The Macdonald files

Just to let you know that we will have another blog. I have just started it tonight, to see if we had a better way of sharing our photos. It seems good and a little speedier, we will probably keep both Blogs going, Rachel writing this one(witty and funny) giving a girl perspective and i’ll try and write the other one, but least i’ll have the photos! all you have to do is go to www.xanga.com/HamishandRachel

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Hi thought you all might like to see our freinds and thier kids.We first met charlotte in Honduras in 1997..she was helping in a mission close to where we were..we invited her to our place..and got along great…charlotte has a great sense of fun and a big heart..we all spent a lot of time together including the terrible time of hurricane mitch.In the orphanage where we were was where she met Oscar…. a Honduran worker in the orphanage..who was also a great guy a great worker with the kids…well to cut a long ( actually not that long!!) story short we watched the romance blossom and 2 months after we left for the uk they were married!!they now have 4 of the most gorgeous kids you`ve ever seen….not just in looks but in lovely little characters..so I`ll show you some photos of the” cafe con crema kids”…oscars quote meaning coffee with cream in spanish!Its great to see them parenting thier kids so well..and both of them doing well and happy .They have a very peaceful home.. busy but peaceful….we will miss them when we go…and hopefully they will come and stay in England and we will drive them everywhere too!!ALWAYS WELCOME !!

For more pictures of our outings and of our friends please visit their blog at www.xanga.com/mujerfeliz The photos there are bigger and easier to see, since we have not learned how to make our photos larger yet.

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Hi..will let you see some photos of charlotte and Oscars huge garden..or should I say collection of fields!Hamish likes mowing the lawn better than at home..I think due to the fact that he uses a tractor..and boys like thier toys..he takes a child or 2 and calls it childcare!!the kids love it!!The kids helped make cookies and charlotte made strawberry pie which we are eating now good food!! went into macdonalds and ordered a coffee “what size mam!” I said small..and they guy said you can get a large for the same price so I said I`d have a large thankyou!!..well it cost about 30p and was the size of a large coke…I started giggling..saying it was REALLY large…he looked at me with a here`s a strange little english mad person look on his face..but totally impressed..shared it with Charlotte..great value!!Anyway getting back to the garden..played in paddling pool today..and the kids found fresh snake skin…they were so excited Hamish decided to go on a snake hunt through the woods!! boots on insect repellant on..and a big stick to fight off anacondas!!..sadly the only thing that was found was a deer skull..pretty cool..and Hamish came back bitten to death by mosquitos…they think he`s pretty tasty out here!..we booked some tickets today to fly from LA to Guatamala city for eight pounds !!! that will save much trecking in Mexico…we were reading a funny but scary story about bandit activity along the rd we were to travel on.It happened to Hamish and I before we had kids but dont fancy it with 3 blond kids..we had planned to do it but with these tickets being so cheap..it seems like a good option..and its a good budget airline here in the states.so in a short while when we have purchased a car we will be travelling across to california..we will keep you posted of the route we plan to take. ( pray its a good one….Ham phoned about one you needed a screwdriver to start it…we had a car like that once).Hopefully it wont be that one!!Keep posting..oh the youth at southport elim church are the best!!thanks for all your comments its great to be in touch with you..you are all fab..lots of love Rachel Hanish and Rascals.

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