Following in Mother's Footsteps

I know that it's probably not a challenge, but can you guess which combination of daughter-shoes this is? Yep, it's Jordan. She has this thing for walking around in her mother's shoes and today she wanted a picture of her feet in the shoes.

A nice smile from Jordan

I was playing with the camera on my phone and Jordan actually wanted her picture taken! (Normally she won't pose because she's too interested in seeing the outcome)

This one turned out nicely,

Interesting sight in the evening sky

As I was talking with the security guard outside our house tonight, I saw this sight in the western sky. I'm far from an astronomy guru, so I had to look it up online (which wasn't a really straight-forward process) and, if what I found is correct, this is the planet Venus that's in close (apparent, that is) proximity to the moon.

Isn't she lovely!

A new Marcette has arrived in Honduras!  Born on Dec. 31, 2008, she’s the daughter of our friend, Lupe, who named her Estefani Marcette.  I feel so honored!  And I’m anxious to see her for myself; I’ve never met another Marcette before!  Please pray that this little one will remain healthy and that she will come to know Jesus as her Savior at an early age.   And isn’t she just beautiful!  (I know – looks just like me, right?)

Orchids!

Today we went to an Orchid show with our friends and co-workers, Gordon and Norma Pike. The show was a large display from various growers showing some of the 1500+ varieties (!!) of orchids that are native to Costa Rica. As you may be able to tell from some of the photos in the slide show on the right, purple was a prevalent color!

Marcette was extremely excited to walk out with a couple of orchids to try her hand at growing (second photo).