Christmas Day Potluck

Our first Christmas in Costa Rica! Hannah and Francisco came over for fruit-filled crepes for breakfast. So nice to have family around for the holiday! They had spent Christmas Eve in Puntarenas with Francisco's family. Check out this cool bike they picked up for Francisco's niece Samara. I bet that was one happy 4 year old!

 And here's BigJohn getting in the Christmas spirit with some galletas (cookies).

 Hannah was feeding the horses their Christmas apples.

 Hannah modeling her new outfit that Santa brought. Cute!

 And we are off up the trail to the Friend's School for the Quaker Christmas Potluck!

 Francisco is wearing his new shirt he got from Santa.

 See the cat on the roof? He lives at the library and is always at the school for important events.

 The Friends had roasted a pig and cooked up lots of chicken and everybody brought a dish. The food was great.

 Pax's dog Yogi shows off his Christmas ribbon.

 A view of the crowd.

 That's us at the table in the back.

 Bennito was there with the baby sloth. Glad to see it is doing well.

 After the potluck there was a Christmas gift exchange where all the gifts were handmade. Check out this bench for Benjamin.

 BigJohn and I took a sunset walk to the viewing platform.

 And the end of the day was spent watching the Black Guans come and go from the trees. We are so lucky to live in such a place!

PS BigJohn hasn't once asked when the Christmas tree is coming down. I don't think he even notices it because it isn't taking up floor space or dropping needles all over. I bet I can leave this hanging on the wall all year!