Shopping

By Thursday we hadn't bought anything. So Renato's friend Reinaldo and his wife took the day off to spend with us. It started with taking the kids to Teresa and Heline. Then of course off to eat! Daniel met us there. It was a picanha restaurant (top sirloin). Very good, and there is this new rice that I have never tasted. Can't remember the name of it, but it had beans and cheese in it, so good. I got to hear some interesting stories about Renato back in the day. He was always the "single" friend. I loved this part! He won't tell me much about the life he had before the U.S. From the restaurant we went to the center market. This place was a bit scary, because it was so high and open. It freaked me to be on the top floors. We bought some things...candy cashews ha! Heaven. Did a lot of walking. Glouse, Reinaldo's wife is due in October. She didn't complain at all. But it was still early. After that shopping we went do Bira Mar (I think was the name). Had some ice cream and did some more walking. Glouse showed me her feet at this point and the poor thing was so swollen, but still no complaining. Then the sunset, I don't know what to say...

I've never lived by a beach or been to one very much. I was so surprised at how many people were out and about. There was a soccer game going on, a man practicing martial arts, and couple fishing, kids running around. I loved it. There are people everywhere. So many things to do. Oh how cheesy!

This is Glouse and Reinaldo, they are so sweet. Honestly I loved taking pictures of them, and they kept asking me to. Glouse is so fun. She brought and English dictionary with her this day so she could learn English from me. She did a very good job, her pronunciation was perfect. And honestly such a trooper. When I was that pregnant I would've killed someone after walking as much as we did. She slowed a little at the end, but stayed strong! I should've taken a picture of her with her mask on. The swine flu scare is still really big in Brazil, and when we went to the mall she wore a mask the whole time. She kept giving me suggestions when shopping, like "no that is too hot," "you could use that at the beach." She didn't quite understand that there isn't a real beach in Utah, and it gets extremely cold here!

Congrats on that cute baby coming soon!