Ahhh Spam email.

You know that you have lived in a country for a long time when you start to receive spam from them.....

My second spam email from this company... at first I thought it was a fluke and now I am just annoyed. I went to the website and opted out of emails but how did I get on their list in the first place? I don't even use my credit cards here, have a bank account, or have my name in any bills. They are like ninjas! 

Tchau,

Sara

Summer Time

How nice to see all the kids out for summer enjoying the weather! This time of year still baffles me that kids are out for summer and not winter break but after seeing kids all day every day you start to accept it. Most of the kids are now in there summer camps with the lifeguards.

Below is a picture of them doing a sand run early this morning. Their chanting woke me up and I took a photo.

What I can gather is that they are separated into groups by age and then perform various beach tactics. They run in the sand, do push-ups, swim in the ocean properly, and just have fun. I love seeing kids be active and promotion of healthy life styles. Yesterday I saw one poor kid having to finish his sit-ups before joining the others on the run. The lifeguard was encouraging him to finish so they could catch up.

Too cute!!
Tchau,
Sara

Vaccines

So recent news in the past week talks about uncovering information pertaining to manipulated research results in the MMR scare. In 1998 a report in the BMJ (British Medical Journal) claimed that the MMR shot was linked to autism in children and other bowel disorders. Recently, news broke debunking the research which was funded by a lawyer only interested in filing suits against the medical giants providing this vaccination. Read the articles here NPR and also here USAToday.

Even before this news broke I planned on vaccinated my child once he/she is born. No question about it. I feel that the benefits out weight the undetermined flaws. The same goes with the vit K shot.

Just something to think about.

Tchau,
Sara

One Year of Marriage

Actually this was supposed to be posted on January 9th but we were traveling back to Brazil so no time! This past weekend we were going to stay at a really nice hotel in Buzios on the cliffs over looking the ocean but it was raining so much we had to cancel. We rescheduled for this coming up weekend so I hope the rain stays away!!

This we got each other paper :) Going traditional and loving it! Each of our paper gifts we cards. Simple and stress free. Next year we get to look forward to cotton :) Yes! Can't wait! Ha.

Below are the professional pictures that we took. I wanted to post all of the ones I had but that would just be ridiculous. 

All the boys before the wedding

 My beautiful bridesmaids

 Good thing this photo is from the back... I was losing it already.

 Try not to cry and doing something weird?? who knows.

 All the girls are looking at the camera and the guys are looking at us.... did the photog ask us to do this?? I love it either way.

 Our parents- Great family.

 Grandparents minus Grandma Tayor back home. My grandparents had just celebrated their 60th and Nate's grandparents celebrated their 50th. Destiny?

 Wedding party

 Siblings

 Maid of Honor and Best Man

 Nate's fam

 My fam

 Baby Colson's Parents! Colson is about 6wks in the photo?

 Love them.

 Miss my ring.

 I was so mad at the video guy at this point because he kept telling me that he wanted us to cut the cake but we had just walked into the reception! I told him to go talk to Nate who then said to talk to me.... finally we cut the cake before dinner was served just to make him happy and off our backs! 

 Eric's all too funny best man speech. Oh we have it on video!

 So glad they caught me laughing instead of crying once again.

I don't know how much I cried that day/night but I think everyone was crying at this point. Love you dad.

 Too cute

 Girls dancing it up!

Thanks to everyone who has been there for us through the years. I can't imagine having to be a family member or friend during the break-up years. Finally after 11 years we are together and happier than ever. We look forward to the life ahead and the babies to come :) 

Tchau,

Sara