Easter 2026

 Easter week was also our Spring Break week.  It was nice to have some time off from school.  

 

David and I got up before the sun on Good Friday morning.  We walked into town to see the beautiful sawdust carpets.  It is our Good Friday tradition.  Below are just a few of the photos I took.

 

 

 

 

Here's a YouTube video I made showing all the carpets. 

 

We stopped for breakfast at Cafe Condesa.  That is another Good Friday tradition we have. 

 

David's breakfast 

 

Always a good choice for breakfast.

 

 

We had another early morning on Easter Sunday.  We got up for a service at the cross above Antigua.  I had the boys Easter gifts out waiting for them. Their bags were full of snacks and chocolate.  

 

I got this beautiful coffee cup from San Martin.  

I love collecting these!  

 

 

The backside of my cup. 

 

 

We drove up the mountain to the cross for worship.  It was cool and cloudy when we arrived. 

 

Our family on Easter Sunday morning. 

 

 

After the service we drove back into town and enjoyed breakfast at Hector's Bistro.  

 

 

It was still early when we returned home so the guys headed to the gym.  I went out for a walk.  Here's a view of the cross from my walk. 

 

I returned home and cooked lunch.  Thankfully I had done most of my prep cooking on Saturday.  Here's my table for Easter.  This runner and place mats were a gift from a sweet volunteer team member a few years ago.  I love putting it out each year.

 

 

For lunch we had pulled pork I had pre-bought from Pappy's BBQ in town.  To go with it I made a carrot souffle, corn casserole, deviled eggs, green beans, lima beans, rolls, and a chocolate chess pie.  It was delicious!   

Life Lately March 2024

Here is a look at our family life over the past month. 

 

The boys began the month at a youth group outing to Irtra, which is a theme park in Guatemala City. They had an extremely fun day.

 

Cruz with his friend Canon at Irtra.

 

We had several game nights in March.  This particular time we were playing Aggravation.

 

Our local mall hosted a weekend of inflatables.  Ben enjoyed getting to play on a recent Sunday afternoon.

 

 

 

Cruz playing video games and talking to his friend at the same time.

 

Ben helped me in the kitchen a lot last month.  Here he is making chocolate chip cookies.

 

Ben making a chicken pot pie.

 

baking chocolate chip banana bread

 

 

Cruz washing dishes as part of his weekly chores.

 

We made a trip into Guatemala City to renew Cruz's passport.  He looks so grown up in this new photo!

 

You have to provide progression photos from the last time he got a new passport.  I always use birthday pictures.  It's fun to look back at how he has changed over the years.   This was the last passport we will renew in Guatemala.  When this one expires in five years, he'll be a freshman in college. 

 

I love this ceiling view from a local restaurant in Antigua.   It is very cheery and colorful!

 

I attended a brunch outing to celebrate my sweet friend Melanie's birthday. We had a fun time of fellowship around the table.

 

 

Homeschool is going great.  We took a week off for Spring Break/ Semana Santa.  After this current week, we only have six more weeks left before summer break!! We are all ready!  

 

As part of our Bible class we listen to an audio book missionary biography.  In March we learned about Francis Asbury and Samuel Zwemer.  During one of our classes the boys got out our old playdoh set and passed the time listening and building.  It was fun to watch them!

 

Ben and his friend Josue on a supper outing to Wendy's. 

 

the boys at Wendy's in Antigua

 

Cruz and I on an afternoon coffee date in Antigua.

 

David had a work trip to Mexico.  He spent part of the trip showing our boss around some of the Indigenous work areas there.  They had a wonderful time visiting with several of our IMB missionary families.

 

 

I was sad to miss out on these fun fellowship meal times!

 

He ended his trip helping lead a training for our Spanish language school students.

 

We were excited to pick him up at the airport when he returned home to Guatemala!  Here we are stopping for a meal on our drive back to Antigua.

 

I spent an evening out with friends looking at the sawdust carpets that were made in our neighborhood. Surprisingly, it was the only time I walked around and took pictures of carpets the whole season.

 

On Good Friday we took the boys to a go-cart park in Guatemala City.

 

On Easter Eve David attended the 33rd anniversary service for the Baptist church in San Andres Itzapa.

 

Lastly, we ended the month celebrating Easter.