thanksgiving

I almost forgot to tell y'all about our Thanksgiving. Last Thursday we were all in the kitchen cooking and cleaning and trying to make our house seem more like being home. We made a turkey and dressing, potatoes, green bean casserole, pecan pie, the works!

It was the five of us that live at the Makarios house (me, Robin, Cara, Kate, and Sharla plus the twins of course), Weston, Jennie, Miguel, Miguel's nephew Blady (who they have been taking care of), Ben White who came up from Santiago, Cristina who works with us at the school with her husband and children. So we had a full house!

Though, I must admit, nothing like being at home with family because when we all get together for holidays the number is closer to 50!


Here we are all sitting down together in the picture above and below is a picture of Cristina's family: Junior, Cristina, Armando, Ruth, and Claudio.

The rest of the weekend was really enjoyable too. We went to Jarabacoa which is in the mountains and stayed with a couple named Chad and Krista and their two girls.

Chad and Krista started a school in Jarabacoa and they also have a coffee farm. The coffee that is grown on it is what is used at the coffee shop Dominican Joe in Austin, TX that Sharla opened last year. It was really cool to see that property and all that was on it. We were also able to see some actual work on the coffee that was pretty cool too.

Below are some pictures from the weekend.