We made it!!!

After 3 planes we finally made it to Flores, Guatemala. We were greeted with unusually cool weather and high winds. It is actually a blessing because the unusually cool weather is 75. Soon it will be back in the 90's but we are enjoying this midway temp. jump. We were welcomed into our friends home with open arms and spent the afternoon and evening catching up on what had been happening since the last time we saw them 4 years ago. So far the kids love it and are excited to have more extended family, especially there 11 yr old daughter Albana. I am going to go for now but will write more soon. We love and miss you all.

Waiting 3 1/2 hours for our plane that was delayed.

New Friends



Lake Peten in the background

Homeless!

We have officially moved out of our house and are almost finished packing our bags for Guatemala. We leave tomorrow at 7am and will be in Guatemala for 6 months. I will do my best to post weekly updates on the blog to keep everyone updated with how things are going in our family. Thank you all for your love, support and prayers!Here are a few fun moving pictures.

Happy 1st Birthday Josiah!

A year ago today!

Guatemala here we come!

It is official. We have purchased our plane tickets and will be headed to Guatemala on February 23rd. We will be there until August 18th. We are excited to do ministry work again full-time as well as visit the many Guatemalan friends we have. It is going to be a great adventure. I will post more about this soon.

Cousins

Here are a couple of cute pictures of the cousins. Isaac is in the back and Josiah is in the front on the left.

Fun Christmas photos

Josiah opening his first Christmas present

Isaac decorating the tree

Isaac as a shepard in the church Christmas program

Josiah in a Santa hat

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our family and friends!

We have had a wonderful year. The year started off with a bang as we welcomed our second little boy, Josiah Joel, into our family. He was born February 8th at 11pm. Life with 2 kids has kept us busy.
Craig has continued to work for the company Out On A Limb Tree Service. He stays in shape climbing trees every day! He also fills in during slow times doing projects for family and friends. I (Jennifer) have been blessed with the ability to stay home and raise our kids full-time. I have been involved with a group called MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers)and have loved having a chance to help out with that as well as meet other moms who are in the same stage of life as me. They have become wonderful friends. Isaac turned 3 in June. He is outgoing, loves playing with his friends, and makes us laugh every day. In October Isaac finally gave in to the idea of being potty trained. This is very telling of his personality, once he sets his mind to something it is easily accomplished. From that day on we have only had a couple of accidents. Josiah is now 10 months old. He has the most contagious and beautiful smile and laugh you have ever heard. He is very clingy to mom and dad but lately has been more adventurous with other people. Crawling and cruising along furniture have brought him great freedom and he loves it!
All in all we have had a great year full of hikes, camping, bike rides, family time, naps, and lots of play dates with friends! We feel extremely blessed that you are part of our lives.
This next year we are planning a grand adventure to Guatemala as a family. We hope to leave in February (2 months from now, WOW!) and stay there for 4-6 months. We are still working out some of the details but there are 2 ministries we would like to help out and several friends we would like to visit. It should be exciting and we will let you know more soon as the details unfold.
Thanks for you love, support and prayers.
Love,
Craig, Jennifer, Isaac (3), Josiah (10 months) Pratt