Thanksgiving

We were able to spend Thanksgiving in Trujillo with Steve's family and our other missionary co-workers. We had a great day together! Our camera has been acting up and not all of the pictures turned out, but there are enough of them for you to understand that we have much for which to be thankful!!! :)

The Peruvian Mafia...scary, huh?!

Notice that she is able to stick her tongue out, even though her teeth are together! She has recently lost 6 teeth right in front and only 2 are starting to come in...makes for a cute smile! :)


Hey, how does this thing work, anyway?

Game time!

Enjoying the fellowship

Life is never dull at our house

Lunch with Lukey

Caleb and Claudia fixed "lunch" for Lukey,a doll that has been a part of our family since Lili was about his age. Recognize the outfit, Grandma? :)

Giving Lukey a hug...

Caleb's cheesy smile for the camera. I caught him in mid-smile so it doesn't quite have the effect that it normally does. He usually has his eyes squinted and his nose all wrinkled up. We are not sure where he got this, but it is what he does every time he sees the camera!

Mid-morning movie and munchies

Celebration day

Here are a few pictures from Sunday when we celebrated the official organization of our church...Iglesia Bautista Gracia. There weren't very many pictures because we were all so busy that taking pics kind of slipped our minds at the time. Praise God with us for what He is doing in Chimbote!

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

All I want for Christmas are my 2 front teeth...

The dangers of having 3 older sisters...

Tali's Party Pics

Here are some pics from Tali's birthday party...a bit late. "The cousins" were staying with us for a couple of days that week, leaving the night before her birthday, so she wanted to celebrate early while they were there. Grandpa and Grandma came down from Trujillo for the day, too. She was so excited to be able to celebrate with everyone! She wanted a princess theme. Her sisters and cousins dressed her up like a little princess for the occasion and she loved every minute of it! The pics are a bit out of order, but you get the idea. :) You'll notice that she has a nice little hole there in her smile...she thought it was pretty nifty that she pulled her tooth on her birthday.

Happy 6th Birthday, Tali!

Happy 12th Birthday, Lili!

12 Years of Lili...Happy Birthday! (Edited...now with a few baby pics)

Today is Lili's 12th birthday! In honor of that I've posted some favorite pics. They are in reverse order at the moment because I was having problems loading them...that will have to get fixed another day. So, if you want to see them in order just go to the bottom of the post! Ha! :) Actual birthday pics from today will be in a different post.

The All-Church Olympics

Caleb enjoying a peanut butter sandwich

First day of school and new desks

Lili's new desk...notice the board on the floor in front of her desk...that is to keep the little munchkin out of the area where there are lots of temptations! He could easily climb over it, but thankfully he hasn't realized that yet! :)

The little munchkin keeping himself occupied on the first day of school, playing in one of the boxes that our school books came in. His sisters thought it would be funny to put a girl bib on him...he decided it made a better cape.

Tali in her new desk, very excited to start 1st grade!

Claudi in her "new to her" desk that is already almost too small for her...sigh. We will have to rearrange again, but that can wait a bit.

More of Caleb's antics during school.

Mommy's school books. I was going to remove the pile of socks waiting for matches, but decided it was more realistic this way. :)

Caleb finally sitting at his desk to "work."