Elena went to Utah

And then Elena went to Utah to take the ACT.  I flew with her because I had to leave the country for one day due to my tourist visa expiring.  

We tested out perfumes while waiting for our flight.  This was my favorite.

And this was Elena's favorite.

It was a red eye flight and I didn't sleep at all.  I used to be able to sleep on planes, now I think I'm about to go stir crazy on them instead.  I read a really good book by Amy Harmon though, so that was nice.

Leo gave us some Starbucks gift cards a passenger had given him, so we got some fruit juices for breakfast when we made it to Dallas.  

Elena got on another flight to Utah and I flew back to Colombia. 

This was Elena's photo, she made it to SLC!

She stayed with Kayli and Brett and they went and hung out with Megan and Jared so Elena got to go snowmobiling while in Utah.  Lucky dog.

She had a great time with Ethne.

Maybe this is Dallas?

Elena met up with Leo in Dallas and flew home with him.

Pretty photos from the flight home.

Efraim's Birthday

The Curans, this amazing family that has been friends with Leo's family and parents for years really wanted to get together with us, so we had dinner at our house.  It was soooo much fun!!  They had us laughing all evening.  We actually stayed at their house in 2009 for a couple of days when we were stuck in Colombia, and one of their sons co-signed on our rental agreement for our townhouse in Colombia. Anyway, it was fun and we celebrated Efraim's birthday that night too because that's when Leo could be home.

He loved his RC car!!!  Yay!  Happy 7th Birthday Efraim!!!

Random January Stuff 2.0

Silly Efraim.

Seriously, how perfect is the weather in Bogotá?!?!  I loved the weather there.

I don't know what this was from.

Jubal loved that tree.  Click below to see Jubal as a monkey.

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Elena's nails.

Another funky Dr. Suess tree.

One morning I had to go to the kids' school, I can't remember why, but then I walked to Pricesmart after.  It was a gorgeous morning. 

Literally rucked my groceries the whole time we lived there.

This was at Jumbo, an expensive import store that I almost never shopped at.  This was in the USA section, because of course we'd want Mac and Cheese.  Also it was silly because they had a bunch of spices you could already buy at most Colombian markets, like garlic powder. 

I was not impressed by the American food choices.

The beautiful poinsettia trees around the chapel.

The kids were trying to make stop motion with these.  I have about thirty photos of every stage of Hulk stomping that guy.

And this made me laugh.😂😂😂

First Day of School!!

Aww, Elena's so cute!!

The rest of the kids weren't as enthusiastic about taking photos. 

So Elena went to this parade of sorts that they do with the senior class.  They decorate all the cars and then drive to school together, probably much to the annoyance of all the other commuters.  😂. Like most things Colombian, they take it very seriously to go big. 

This was a random photo I got from Jubal's class. 

And what my kids were doing while not really understanding Spanish at all at this point.  Pobrecitos.  

And Sebastian's class schedule.