It's been a month since I wrote. So what have we been doing?
A lot of school-
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| Class pictures posted by the elementary school |
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| Snow removal |
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Chris leading music practice for this semester's graduation ceremony.
My teacher was assisting this day. |
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| More class |
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| Ben playing volleyball |
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| Noah at Akido |
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Making salt dough Christmas ornaments
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The kids have enjoyed their sports here-
Lots of fun preparing for Christmas- we only brought the stocking here. Other things are to be shipped to Cameroon.
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My Birthday Breakfast. Yum!
I got my first letter just for me for my birthday too. Thanks mom! |
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| More School |
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| A break with friends between exams. We walked to the medieval city up the hill from Albertville. |
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| Chris gave the 'culte' (sermonette) at school |
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Friends went for tea one day. First time in a long time.
(Yes the face is blurred on purpose) |
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| Another beautiful sunset |
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| Making our traditional family anise cookies |
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| Our turkey for Thanksgiving- someone else cooked the real thing. Kristin helped me make this. |
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| Thanksgiving celebration at the center on Saturday |
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| All is ready- |
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| Noah reading a speech at the dinner for my birthday. |
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| Flowers from my oldest- |
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| Chocolate from my girl |
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| Friends |
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| Our little tree |
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| Christmas traditions are different in France |
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| Not sure what these giant flying things were. Part of Albertville's Night of lights |
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| Love the lanterns with a real candle inside |
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| The kids swim for PE one hour a week for six weeks. |
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| Church service |
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| Visiting the âne |
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| And Père Noël |
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| With my sweetheart at Conflans. |
Last week before the break. My sister and her family will be here for 10 days. I can't wait. We get to see the cousins, have Christmas, and go skiing.
I passed my exams and am in chapter 3 of the new level. MUCH harder. Chris is almost finished with exams- results Friday.
Thank you for praying! Kids still struggle with the teasing, but it is better. The miss what they think they would have had at 'home' in the States. French is still hard for my brain. Some days I know I will never pass the new class. But I can talk with more people now in town.
Ben's birthday is Thursday. He will be 8. Pray he desires God more than anything. He's having a 'fête' Wednesday. He invited a lot of friends from school- more than he was supposed to- and I am trying to understand all the parents who call to RSVP. Game suggestions are welcome! Our apartment is tiny-
Our van is still for sale. We've lowered the price. A few folks are interested-
Off to finish my homework!
