Goodbye 2016! May Daddy be home soon and may this year be filled with love and prosperity! Hello 2017!
Category: Family First
Moments, events, and lessons learned in our life as a family unit. / Momentos, eventos y lecciones aprendidas en familia .
La Feria de Cali and the best Christmas gift
The best Christmas gift I got this past holiday season was definitely my sister’s visit during la Feria 59 de Cali
Christmas Eve 2016
Unlike the States where families get together on Christmas day, in Colombia and most Latin American countries we get together on Christmas Eve, known in Spanish as Noche Buena.
Novena of Aguinaldos at Grandpa´s
Yesterday on the 6th day before Christmas we attended the Novena of Aguinaldos at Grandpa’s place. A Catholic custom we are loving in Colombia!
Cousins, cannon balls and cake!
One of the best parts of the holiday season is spending time with family that you don’t get to see all year round. This past Sunday we got to spend time with cousins Judy, Judita and Algis, the last two live in Birmingham, England and Miami respectively. We also got to meet Judita’s boyfriend a nuclear…
We lit up the night with family and friends
On the eve of December 7, the front porch of almost every home in Colombia is lit up with candles in honor of the Immaculate Conception.