Week 21

This is the week my parents got here! We, especially Sage, were SO excited :)

Joel shared his testimony of the truck breaking down on the way to the airport, you'll have to check out his facebook page :) But yeah after a couple hours broken down on the coastal we were rescued and on the way to the airport. We were just a LITTLE happy to see each other:

We spent a few days at the mission hanging out together, taking walks and of course playing :)

showing Grandma how to make hibiscus tea

Our friends Bill and Stacy picked us up for a lagoon and river tour before lifegroup Tuesday.

Wednesday we headed towards Belmopan and stopped the Belize Zoo, it was really cool!! It's right in the jungle and all the animals are indigenous to Belize. 

We stayed at the Banana Bank Lodge in Belmopan, it was an AWESOME place!

howler monkeys!

Sage said she wants to live there.....

The food was amazing, they even cooked special food for Joel and Sage! That was the best part, I didn't have to worry about her diet and it made it that much more relaxing. 

Wednesday we went to the Xuantunich ruins near the border of Guatemala. It was super hot climbing all the way up there but it was SO worth it! The view was amazing.

Sage is waving to Izzy (Joel's sister who's in Guatemala right now). The mountains are across the border.

After the ruins we stopped in San Ignacio at the market and got some ice cream. Then we went to Spanish Lookout to do a little shopping and eat at the Golden Corral (NOT the same as the one in the states lol, but still really good.)

The next day we played around the lodge all morning then took the Hummingbird Highway back and stopped at St. Herman's Cave and the Blue Hole - which because of the rain was a brown hole lol. You'll have to see my facebook page for more pictures, I can't seem to upload any more on here.

The next morning Dad and Joel and I took the boat out and hooked up on a nice barracuda and a huge mutton snapper, all before 10 o'clock!  

Sunday morning Joel took them to the airport. It was really hard to say goodbye but we had soooo much fun together, just being with each other and catching up, all the rest was just a bonus. I feel so rejuvenated after last week, even Sage said she likes Belize now because Grandpa and Grandma were here :)