• ‘Tis the Season

    ‘Tis the Season

    On Friday night our family set up our Christmas tree.  As is our Christmas tradition, the evening we decorate the tree we have snack supper, play Christmas music, and it’s when it really starts to feel like Christmas is coming. There are some things that go along with Christmas that feel so siimilar, so familiar.…

  • Home again, home again…jiggidy jig *

    Home again, home again…jiggidy jig *

    The big kids are home!  They landed in Bujumbura a week ago Saturday, and we stayed overnigight in the city.  I’m quite convinced that it will never not feel strange to have to pick up your kids from an international flight when they come home from school…but such is life #ThisBurundianLife Already in one week, we’ve…