Camping Trip and Pumpkin Patch

Here is a little collage of our first ever camping trip as a whole family and our trip to the pumpkin patch. We camped out at my dad's house and had a wonderful time. It was one of the coldest nights we have had since we have been here, but we survived. Cold weather can be a bit harsh on a family that is used to the tropics! Don't tell anyone, but Nathanael and I actually retreated down to Daddy's house for the night while everyone else braved the cold weather. We all had a great time though and enjoyed some good cooking too! After a yummy breakfast we got cleaned up and headed over to the pumpkin patch. We were a little worn out after all the festivities, but enjoyed ourselves none the less. Thanks, Daddy and Becki, for a wonderful time!

Stateside

An update in picture form . . . needless to say we are having a great time!
What a much needed blessing!

Our Family in Pictures

Hey everybody!  It has been a while since I have posted :-( but I am hoping to make up for it with some awesome family photos that were taken of us recently.  Amanda did an incredible job at capturing our family even though our littlest one was a bit on the grumpy side.  Here is a link to Amanda's blog where she has posted just a few from our photo shoot.  They turned out so great and we can hardly wait to see the rest of them!

Ladies Day Out

So, I usually spend most of my time at home and don't get to really see a whole lot of Belize for the most part.  That changed yesterday.  For the past 3 weeks or so, some of Cohen's students, the ladies, have been trying to plan an outing to visit one of the student's homes in Barranco Village. 

 

This past Saturday we made the trip.  Marlem, Naema and I rode out to Barranco together.  It took us a little over an hour to get there.  Most of the trip was made on a very, very, very long rocky dirt road.  Let's just put it this way, I should have taken some motion sickness medicine before we left that morning :-(  We made it though safe and sound and I felt better about 30 minutes after we arrived. 

 

We visited with Angie, who lives in Barranco.  It was a pleasure to finally get to meet her!  I had talked to her on the phone before, but had never actually met her until that day.  We also got to visit with Pastor Rosalio (Angie's pastor), his wife Ritsi, their little 1 yr. old daughter and some other ladies in her church.  A very special day for me.  To be able to spend some time with Cohen's students is priceless.  It really helps me see the bigger picture.  Marlem, Naema and Angie all shared with me and the other ladies in Barranco just how much of a blessing it has been for them to be in Cohen's class.  It brought tears to my eyes to hear their testimonies as they shared with the other ladies in Barranco.  And it also brought tears to my eyes as I realized just how blessed I am to be able to call these ladies my friends and my sisters in Christ. 

 

I hope I get to visit there again one day.  Next time with some medicine for my motion sickness :-)  It took me about 2 days to recover from feeling so yuck :-/  But, it was worth it!

Big Readers

Check out these two big readers! 

 

Samuel just finished up his 9th week of home school today!  Not only that, but he also finished his first reader and got a certificate for it!  Way to go Samuel!  You did it! What a great way to end the first 9 weeks of school :-)

 

And, check out Levi!  He is a big reader for other obvious reasons :-)  You have to be serious about books to take on a book that big!

 

We are so thankful that our kids love books so much!