Fourth of July and the celebration was welcoming the family

Note: the pictures are not in the order of the events of the week.

On July 4th, Marc and Amy and Ryan and Andrea and the families came. We are so excited to have them come. We met them at the airport and came to our apartment. We had something to eat before we took them to President and Sister Burks and up to the Thompson's apartment where they were finally able to sleep. On Saturday we went for a walk to Paiz, where we walk to shop. Then we stopped at San Martin's for lunch before going to Mercado Central.

On Tuesday, July 2, we were invited to have lunch with Hermana (sister) Orillana's home. She had invited the Barlows to come with us. Hermana Orillana called the meal a late breakfast. On the menu were eggs, beans, fruit with a plantano desert. She had some citrus fruit trees in the yard. She gave us some lemons and limes. 

this is the biggest lemon we have ever seen. it came off one of Sister Orillana's lemon tree.

Joan, Sister Orillana and Sister Barlow

In Sister Orillana's home

Here we are with our husbands and Sister Orillana

The neighbor across the field

Citrus trees

One of the two guest houses

back of the house

Hermana Orillana gave us some limes and a BIG lemon

Their side yard with someone working in the yard

Sunday afternoon activities

we had dinner here with the Smylies

that will be on next weeks blog

Britain braiding Brooklyn's hair

Playing games

Talking

fixing yoyo's

another game

We went to San Martin for lunch on Saturday. We really like San Martins for a meal out.

some are having a sword fight with the bread sticks

some ate the bread sticks

and Justin made walrus tusks

waiting for the mini bus to pick us up to go to Mercado Central

There is the orange mini van

Bubs on the fold out seat

at Mercado Central there was a little baby in this cage. They must have put her there so they could work and not loose her. She looks old enough to be crawling

watching the pigeons

feeding the pigeons

We were invited to President Burks to have dinner with their family who was also visiting.

President Burks son is standing in the doorway and his wife and one son is sitting by the doorway

Britain, Ellie and Justin

Jacob is in the middle chair

We had dinner in the indoor patio

Family group picture by the temple on the way to church on Sunday morning