Belize Navidad

December has been busy!We visited the Spice Farm and took a tour to see what all of my favorite spices look like while growing.

We loved eating cinnamon leaves so much that we bought a cinnamon tree addition to our family! His name is Leif.

The kids finished up with school and came out on an overnight clinic with me.

San Vicente

Arts and crafts came in handy when one of our patients had difficulty keeping track of her medications. Deirdre and a visiting physician made this pill box out of tongue depressors.

The kids were great sports and went swimming in the jungle river with me after dark. The stars are amazing out on the Guatemalan border and floating in the river you can look up and see jungle trees with an explosion of stars in between. It is magical.
We slept on the floor of the clinic in Jalacte underneath mosquito nets.

The next day, they made turkey gloves which served to amuse some of our smaller clients.

 Then, for our last weekend, we sailed with the Finneys and other friends back to the abandoned resort for some snorkeling and island fun. Deirdre and Brennan were a little freaked out by the sting rays and barracudas. We got to see spotted eagle rays, too!

 Then we sailed out further to West Snake Caye.

It was a beautiful send off.
We traveled on Tuesday and came back to the states. The kiddos are enjoying Christmas with their dad and I am enjoying time with my sister before heading out to Uganda in a couple of days. No internet there, so I will update when I return!
Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!