The Beginning of a lot!!

Wow!! Was the last time I posted really Keenan’s birthday?!?! So much has happened since then so I will split all of this up in a few posts and add lots of pictures along the way!! We’ll start with Halloween :) We had a make-shift fall festival and had a great time! We had bobbing for apples, pin the nose on the jack-o-lantern, a ball toss into baby food jars, caramel apple bar, hide and seek trick or treating, and carving zuccini. The boys had so much fun and we were happy to have something special for them!

Whittaker going for it
J got one!!
Keenan was really nervous about doing it at first but in the end he got one.





Keenan attempting to make the same face as his jack-o-lantern :)

Trick or treat!!!
And all the jack-o-lanterns all lined up together! It was a really great day!!!
Now on to more events in the past few months!!!

Transition time

This is bunch of randomness as our lives got messy! We will start with our lives finally settled in Cote d"Ivoire and go from there. After Halloween we moved into our new houses which we love! There is plenty of space to run and run for the boys and space for everyone to be comfortable inside. The houses are such a blessing to us since they are right next door to eachother and we had them put a hole in the wall separating our backyards so the boys can go back and forth all day long with no problem! We set up Christmas right after Thanksgiving to get into the spirit since it is so so hot that it did not feel at all like Christmas to us. So here are pictures of tree decorating!
Elliot wanted to "help" :)


Concentrating so hard!

Here is a tree in our backyard that Keenan loves to climb and sit in. Just practicing senior pictures!
Right before we had to leave Cote d'Ivoire we went outside and found these huge guys all over our tree! Keenan called them dinosaur cata-pillars and they were all over. Craig started wacking them off with a stick but then changed to spraying poison all over right before we left. So maybe when we get back we will have tons of dead lizards from eating poisonous dinosaurs.

Then comes our big transition. The political tension in Cote d'Ivoire was getting much and there is growing tension for internationals as one of the presidents blames the west for all wrong doing so we were sadly forced to leave for the moment. We moved to Ghana where we are waiting to see what will happen with this country we love so much. It was a very very heartbreaking goodbye knowing that so many friends cannot leave and many are nervous as well. We are unsure of what happens next or when we will decide where to go from here but for the meantime we are livin life and enjoying our time and ministry here. So, here are some pictures so far from our time here.
Keenan running on campus
Us at the second guest house that we stayed in. We have now stayed in three places since moving here and that brings our grand total of moves to 8 in the past 6 and a half months. Crazyness!!! Yet the Lord is so so faithful and provides every detail in the exact time that we need something and that has been so sweet to watch.
Me and my sweet boys!!
Our Christmas card picture
Our amazing team! Sadly, the Glendennings left a week ago back to the states to wait this out. It was so so sad to see them leave and they are dearly missed but we are looking forward to being reunited in our homes in Cote d'Ivoire!!! We continue to wait and beg the Lord for peace!

Christmas Morning!!

Merry Christmas!!!!! Just wanted to share a few pictures of Christmas morning with the Hauquitzesesssess! We have most of it on video so here are the few we have of our Christmas in Ghana :)!!

No tree, but we did have stocking and lights!
Elliot's
Keenan's
Keenan's face coming out of the room
Elliot's excitment!
The aftermath
Concentrating on some new treasures
So happy he doesnt know what to do with himself! Right after this picture was taken Elliot actually took his first step! It was so fun!!

The Beach

Yesterday we went to the beach and had a blast!! So fun going to the beach the day after Christmas! The weather was perfect with a great breeze and the water was nice and warm not freezing like some beaches. Keenan loved the waves and could have jumped in the water all day and Elliot loved the sand and could have eaten it all day! Here are some pictures of the crazy guys!!


Such a sweet face!




As we were eating lunch there were some performers who were singing and dancing there which was so cool to watch. Keenan could not take his eyes off of them.

He could not get enough!

Yuck!!



Craig even got some surfing in which topped off his day! Great day in the sun! Ok, now we are all caught up for the moment! Hope everyone is great and had a wonderful Christmas!!!!!