Hey fam bam!
Was New Years really this week? Seems like FOREVER ago! We had ourselves a fun little time, even if we couldn´t stay up until midnight (not that we even wanted to - we´re always SO tired!). We had some facturas and vino SIN alcohol. :) Haha, we were looking all over for something similar to sparkling cider and we kept having to ask all the shopkeepers for vino (wine) or cidra (cider) WITHOUT alcohol. No worries, we found it. Also, in lots of Latin countries they have this tradition where in the last 12 seconds of the year they eat 12 grapes and make 12 wishes while doing it. We just set our clocks to midnight and pretended. :) I think I only got like 7 grapes in my mouth. Next time I´ll use smaller grapes. Well, we knew when it was midnight because we heard all the fireworks going off, for hours it seems like. I remember having a dream that night with lots of guns in it...
Oh!!! It "snowed" this week!!! :D We had a massive, random hail storm. Luckily we were in centro and could easily find cover to wait it out. The weather has been super weird. It´s been cold! I was wearing boots and tights this week!! But today it´s back to good, ole hot. Looks like it´s summer after all. :)
This week I´ve been thinking a lot about commandments and what a blessing they really are. Too often we view commandments from God as restrictions or obligations that keep us from being happy, but that couldn´t be farther from the truth. Commandments are really INSTRUCTIONS FOR HAPPINESS from our loving Heavenly Father. He KNOWS what will bring us true happiness, and what will not. He´s given us the answers because He loves us and wants us to be happy more than anything. What we think will make us happy, may actually not, but if we listen to our Father and obey His commandments we can be 100 percent sure that we will always find true, lasting happiness waiting for us. With this New Year and all the New Year resolutions I invite you to make it a goal to be more obedient to the commandments. Pick a commandment that´s a little difficult for you to keep and focus more on obeying it, and I promise you will LOVE the results. :)
Love ya fam!!! You are my sunshine... besides all the sunshine we have today... ;)
Con MUCHO amor,
Hna Chipman
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| How we celebrated New Years - SIN alcohol. ;) |
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| Closest thing to snow we´re gonna see!! |
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| What happens after every rainstorm. |
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| Santa made it to Argentina!! :D |
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| This one is for you Dad. I found a friend for Hersh and Molls!! |
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| 2015 - one full year in the mish! |
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| CHEERS!! |
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| Ringing in the año nuevo. :) |
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