The teens did a take-off of the Red Riding Hood story with group participation that got people laughing.
Monday was get groceries, unpack and start doing laundry - lots of laundry! Tuesday we went over to Jau, a town with huge shoe malls. Wednesday was a beautiful day to head over to Barra Bonita for the Tietê river cruise through the locks.
After a picnic lunch, we boarded another boat - not quite the cruise ship we'd been on the week before, but still very nice.
Going upriver we got to the dam and locks beside it. These kids had never been on a boatride through locks before!
We got locked in and rode up to the upper level of the river.
After cruising around a while there, we came back through the locks and were lowered down to the lower level again.
A leisurely relaxing trip for us all, followed by shopping for last minute souvenirs for folks back in the states.
Thursday, Aaron's birthday, there was more water as we drove over to Santa Barbara and the waterfalls there. This visit to Brazil was sure a wet one with all the water around for Aaron and Rachel.
That night we went out for a last supper together to celebrate Aaron's 30th. (We're not old enough to have our youngest kid that age!!)
Back home, his mom made him a cake (which his dad finished eating yesterday!)
Early New Years Eve morning, we got them to the airport before dawn for heading back to the states. Good-byes are always the hardest part of visits, usually involving waterworks, and that morning was no exception. But what a great visit we had together! They got to meet 2011 three times on their trip home. We, only once, with good friends from church that evening.
I'd like to say that our life got back to normal, but it just ain't so...It has become a moving experience around here. Our house is being dismantled, and people are carrying off stuff from our thirty-two years in Brazil.
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