Life Lately April 2025

 Here is a look at some family activities during the month of April.

 

We began the month with a fabulous work trip to Mexico to visit a few of our IMB missionary families.

 

 

We spent a weekend in Quetzaltenango to visit our teammates and attend a retirement party for the Stones.

 

 

We officially have another teenager in our house.  Ben turned thirteen on April 16th.

 

 

David and I enjoyed a morning outing to see the carpets on Good Friday morning.

 

 

We celebrated Easter Sunday with a sunrise service at the cross that overlooks Antigua.

 

 

And, we celebrated our 29th wedding anniversary. 

April is always a busy celebration month for us!

 

 

Our homeschool wall decorated for the month of April.

 

Ben is taking an art class this quarter at Encounter Academy.  Here he is with two of his best buds. 

 

 

Cruz had two more dissections to complete for his Biology class.   He dissected a frog.

 

 

He also dissected a perch. 

Thankfully he has a wonderful dad who does not have a queasy stomach and was able to help him with all four of his dissections this year.  I, on the other hand, would not have been able to do it! 

 

 

Cruz began an online driver's ed course.  He will turn fifteen in May, and we plan for him to take his permit test in the U.S. this summer.  The purpose of the course is to prepare him for the test.  Having grown up in Guatemala, he is not very familiar with U.S. road rules and signs. Driving here is a little different, lol.  In addition to the course, we have been taking him out to practice driving. Thankfully, we have an older personal vehicle that he can use to practice driving.  It is a standard, which can be a challenge, but he is mastering it quickly. 

 

 

We are excited about the arrival of May.  We'll not only celebrate Cruz's birthday but also Mother's Day and the end of the school year.  It is also one month closer to our Stateside Assignment!  What we are most looking forward to is an adventurous family vacation trip in May that we have had planned for a few years. We cannot wait to be exploring the great outdoors together!

 

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