing coats and bundling up in hats, gloves, scarves and boots!

So, if you get tired of the cold and snow in the middle of the winter, come visit us!  We'll gladly share the sun and warmth!  =)

Capturing December: Day 4

{ Something Joyous }

A few things that come to mind when I'm thinking of something that causes great happiness: spending quality time with my husband, listening to Christmas music, receiving packages in the mail, eating someone else's cooking, and watching new believers as they grow in the knowledge of the Lord.  But for the sake of a picture for today, I love watching my 14 month old daughter as she discovers new things and enjoys life!  I love her smile, her giggles, her kisses, and how she enjoys eating!  =)

But really, I love all my kids and their unique personalities and I enjoy watching them do the things that make them happy!

Capturing December: Day 3

{ Something Red }

Hmmm...well, I really don't "do" red around my house.  Unless you count my daughter's quilt and matching diaper bag or some of the ornaments on my Christmas tree...but, I most definitely "do" chocolate.  And this kind comes in red packaging!  =)  Can I just say, I love chocolate and these truffles are at the top of that list!  I'm so thankful for this occasional, special treat - especially here in Mexico!

Capturing December: Day 2 (and Free Christmas Printable!)

{ Something Christmasy }

I finally put up our Christmas tree on Saturday.  I also got out a few of our other decorations and decided I needed one of the oh-so-popular chalkboard printables to add to my collection.  I looked around Pinterest, saw some I liked, and then wondered, "How hard can it be to make my own?"  So that's what I did!

This is one of my favorite Christmas sayings.  And I tried to keep it simple.  I didn't want the message to get lost in flowery embellishments and fonts!  Feel free to right-click and save to your computer, then print and share it!  It is sized as a landscape 8x10.

(grungy b/w version)

(color version)

Capturing December: Day 1

So...I've been thinking since I have nothing else to do around here (ha! ha!) that I would try a Photo-a-Day challenge to help capture the month of December in pictures.  It should be fun...so long as I can keep up!  =)  Let's get started, shall we?!  (I will loosely be following a guide I saw on Pinterest...)

{ My View Today }

Not the greatest street shot, but I love looking at our mountain!

We held our morning church service at a new location.  This small group

of people are interested in joining our H.I.M. churches.