Going down memory lane...

My brother is in Brazil right now doing some work with his company and found these pictures of our old house in Sao Paulo. For those who don't know, my dad worked for Ford Motor Company and was transferred to Sao Paulo in 1990. I was only 7 years old. We lived there for 3 1/2 years and I attended Escola Graduada de Sao Paulo (Graded school) for half of 2nd grade til 5th. After Sao Paulo, my dad was called (literally called on the phone) by President Hinckley (then 1st counselor in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) to be a mission president in Northern Brazil (Recife). We lived there for 3 years.

It's strange because when people ask me where I'm from originally I always want to include Brazil because I really did grow up there. I have so many fond memories of the people, my house, playing outside (we hardly watched TV because we didn't understand Portuguese for the longest time), going to school etc. Anyways, here's some pictures of the outside of the house.
This is the front of the house. You can see the driveway and the huge yard. I remember we spent HOURS outside playing hide and seek and dress up. We also always played "Wilderness" and made mud pies and "camped" in the front yard. It was a child's dream yard!




I don't know why the pool is green. These are pictures of our backyard. Behind the pool was a little man-made pond and waterfall. My sisters and I would play dress-ups and be princeses walking through the forest. Those were the days.

And just in case anyone is curious as to what I looked like here are some pictures. (I'm 9 and I'm sure Michelle is going to kill me for posting this picture of her. the other one is of my brother joe)