Hurricane Noel

We have a tropical depression upon us and all is well. It has been raining heavily since last Thurs Oct 25 but other than wet clothes we are doing fine.
On Friday Oct 26 was our Halloween day. We went to the nicest neighborhood where we had a map of the houses that were participating in the fun. It started at 4 and went to 6. There were many firsts for me as a true halloween spirit. First the fun began 5 days early. Second it was in broad daylight,(which actually was kind of nice) Third at a few houses they had cotton candy and snow cones and popcorn that the kids would be able to eat along the way. Unfortunately there were only about 15 houses that played in the fun and one thought it began at 6, so no candy there another thought it was on Oct 31 so no candy there either, another one thought it started at 5 and was out getting her candy. Thus we had only 12 houses to scare. We also thought it would be on Wed Oct 31 so Missy was back at the states with Mariah's costume that was ordered on line. Drew and I came up with something. We were hoping to make her a pirate but it turned out to be an American school girl, as she wore her best dress. Drew was a baseball player with his Albert Pujols jersey, simple enough.
On Monday Missy and I saw the funniest sight. First with this rain at the school we saw a couple walking their child to school with a Deck Umbrella then leaving the school we saw a very tall Dominican with a child's very small yellow with pink flowers umbrella. The contrast was just so comical, of course you would have to see it to really understand the humor of it.

I am glad that during most of my soccer days I would have the teams practice in the rain. Well we do the same here too, so Drew is very accustom to playing and practicing in the rain. He is doing very well with the team as they are a mix of 6th to 12th graders. I of course feel pain after every practice as we scrimmage all together for 30 or 40 minutes. I started working out at the gym with my partner William who is doing a fabulous job on being my personal trainer and helping me get my get up and go back.

Again all is well here in the DR. We hope to hear from you and now we have Skype for phone calls which will help out alot. If you do not have it, it is simple to get on the internet.

love and peace to all

Doug and Missy Drew and Mariah