It's been a whirlwind month full of travel and activities.
We traveled to
Nebaj, in the highlands, to visit a partner and two of our workers. It's about a 7 hour drive.
A few days later we traveled 9 hours by bus to Honduras for a week of meetings with our bosses and reps from Nicaragua and Honduras. It was a good week to connect, and the girls always have a blast with the kids of the reps from Nicaragua. We are very sad that this was our last meeting with them before them move back to the States. I don't know what Ellie will do without them in future meetings.

During our trip, the girls had their first sleepover. Michael was "dad of the year," and facilitated the sleepover with 4 girls. They had a blast, and now Ellie wants to have all her friends over for sleepovers.
After Honduras we celebrated Hazel's 2nd birthday with a little party at our house.
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The kids decorated sugar cookies. I think it was a first for many of her friends. |
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There may have been licking involved. |
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We played "cake walk," unintentionally introducing it to our Guatemalan friends. |
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It's practically unheard of to have a birthday part without a piñata. In fact, birthday parties are often just called, "piñatas." This was Hazel's first time willing to hit the piñata alone, or at all. Normally she has a lot of fear. Actually, when it came around to her turn again, she changed her mind and preferred to watch. |
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The scramble for the candy! |
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Hazel's amiga wanted to help her blow out her candles. |
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My happy birthday girl. |
Two days later, a quick 3-day trip to El Salvador to pick up one of our one-year workers who ended her time with us. Then Michael went to Lake Atitlan to pick up our other one-year worker. Let's just say Michael has put a lot of hours behind the wheel over the last month.
A few days later, we went on a team retreat to Livingstone, on the Caribbean Sea, near Belize (next blog will be pictures of our awesome trip). We are happy to be home and back into somewhat of a routine for the next few weeks.
Deep breath.
1 comment:
wanted to remind you that we are reading along.
- the bergens
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