December was a good month of relaxation. Since we weren't able to go to the States this year, we decided to make new memories together as a family.
Check out our life through photos!
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| The whole month of December was waking up to find Elfie all over the house--here he was a creeper! |
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| We had game night with all the gringos--FUN TIMES! |
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| We made a cherry pie |
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| Making the cherry pie together! |
Emme has been into sunsets lately. Here are a couple that she found beautiful!
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| From our bedroom window |
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| Another from our bedroom |
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| From our neighborhood |
What Christmas looked like for us this year:
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| Annual Christmas Story movie night! |
We love shopping during Christmas. Costa Rica has a lot of toys that "look" like the original. I love taking pictures of the imposters! Check them out!
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| Lego!!?? No this brand name is LOCQ--what the.....!!?? |
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| Leyton found a hat that matched his Mexico soccer jersey. |
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| Cartoon tool--the imposter of Handy Manny--however, that looks NOTHING like Handy Manny! |
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| My Happy Horse--or what we like to call My Little Pony |
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| I found my favorite Christmas mugs this year! |
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| Our "fireplace" and our stockings |
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| One direction of the highway! |
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| The other direction! |
We were able to go and cut our own Christmas tree this year at a Christmas tree farm!
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| Emme and Leyton at the farm |
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| We picked our tree!! |
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| Normally we have hot chocolate when we cut our tree--too hot, so chocolate milk boxes! |
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| The size of our tree...almost didn't fit in the door! |
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| In place! |
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| And decorated! |
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| Full moon on a clear night! |
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| Emme's birthday--she turned 11! How is that possible!? |
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| The Children's Homes received a trampoline as a present--yay! |
We were invited to a wedding in Siquirres, close to the Limón coast. This was our first wedding since living in Costa Rica.
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| Volcano Turrialba- from the other side. It was spitting a little bit of ash from the top. |
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| Our friend, Ebed and his new wife |
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| The kids wanted to drink out of the fancy glasses! |
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| Our friend Rode and her brother Ebed |
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| Me and my hubby! |
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| When it's cold--the puppy gets cold too--what do you do? |
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| First time making cookies for Jordan and Joshua |
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| They loved the cookie cutters |
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| Emme and her friend Emily |
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| Decorating the cookies |
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| The whole group |
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| Bruce's Santa belly cookie! |
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| My Santa--and a photobomber |
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| The finished product! |
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| We played a family game of bilingual Scrabble |
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| Games at breakfast time! |
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| The puppy was ready for Santa! |
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| Santa came! |
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| First time swimming on Christmas Day! |
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| The first spider that I found--I killed it |
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| The second spider--I think it was mad that I killed the first one! |
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| Do you see the gecko? |
We took a family trip to the oxcart factory in Sarchí
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| The Oxcart Factory |
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| The guide explaining the process to Bruce and Leyton |
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| Oxcart wheels |
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| The factory water powered |
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| Emme and Leyton in the oxcart |
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| The biggest oxcart in the world |
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| This looks like a good punishment when they don't get along! |
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| Family photo with the biggest oxcart in the world |
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| Making memories! |
New Years Eve--
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| Even Cooper got in on the fun! |
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| Our "champagne" apple juice! |
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| A family toast to 2017! |
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| We were able to watch the apple drop in New York--we love technology! |
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| The fireworks in our neighborhood! |
the crawfords
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