Christmas Eve we spent at church then a supper at Talita Cumi. Here were all the kids when they got their presents after doing a presentation of the Christmas story for all of us. 
My Mom with Juan de Dios. He loved her and hugged her all night.
Edwin and Juan de Dios on their first Christmas they have ever celebrated! They were more than excited. 
Christmas Eve before we went to church for the candle lit service--notice our wardrobe....it was a hot Christmas this year!
A great shot of Rick and Ruth with the mountains. 
My Dad and Grant monkeying around climbing trees. 
My Mom and I shocked how much pressure the waterfall had. 
Here is a shot of my Dad and Grant being cavemen behind the waterfall. 
On the way down from visiting Volcano Lake on the only road to get back to the highway we encountered a little bit of a roadblock. The workers had just dumped a load of dirt and then took a lunch break. There was nothing to be done so we just waited. 
This was Volcano Lake. A hotel is being built but currently if you have a 4X4 vehicle you can drive up and enjoy the view...which is amazing. 
We of course took my parents to Samaipata where the drive alone is worth the trip. We stopped at the Indiana Jones bridge that leads to a hippie settlement on the other side of the bridge which offers a chance to live free in paradise. :) This is us at the Butterfly Farm
They had carriage rides so after lunch we thought, oh that would be nice to see some of the grounds. Wrong! It was the craziest carriage ride I've ever been on. It was through the jungle and there wasn't anything to see except brush. It was muddy and steep and we weren't sure we were going to make it up the hill. My Mom held her breath the entire ride :) 
This place has fifteen pools that spill into one another with waterfalls and slides. It's so beautiful and so much fun with that many pools to choose from. The bottom of the pools are sand. 
We went to the butterfly farm twice with my parents we all loved it so much. Here is right after we got there the first time. These chairs overlook a lake that has kayaks we took out. My only complaint was the smell of the life jackets we had to wear :)
Here is Rick and Ruth...my Mom is wearing the necklace and earrings I bought her for Christmas. 
Here is my Mom and I at Michaelagelo's. We had a great time trying some of the restaurants in the city. 
Since the Kuhns' came before the my parents left we stayed at Camino Real Hotel. It is a beautiful place and we had a lot of fun swimming and enjoying the high life :) This was Sunday morning December 30th right before we took Rick and Ruth to the airport. We had a lot of fun together.
