Catching up (miscellaneous Part 5)....

Ok, so here is the last of catching up....

They are just a few of the random things from the past 3 months that we would like to share with you!

Enjoy!

 

Just another day for Leyton playing in the rain!!

 

Never a dull moment with these two!  Building a fort in their tiny closet!

Playing around and looking pretty!

Needing a picture too!!

Learning how to wash dishes...or play in the water!

Twin day!  Emme and her friend Sophia

A day at the salon with new friends!

Funny faces with friends at the park! Leyton and his bud Jacob

Walking to the feria (farmer's market) in the rain with umbrellas

Looking like a rainbow with new friends...Jen and Sean

Cooking with our new hot pads sent by dear friends--Tina and Sasha

Evidence of the 2am cat fight right outside of our door--yes, those are clumps of cat fur!

A picture of our neighbor--the iguana!

This was pre-screen and mosquito prevention..

We buy bulk cereal.  That's a big ol' bag!

Emme in gymnastics.  That is her against the wall.

Emme and her friend Anna

Leyton and Jacob

Bruce was used as a prop for chapel one day.  He had branches duct taped to his arms and a lemon in his mouth!

Me and buddy on the way to La Paz

Leyton and his friend Matthew--hangin' out!

Emme reading about La Paz Waterfalls

Emme and Leyton showing you one of the waterfalls

If we get a dog in Costa Rica, I need to train him to do this!  Buen perro!

This is a Woody doll...yes, I know, it looks more like Jay Leno.  There is something disturbing about some of the toys here...

Catching up (part 4)....

First of all, the past few months have been pretty busy for us..

A birthday party at McDonald's

A gathering of students at a friend's house...

A lot of the families and friends from school.

A great picture of all the MKs (missionary kids)

It was nice for the kids (and us) to get out and hang out with friends outside of class...

On October 31, Joe and Jennie Westfall had a Halloween party and several of the missionary families from the Abraham Project were there for chili, games and Halloween candy!  We had a really good time with the other families.  We don't get to hang out with them too much because of how busy we are with school.  The kids had a really good time and they were all hopped up on sugar--just like Halloween back home!  FUN!!

The missionary girls (Kate, Caia, Emme)

The ILE (Spanish Language Institute) Harvest Party

On November 3rd, we had a Fall Harvest Party at school.  We played games, ate supper and had a good fellowship with other families from school.

Leyton was 'Chacho' (our neighbor's dog)

Emme was a grey cat

Emme and her friend Annie

Leyton and his friend Nathan (AKA Alshon Jeffery)

Playing games

We also had several dinner dates...

Lunch with Tita and Tito (our Costa Rican Parents) and cafesito in our apartment.

Dinner with the Thomas'- Steve, Georgiana, Bethany and Luke

Dinner with Jason and Kerby and Adaya

Dinner with The Cain's (Adam and Michelle and Jacob and Asher)

We have been so blessed with all of the relationships we had before we came here and all of the relationships that we have made since we have been here.  We love getting together with people and letting the kids JUST PLAY!!  It is so refreshing to fellowship with others.  We really enjoy it!

Thanks to everyone who has invited us and to all who have hosted us!  Can't wait till the next time!!

Catching up (part 3).....

So, just a short note about October 3rd....It was Bruce's birthday here in Costa Rica!!  It was his LAST birthday in his 30's....

So, the kids and I surprised him with a 1/2 chocolate cake from Fresa's restaurant.  It was one of the first times we "splurged" on something sweet and chocolatey for us!!


YUM!!!!

He was really excited!!!

 

 

It may have only been a 1/2 cake, but it was as big as his head!!

It was a good treat, and can't wait till the NEXT birthday to have some Fresa's cake again!!

Catching up (part 2)....

Here is Part 2:

Ok, so many of you already know that back in October we "lost" our passports.  We were in the process of applying for our Religious visas here in Costa Rica and through the several trips to the American Embassy and Immigration we "thought" we left our passports on the desk at Immigration. After that, we had to miss 1/2 day of school, head to the police station to make the reports that our passports were stolen.  Then because I already had tickets bought to Indiana for a short trip home, I had to go to the American Embassy and apply for an emergency passport.  The emergency passport cost the same as a regular passport, and I got it the same day.  It is only good for 3 months and it is guaranteed to get you out of the country you are in....however, they can not guarantee that Costa Rica would let me back in on an emergency passport--even though IT IS a valid passport.  But honestly, it looks fake.

However, after my trip home, I made it out of Costa Rica and back into Costa Rica without a problem!  Actually the only people that questioned my passport were both State side--Immigration in Atlanta and the lady at the airport leaving Fort Wayne.  Oh and funny story about the Fort Wayne airport....when I was going through security, the TSA agent looked at my passport, then had to ask his supervisor about my passport, because he had never seen an emergency passport before--that is because most people do not LEAVE the US with an emergency passport!!  UGH!

About 2 weeks after I had been home, Bruce was getting ready for school, and he came out of the bedroom and said, "You are never going to guess what I just found."  Of course, I said, "What?"  And he proceeded to show me the 4 passports!!  He had hid them so well, that he forgot where he put them.  (They were in a place I can't mention because they are still hidden there).  The funny part is that he took out everything in the closet except where the passports were!  He felt really bad!  But no big deal!  He cancelled the police reports, the kids and his passport are still good, and I will be heading to the American Embassy to get my new one!

All in all, it was a very stressful time, but lessons were learned--and above all, we now know the process IF passports are stolen...actually not too difficult of a process!

Here is a picture of all of our passports and paperwork for our Religious Visas.

One of our MANY trips to Immigration....

PRAISE THE LORD!!!

Catching up (part 1)...

Ok, so here is the beginning of the catching up phase.

Part 1:

On September 21, the family went on a paseo with other families from the school.  We went to La Paz waterfall garden.  It was really fun!  The trip was about 1 1/2 hours by bus and there were about 40 families that went.  It was the first trip that we had taken as a family.  It was beautiful too!  Animals, waterfalls, flowers, trees, hummingbirds, butterflies and a wonderful lunch.  Here are some of the pics from that trip!

Definitely had a wonderful time and look forward to the next time!