This was our 4th Christmas in Ecuador and being away from home isn't
easy. Skype definitely helps, but it just isn't the same and our
families don't want to stay connected by Skype all day, so we have our
visit and then they get back to their Christmas. In our families,
Christmas day is THE DAY. Its when we open all the presents. Its when
we eat all day long and its when we are with family. Here in Ecuador
Christmas eve is a much more important day than Christmas Day. As you
know, the hospital always has 3 residents and 3 interns from Hospital
Vozandes in Quito. With doctors schedules none of them were able to go
home for the holidays so it gave us a chance to have "family" for
Christmas dinner. We had a full spread with turkey, dressing, gravy,
cranberry sauce, roasted parsnips, corn (real corn on the cob is a special thing for us when we can find it), green beans, pumpkin
cheesecake and of course chocolate pecan pie. It was so fun and made
our Christmas a little more like home. Since one of the residents and one of the interns had to cover the emergency room, they came later for dessert. This group has been very special to us- they are all wonderful people and will be even better physicians!
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| Sebastiao is wearing his new Seattle jersey he received for Christmas. |
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| Isabella lost her front tooth a few weeks before Christmas so she decided to fill in the space with a kernal of corn. |
I will talk to Dad about setting up Skype in the living/dining room. Do you really want the "live" experience? Miss all of you, Granny
ReplyDeleteWe are brave! We are brave! We are Brave! just keep repeating that to get ready for the "live" experience. Love you!!
DeleteI'm guessing Sebastiao took the group picture?
ReplyDeleteWhat would give you that idea? ha ha, yes, he took 2 actually. This was the better of them. We have a little work to do.
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