Merry Christmas!

We had a hard time getting a good family photo this year!

We got some good ones of the kids, though.

Kai James, 7

Ezra William, 5

Jude Paul, 3

Koa Jeffrey, 1

4 brothers

I love this one, too.  But the winning photo is...

Ta da!  Merry Christmas!

From sunny Costa Rica, wishing you a joyful holiday season filled with love and laughter!

Crazy Storm

So I don't know if it's on the news or not, but we're having a really crazy storm here on the Pacific side of Costa rica.  Did you see my turtle post from yesterday?  Well the photo below is the EXACT spot where two nights ago we watched the turtle lay her eggs.  It has now turned into a river!

We went to check out the devastation on the beach - it's pretty crazy!

Kai found a light bulb!

On a more serious note - one of the communities my husband's been working with lives right on a riverbank - they had to be evacuated and are in a temporary shelter.  Many people have lost their homes and even their lives.  And the rain continues.  Tonight it's supposed to rain even more, so we ask for your prayers.

Costa Rica, día de la independencia

We spent the week in San Jose last week, while my husband was teaching in one of the Bible courses going on there.  In the middle of the week was Costa Rican Independence day and my friends, Gaby and Karen, convinced me to go downtown with them to watch the parades.  I was thinking it was going to be a disaster!  Taking the boys on the bus, fighting the crowds, trying to hold onto all the little hands... you can imagine!  But, I thought, why not?  Let's go for it!

Gaby holding Koa

Me and Karen - we had seven children with us between the three of us!

A little girl in the adorable traditional outfit

The parade!

We stopped in Plaza de la Cultura to feed pigeons - this is our friend Renate who was brave enough to come with us as well!

My little surfers

Our new place... i LOVE it!

moving in progress

I haven't been posting because we are moving and it's a crazy time to say the least. I'm not really great at transitions. Luckily I am so busy with packing and getting ready, I don't have time to wrap my brain around what is actually happening. People keep asking me if I'm excited. Honestly, I have so many different emotions right now, I don't even know how to begin to express it. So I won't. I'll just get busy and keep moving and I'm sure I will post more later all about it!