We did our best to get ourselves in the Christmas spirit this season, despite being far away from family and enduring temps in the high 70's low 80's. :) We enjoyed a nice Christmas lunch with our good friends Phil and Jan Train...and then Ella enjoyed a dip in the pool. I must say that would be one tradition that I could get used to!
We purchased a Christmas tree last year, so it was fun to get all the decorations out again this year. It was amazing to look at pictures of Ella decorating the tree last year compared to this year. She has changed so much!
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| Christmas 2010 |
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| Christmas 2010 |
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| Christmas 2009 |
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| Christmas 2009 |
We were also invited to a Christmas party for all the foreign missionaries living here in Sucre. We were surprised to see many new faces. You would think, after being here for over a year, we would have already run into all the other "white" people in town. But we were happy to meet some new people and make new friends. We had an enjoyable evening doing all things American...potluck, singing Christmas carols and playing games. It was wonderful to participate in some of these familiar traditions and get to meet some new friends at the same time. (And not have to speak any Spanish the whole night!)
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| We had quite the set of musicians and instruments for caroling...piano, violin, guitar, and harmonica! |
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| Ella feeding a rabbit before the Christmas party started. |
On Christmas day we had an enjoyable, lazy day. Just the 3 of us at home. We had cinnamon rolls, opened up presents, and watched Christmas movies. And of course we were able to skype with many of our family members which was special. Amazing to believe that it's all over and we need to start taking down the decorations already!
Hoping your holidays were wonderful!
1 comment:
Looks like you guys had a nice time celebrating the holiday. I'm with you...I wouldn't mind the tradition of dipping in a pool each Christmas!
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