In December we got to celebrate Light the World and it's been a theme that has resonated everywhere I looked since. This particular event was pretty cool because these lovely folks gave the liveliest, happiest nativity I've seen. My favorite part was the excitement of Christ's birth with baby giggles and Mary dancing for joy. When we walked the temple grounds, one person's candle lit anothers and one by one we were all lighting the world. I have been lit by so many candles during my time in Ghana it's impossible to list them all. You know the saying that it takes a village to raise a family? I saw it firsthand as so many friends throughout the country took on and loved my children as my own. They would never hesitate to welcome us and show us love- giving any help or gifts they could think of. These are my hard working friends who worked at Crystal Friends. They not only did fabulous work, but every...
Here's the kiddos off to the start of their new school year. Middle School for Jaxon in 8th and Dylan in 6th. Elementary school for Bradyn in 4th and Lucy in 1st. I love that Lincoln Academy has them all together! A little peek into the sing along morning meeting. Lucy's the blondie in the middle. This is one of my favorite pictures of Lucy with her buddies Sara, Maleah and Tyler This is the only picture I got of our latest beach trip but it was so sweet to see our friend Grace (who couldn't get her wrist wet and surf as she would have liked) instead go and jump the waves with Lucy. Friendship has no age limits. Mark includes Jaxon and Dylan in his morning workout routines. They prepared well for the run for a cure 5K. Sweet they did too because they ran the whole thing and both Jaxon and Dylan completed it in less than 25 minutes. Way to go boys! Dylan got 2nd for his age group. Bradyn...
Our Highlight of spring break deserved its own post. Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary. We visited it twice and the guide walked us into the forrest where we could hold out a banana and the mona monkeys would come jump into our arms to peel and eat it.
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