IOWA..state of all the land, joined on every hand...

This is the first post in a while.. This is a picture of our HOLIDAY...

I have alot more pictures but of course i forgot to take any pics on Christmas... This is just a snapshot of our lives for the last 3 weeks...

We arrived in good, old, freezing cold, Iowa, on December 15th and now we are back in Costa Rica... We had a wonderful Christmas and got to spend a lot of time with Family and friends... We got to see our two WONDERFUL NEPHEWS.. Jaden who turns 5 very soon, and Ethan, who is going a mile a minute...

Andy and i went and spent New Years Eve with our great friends who are in India, and came home for Christmas... This is a picture of dinner with them... We spent the evening ringing in the new year in Eureka Springs, Missouri.

And i got to hang out with my sister Melissa and brother Joe...

Melissa and I are doing ear candles in the picture.. If you have never done these, leave me a comment and i will tell you how grand they are!!!

Also Andy turned 25 on January 3rd or Iowa Caucus Night.. We had a fun time celebrating. The next night we ate at Buzzard Billy's and boy was it awesome.. He also got to go to a Iowa Hawkeye Wrestling meet with his dad, before we came to Chicago to come to Costa Rica.

Basically we spent the 3 weeks eating and playing games with family... It was very refreshing and we were so happy to go.. We are now starting our 2nd Trimester at school. We have new teachers, and a lot more students have joined us here in San Jose.. It is a good change, it is good to be learning again. A little overwhelming, but good. We are studying and thanking God for the oppurtunity..

We had an amazing Christmas, and i believe it is because we know what the true meaning is and how precious every day is.

So that is what is happening to catch you up to speed.