Medina Christmas Season, 2015

The best part of this Christmas season, hands down, was having my parents here with us.  In a distant second was the air conditioner, since the week before Christmas is the only time of the year we let ourselves run it during the day.  

4th Graders being silly
HOPAC’s Annual Christmas production:  The only year we’ve had grandparents here to watch it!
Our annual Christmas celebration at Water World with co-workers and friends.
Johnny and his buddy Aaron

Johnny’s first time ever decorating a gingerbread house. Didn’t take him long to get into it.

At Dar es Salaam’s only revolving restaurant.  Except that it wasn’t revolving that day.  We really weren’t that surprised….
We hosted a party for our mission team.
Johnny had just received the photo book I made him of all his pictures, past and present.  He got it out and showed it to just about everybody at the party that day.  “Yook!  John Jeremiah Medina!” he would say, pointing at the cover.
Daddy’s homemade racetrack keeps Johnny busy for hours.

Skyping with people we love:  a Christmas tradition.