Lindsay (age 12) and Johanna (age 14) arrived on July 10th and will stay until August 10th. Lindsay lives in Colorado and Johanna in Texas. They are step-cousins and met for the first time on the plane from Houston to Leon. They have been here for 11 days now and are having a great time. And, of course, grandpa and I are thoroughly enjoying their visit.
Lindsay & Johanna in Church
The day after their arrival, they went to church with me and sang in the choir. And, they went to choir practice last week and will continue with choir and church while they are here. They are both enjoying the experience (even though it is an adult choir).
On Monday, the 3 of us went down to the central Jardin (square) to meet our friend Fred York who gives walking tours of the historic center of San Miguel. He gives these tours as a benefit for Patronato Pro Ninos which is a charity that helps poor Mexican children with medical problems. Fred gave us a private tour and we walked for almost 3 hours. The tour was informative and fun and both girls learned a lot about San Miguel.
Johanna, Lindsay & Fred starting the tour in the Jardin
Comparing Pictures at the end of the Tour
They are taking dressage lessons on the longe line from me - on my horse Molly. Both girls are learning and enjoying their lessons. We have been going about every other day.
Lindsay on Molly
Of course, being pre-teen/teen girls, they love shopping. We have been to the Tuesday Market and the Sunday market and the Artisans market and the Ramirez Market. Grandma is getting a walking workout, that's for sure since they are not allowed to go anywhere without one of us tailing along.
Johanna & Lindsay at the Ramirez Market
Last week my friend Donna had her two grands, Hailey and Nick, visiting her so the 4 of them had quite a few fun get togethers. They especially enjoyed our pool and one day we went to the Xote hot springs water park - a wonderful place for the whole family. There are numerous pools and several slides - one of them quite high. The nice thing about it compared to water parks in the US is that there are no lines. They probably went down the big slide 20 times. And, you can bring your own picnic lunch so you don't have to buy food. The entrance fee for big kids and adults is 90 pesos and for seniors with an INAPAM card, it is only 45 pesos - what a deal!
Johanna & Lindsay with Hailey & Nick in Our Pool
More Pool Fun
The Big Slide at Xote
Today we went to So Others May Eat - a program for poor elderly (mostly women) where they get a hot nutritious meal every Wednesday in the back patio of the main church - La Paroquia. Each person gets a liter of boxed milk to take home and the girls helped to distribute the milk. We also sang a song for the old people - requested by Antonette, who runs the program with her husband Joe. They go to our church and she requested that we sing the song we sang at church last Sunday, "I'm So Glad Jesus Lifted Me" (with choreography). That was fun. The girls really enjoyed the experience and want to go again next Wednesday.
Johanna has a violin lesson every Wednesday with Turkkan. Today, after her lesson, Julia and Emilia (Mexican bi-lingual girls in the neighborhood) came over to swim but it was raining so they are playing cards (Hand and Foot) instead.
Ok. so I am caught up with this grandma blog. More when there is something to report.
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