Holiday Celebrations

This may be our busiest holiday yet. My mom came down to visit for Thanksgiving and ever since then we have been on the go with holiday parties and events.

For Thanksgiving we had an amazing spread (thanks to Hallie Saylor's dad's famous Cajun Fried Turkey) and even more amazing time hanging out with family and friends. Besides my mom visiting, Michael and Erica Jarrett came down from Waco and celebrated with us. Gina, another missionary who lives down here joined us as well.

Michael, Erica, and Tex puzzling.

The Jarrett's brought their dogs so we had a little dog park at our house for a few days. Their dogs, Gypsy and Solo, are Huck's sisters so it was kind of like a family reunion!


My mom bought us an early Christmas present. Tex and I have been eyeing these hand made chairs and table for over a year. We think they are so beautiful and we use them a lot even as the weather is getting cooler.

A few nights before that we had a dinner party with members of our Tuesday night bible study - The Gathering. We ate delicious homemade Pozale. This is a yummy soup made with shredded meat, dried chiles and hominy. You garnish it with lettuce, radishes and chopped onion. It is so good on a cold night!

We also recently celebrated Katt's birthday. Katt Lovejoy (coolest last name ever) is a missionary from Colorado. She lives with us upstairs in one of the bedrooms. She teaches first grade and English to the kids at Nava School. She is such an asset to the school and we are so fortunate to have her live with us. We went to a little restaurant to celebrate called La Casita. They are famous for their empanadas. They are hand-made and have all sorts of different fillings to choose from.

We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends here that make the holidays so much easier for us to be away from our families.