MERRY CHRISTMAS

Merry Christmas 

Christmas

It is always hard not being "home" for the holidays.  But we 

had a fun day with the kids, especially watching them opening gifts.

For their last gift from us they had to go on a scavenger hunt.  It was a lot

of fun and then it ended it the girls room with their gifts there. Here is Abram 

when he found his "car."

Addie and Annie Lynne each got an American Girl doll

that they have been asking for the last year.  They love

dolls and these will get lots of special attention!!! 

 Ayden got a magic kit, she is always wanting to play tricks on us

and now she has some tools!

 After cleaning up lots of sticky drool, I decided the bathtub

was the only good place for him to eat his candy cane!

Our tank problem

One of our water tanks fell over.  So on Christmas Eve Kirk spent the day

trying to drain the water out of that tank and into the other one.  It is never

a good thing to lose that much water!!!  Of course, Abram had to "help"

every step of the way.  

Local School Bus

This is not an uncommon sight, but every time we are behind a truck filled

with people like this one, especially kids, I hold my breath!  These kids all

had on their uniforms, so they must be returning home from school.  

They thought it was so funny when they saw me taking a picture of them

from our van, and they all started waving and posing.  We still have a little

ways to go before they have real seat belt laws that are enforced :)

Christmas Party

I did a Christmas party for some neighbors and friends.  About

20 women ended up coming and about 10 kids.

I wish I could have taken pictures, but all the women had 

their faces uncovered so no cameras allowed!

It was crazy! but a lot of fun.  I had made lots of 

sugar cookies and icing for them to decorate and 

thanks to a friend from the states, I had some angel

ornaments for them to make.  They loved

decorating the cookies and doing the ornaments. 

It was a lot of fun to watch.  I was also able to talk a little

about why we celebrate Christmas and show a movie in 

their language about who Christmas is about!

 The kids got to each decorate one as examples before the crowd arrived.

 This was all the food I made, lots of American goodies!  However, the biggest

hit was the store bought pretzels.  Next year I won't spend so much time

in the kitchen!

Abram and G

Abram loves G now.  I'm studying 5 days a week so they have lots

of time together!  She is always dressing him up and taking him out

side to swing.  It is so nice for me not to have to think/worry about

him while I'm trying to study.

Dressing up

All the kids like it when the nationals will dress them up.

No matter how much I practice I can never get it just like them.