DECEMBER
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| Emme found a (sad compared to her mimi's) Christmas village display and wanted a picture to show Mimi (Sandy Figel) |
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| Our new bed and bed frame--perfect for reading at night! |
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| Romero block party. Our Tico family |
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| Bruce and Micah Facetiming |
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| Beautiful sunset overlooking our house |
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| It's a BEARD-TRIFECTA!! |
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| The Christmas wreath I--YES I made! |
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| Our Christmas fireplace with stockings hung with care |
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| Family Make a Cheesecake Day |
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| Emme made a snowman out of the filling of the Oreos |
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| One of the prettiest butterflies I have seen. Golden, silky--just pretty--in our backyard! |
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| Dinner for the Pastoral Leaders with Steve's famous ribs--YUMMM! |
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| First time making chicken and dumplings--6-thumbs up is a new record! |
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| He is soooo cute! |
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| Emme with her bow and arrow |
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| Emme with her birthday pedi from Tita (Grandma Olga) |
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| Emme and Hannah |
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| Leyton and Boyden--He loved him some Boyden |
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| Me and Dawn-she and her family are off to Nicaragua |
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| Me and Deb |
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| The Myers family and us-They are in Mexico |
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| Baillie and Emme |
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| Skyping with the Sykes family! Miss them terribly |
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| Leyton's first sunburn....ugh, pastey white boy! |
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| Fun with Chinese lanterns |
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| Rode with the lantern that decided to get stuck in the electrical lines--OOPS! |
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| Batman--A gift from Rode, Eliel and Josué |
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| Our Christmas tree Christmas morning--aww so pretty |
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| This isn`t one of them there trees where all the needles falls off, is it? |
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| Bruce being the Pied Piper with all of the kids from the children's homes. We were blessed to be a part of their Christmas dinner at the mall and a movie at the Thomas' house! Good times! |
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| We were blessed to have family pictures taken... |
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| Our new family photo |
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| Bruce's FAMOUS cheesecakes--white chocolate raspberry and Nutella |
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| Bruce cutting the chile dulces |
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| Papi making the masa |
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| This is a Costa Rican tamal |
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| And this is the 'tonto', the last tamal with everything left--I was blessed to be the lucky receiver of this one! YUM!!!! |
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| 70+ Piñas (2 tamales together = 1 piña), 1 tonto, and 1 tontito |
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| boiling the tamales--a la leña style (by fire) |
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| Perfect!! |
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| Tying the piñas |
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| Perfect December evening |
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| Block Party!!!!!! |
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| Bruce made his famous Armadillo eggs--in Costa Rica they are called 'bombas'! |
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| We had our first snake encounter, he was little, but no one wanted to touch him! |
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| Leyton swinging like a champ at the piñata! |
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| Emme looking like a baseball star! |
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| Leyton drew his self-portrait |
December was a busy, busy month for us--party after party. December in Costa Rica is a P A R T Y month and we are so blessed to have family and friends to share it with.
Blessings!
