While E and B were pretty picky eaters (no surprise there!), Naamen loved just about anything you put in front of him. He seemed especially fond of kibbeh, a Lebanese dish I grew up eating.
And of course, one of my greatest highlights of the trip was being reunited with my forever friend Valerie, now with three kids herself (!!!). By the end of the trip, our children had become "forever friends" as well :)
On a Saturday morning, while Naamen napped, we took the older kids to the town's market to do some shopping and to give them "the experience." They had a lot of fun and even got to buy some toys for themselves.
And then pool time with both Valerie's and my family. I don't think we had ever been able to do it before.
The kids really enjoyed napping in the hammocks while we were there. If it were up to them, they would have slept there as well, but we didn't want them to in fear that they may fall during the night. An afternoon nap didn't seem that threatening.
We were in Mexico during two Sundays, and although my aunt's house is a 45 minute drive from my mom's house, it's only a five minute drive to our church. So on both Sundays we went to visit my aunt early in the morning, and then headed to the 10:30 AM service at church. Here they are at my aunt's table, enjoying their second breakfast of tropical fruit (mango and zapote), in addition to other treats.
One of the Lord's kindeses during our trip was seeing this boy and his family. Both his mom and dad are friends of ours and were both co-workers of both Byron and I at some point. His dad had been recently diagnosed with cancer and was undergoing chemo (still is!). We were not sure if we'd be able to see them during our visit, but on Sunday while driving around the town to show the kids our old house and the school we used to work at, we ran into them!!! What an unexpected blessing that was!!!!
And speaking of unexpected blessings, that same Sunday while at Walmart shopping for goggles for the kids, we ran into our dear, dear, dear friend Alex!!!!! He is one of my sister's best friends and it was such a joy to see him since we weren't really planing on visiting with him. He was so kind to the children as well and even bought them each a treat from the store. Thank you, Uncle Alex!
And also that same Sunday (yes, SAME Sunday), we met our good friends Luis and Cristina and their two children for dinner and fun that night.
This picture makes me laugh at Byron napping in his hammock, with faithful Doggie and his right index finger in his mouth.
Byron returned to the States after six days in Merida, but the fun continued after he left. My mom took us to the town's zoo on morning. We had a lot of fun!
We even got to get on the zoo's train and ride in it twice. What memories this day brought! I remember taking this same train around the zoo many, many times over the years as a child.
(I still have a good bit more pictures to post of our trip, but it's getting late and I must head to bed. Hopefully I can work on it some more later this week... Until then, night night!)
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