~Sight-seeing in Bogota, and Christmas #2~

~Here Phillip is presenting Daddy and Moma to our church their first Thursday night here!  Daddy didn't speak that night, but the Lord really helped him as he spoke on Sunday. (pics coming soon.)~

~Daddy had requested that we take them to see the house of Simon Bolivar...which is who liberated Colombia.  Here we are walking to that house and Moma is enjoying some FRESH YUMMY MANGO!~

~Here we are in front of that house.  They used cow bones (possibly of their spine) to fill in the cracks between the tiles on the walk where we are standing.  The tree to the right of the picture is around 300 years old.~

~My Sweet Daddy and Mom~

~Our sweet Mary wearing a fun gray hat and a "new to her" jumper from her friend Allyssa Fish from IN. =)~

~These are the cable cars we were fixin' to get on to go up the mountain.~

~At Simon Bolivar's house they were celebrating 100 years of Colombia and Bolivia being friends!~

~Our family with the Colombian flag.  (Elijah got his own "socks" and shoes on that day, and his hat had his hair going every-which-way.  But, we LOVE our little "Dennis the Menace" to pieces!  =)~

~Some beautiful flowers growing in the neat garden there.~

~The cable car coming down right before we got on one.~

~Phillip snapped this of us waiting in line to get on the cable car.~

~And here's hatless Mary who got cut out of the picture above.~

~Daddy requested we take a picnic up to the mountain.  It was raining when we got there, but we found a little ledge to be under, and the Lord helped it to quit soon! =)~

~I snapped this fun picture of our delightful picnic (plus other sweet things not pictured) with the beautiful city of Bogota below!~

~It was such a very SPECIAL time together with Daddy and Moma!~

~The pretty mountains and clouds around us.~

~Having fun together after our meal.~

~Kimberly took this and had to include her COKE in the left-hand corner!~

~A fun bell and restaurant up there on the mountain.~

~Kimberly had fun snapping these pictures trying to get cute little Mary in her sweet little gray hat!~

~Love this picture...love this little girl!~ =)

~Mary slipped and SAT DOWN in a puddle, so we had to remove her jean jumper and "hang it to dry" on her stroller, and wrap her up in blankets.  (Sound familiar Daryl and Brittany?  Remember Elijah falling into the fountain last time?! =)~

~Then we crowded into the big red bus to go home.~

~We had some very excited kids on that bus...for when we got home we were going to have CHRISTMAS from Gramp and Gram. =)~

~Here comes santa claus Gramp and Gram with Christmas for our family! =)~

~Since they had to bring our kids' schoolwork for next year, they were running out of room in their suitcases.  So, knowing that gift bags would weigh more and be bulky...Gram brought vanilla scented plastic bags in which to put our Christmas gifts. =)  Here's little Mary receiving her little doll from Gramp and Gram.~

~Gram with Kimberly and Sarah's gifts.~

~Mary's doll was a hit!~

~Enjoying opening all of our gifts!~

~Me opening up my gift.  Moma told me that she also has a lovely set of flannel sheets for me back in the USA...that were too heavy to bring!~

~Phillip opening his nice winter shirt.~

~Here I'm giving Daddy and Moma an Argentine "Mate" cup and straw from us for their collection of things from various countries on their red desk at home!~

~Mary and Elijah in their new little sleepers that Gramp and Gram gave them.  We all enjoyed our Christmas gifts from Gramp and Gram.~ 

~Then we settled back to hear some more of the very interesting book The Magic Garden that Gram was reading to us!~

 Up soon our Lord's day together!