We started back to school on Monday, January 2. Not everyone was excited about beginning the second semester. I have not done a good job lately of posting about our homeschool days. Things are going well. We are currently on week 25 of 36. Yay! January and February are typically hard months of school. Everyone is just in a slump. We are looking forward to getting over the hump and sliding into spring with a lighter load.
We attended a Three King's Day celebration in Guatemala City with friends and their church. We played basketball, baseball, and had a typical meal together. It was a fun way to spend a Saturday afternoon/ evening.
Everyone brought a coffee mug and played the white elephant game. This was the mug Cruz came home with.
Our volunteer, Terrie, joined us to watch the college football championship game. She is from Georgia and was cheering on the Bulldogs. We had pizza, popcorn, and cake for our meal.
I make this football cake every year for the championship game.
We got to spend an afternoon at a local coffee shop visiting with a family who was visiting Guatemala and talking with them about their call to missions. We had been emailing each other for months and it was nice to get to chat in person.
While the parents talked, the kids played ping pong.
Terrie and I attended the first WMU meeting of the year at the Baptist church in Parramos. They will begin meeting every Saturday afternoon and I look forward to joining them when I can.
At the end of the service they served everyone tamales and coffee.
my plate
Terrie, Cruz, and I spent an afternoon at the market. Afterwards we enjoyed a coffee break at a shop in town.
Sunset view from the coffee shop.
I started this new study of the book of Deuteronomy on the First 5 app.
I also started this great study with a group of moms on Wednesday afternoons.
A view of Agua volcano from our house.
David and I are continuing to enjoy our Friday afternoon coffee dates while the boys are at Awana class. On this particular week we had chocolate churros.
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Cruz got invited to spend the day at a water park.
Cruz and Canon
Cruz going down the water slide.
On the same day, Ben got invited on a separate outing with his tennis friend Josue. They spent the afternoon at Earth Lodge. We are all thankful for friends!
David attended a pastor's meeting.
We made a weekend trip to Quetzaltenango to visit with the Stones and Lauren. You can read about that trip HERE.
Terrie, Shireen, and I made a visit to a local organic farm that my friend Amy has.
We enjoyed learning about all the things they grow.
At the end of the month David and I had a work trip to Lima, Peru. It was our first trip under our new roles. It was also our first trip to take ever without the boys. That really stretched me! We all did fine and I am hoping that it will get much easier as time goes on.
volcano view as we left Guatemala City
A delicious Peruvian meal we had for lunch one day.
Cruz sent me this photo one evening showing me how far apart we were.
We left them in the great care of our volunteer Terrie. In addition to doing school with them, they did other fun activities like baking cookies together, going to play basketball, playing board games and cards, and playing mini-golf.
Lastly, we bought them the perfect souvenirs at a market in Lima. They both love hoodies!
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