Friday July 24th.....

We are so excited to be here in Chiconautla! This is the first chance to write....so here we go....

We woke up at 3:35 a.m. on Wednesday to the kids jumping on our bed saying it was time to get ready- They were very excited! We made it to the airport and security with no problems and no time to spare...when we walked up to the boarding gate, they were all boarded, and said you must be the Chaffin's! We were hoping for a Cinnabon for breakfast, but not this time...A half hour later we were in the air and on our way. Austin and Dani were very excited for the plane ride and loved looking at the clouds, loading of the luggage, they could see ours, because of the bright pink suitcase, we had bought the night before, and just everything about the flight.
We arrived in Houston, and had just enough time to stop at the restroom, and get to the gate for our flight to Mexico City. This plane was only 3 seats across, but Austin thought the seats were much more comfortable.

We arrived in Mexico City at around 1 pm, made it through immigration and customs with no problems. Manuel and Emily Vivanco met us with a WELCOME sign and it was awesome to see them again!
We spent our first night with the Vivanco family, due to a death in the extended family of our host family. This turned out to be an easier transition for the kids, since the Vivanco's speak English. We loved spending time with them and having dinner with them, but we were off to bed by 8, since we were all lacking in sleep.
On Thursday, we went with the Vivanco family to a party at John and Tracy Pieters (missionary friends). We enjoyed our time with the Vivanco's, Pieter's and two other families. The kids were able to jump on a trampoline, watch a skit about Greek history, performed by the Pieters girls, and break a pinata!

At 6 pm, we loaded up our suitcases and headed over to the Vidales (our host family), and we were all very excited. When we arrived we were greeted by Irma and Hilario, and their daughter-in-law, Angeles, and her little girl, Daniella!, We also met Irma's mom, Maria.
We brought the bags up to our room and the kids said they liked our room and everyone is so nice! We spent the evening practicing our Spanish :-) We were fed a great meal with cheese quesedillas and pan dulce (sweet bread), Delicioso! We crawled into bed around 9:30, and fell asleep fairly quickly. We all woke up at different times, due to outside noises (dogs, sirens, roosters)! We all woke up by 8, and spent some time as a family, before our meal at 10. We had cereal, and eggs with ham.

Today and tomorrow, we will be helping at the Vivanco home. Since it took me a half hour to remember my password to log on to this today, I will wait to post pictures until tomorrow. Off to get some work done....Thanks for those who have already commented, it was fun for all of us to log on and see comments! Hasta Luego!

Steve, Amy, Austin and Dani