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January Photo Update

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We've almost made it a whole month living in Argentina. January has been full of learning, trying, trying again, and really loving where we are. The kids start school this Wednesday and we are excited to really dig into this new life.  This is Rio de la Plata. We can walk to it in less than five minutes from our house. We have some really incredible views from the house out to the river that I hope we never get used to. There are almost always sailboats out there, and frequently a cargo ship. The river is pretty brown, despite being named "the river of silver" and it has a smell that will keep my kids out of it, but it's a pretty place to walk to and has nice trails and parks along this stretch.  This was a different day we went down to the river. The forecast was partly cloudy, but we definitely found ourselves in a deluge.  Another photo of a walk through our neighborhood. There will randomly be cobblestone streets  (behind Charlotte), always really cool trees and f

The Forces Against Us

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After far too many attempts to sit down and explain what has happened to us in the past six months, I'll spare my loved ones the bore and mostly just post pictures. The long and short of it is that James transferred down to Buenos Aires with Microsoft for two (maybe three) years. We moved just after Christmas and are expecting baby #5 the end of February. We've used the word "crazy" a lot recently.  Trying to leave Washington was a bit of a struggle. This was the day we learned someone in my family had COVID thus canceling any Christmas plans to get together with family before we took off :( Also any help I was going to get from them....sigh... The day after Christmas it snowed, putting a wrench in the packing plans. Movers were supposed to come pack us up, but they were told not to come to work to avoid bad roads. Our renters were moving in that week and were as accommodating as they could be, but we ended up moving out as they were moving in. It was a wild few day