David's Birthday 2018

This past Thursday (August 2) we celebrated David's birthday. 

We began the morning with banana pancakes and bacon for breakfast.

David's birthday breakfast

The boys presented him with homemade cards during breakfast.

We had a normal school day and then enjoyed a good lunch at home.  I had gotten up a little extra early that morning to put on a pot of red beans.  We had red beans, rice, and tortillas for lunch.  It is one of David's favorite meals.  For dessert we had lemon pie with chocolate and strawberries.  As you can see a little finger had wiped through the whipped cream before I took my photo.

We had our regular Thursday afternoon Bible study in Muyurco that afternoon.  When we returned down the mountain we drove over to Copan, Honduras for the night.  It was getting late by the time we arrived, checked in to our room, and went out for supper.  We went to Jim's Pizza which is one of our favorite places to eat there.  Afterwards we spent a little time walking around town and looking in a few shops before calling it a night.

We had hoped that the boys would sleep in a little later the next morning but just as always they were up bright and early around 6:00 a.m.  (sigh)  We had an early breakfast and then let them swim a little while in the pool.

Some days there is just not enough coffee to deal with all of this energy.

David had made plans to meet with a local pastor that morning.  I had taken our school work with us to do while he was gone.  One thing I love about homeschool is that we can keep it up even when we travel.

When the boys finished their lessons we walked down to the central park to let them skate.  We had packed their skates because we knew the open park area would be a great place to use them.

the boys at the central park in Copan, Honduras

We had lunch at Welchez Cafe and also coffee and dessert.  

strawberry cheesecake and carrot cake

Later that afternoon, while playing, Cruz lost another tooth.  It was a top front tooth.  It had already been a little loose.  Ben was spinning around swinging his fists and somehow connected with Cruz's mouth knocking his tooth out.  That was his fifth tooth to lose and makes three out of five that have been knocked out.  Those boys never cease to keep me a little on the stressed out side.

In spite of that we had a great little get-away.   It was a fun time for everyone and a relaxing way to celebrate David's birthday.  Thanks for all the wishes he received.  He felt very loved and prayed for all day long.