The Hawkins Visit Nicaragua

I was SO lucky to have most (missed you, Mitch!) of my family visit us in Nicaragua. It was amazing to be able to show them where we live, work and “do life”. Bonus—their visit also cured a little bit of home (family) sickness that had been lingering since post-holidays, after the Stiffney’s left. We spent about half of our time in San Nicolas and then we headed to Granada for some vacation relaxing. I can’t thank my family enough for making the trip to see us and for brining “second Christmas” down to us…we only had a small list of items to bring from the states. ha. : )
Here are some pictures of our time together. Come back soon, please!!

A real Nicaragua welcome, with a sign to boot!

The sunset as we drove into San Nicolas. Not a bad welcome for the fam.

So windy. But so happy to be together again!

We visited the rock carvings (again)…obviously a must see! We invited our friends from a community to join us on the adventure.

“….para buen recuredos” Listening closely to our tour. Don Alberto has spent his life carving beautiful art into the rocks/mountainside around his home.

Hellen y Hansel. Friends from Quebrada de Agua.

Posers!

Maria with her kids. They live in a community outside of San Nicolas. This year I will be supporting Maria in her 1-room multigrade school int he community (will write more about that later!)

Fam portrait

Taking in another Nicaragua sunset from the Mirador. Volcanoes, hills and beautiful people. Can’t beat it!

We were able to catch one of Kyle’s soccer games in Esteli. Go, Fenerbache!

Family dinners.

Of course, some Hawkins plumbing work had to be done. Thanks, dad! No visit would be complete…

We spent a few days relaxing in Granada and loved playing Euchre, Jungle Speed and speed scrabble.

Delicious food in Granada.

The cool kids ride in the back of the truck!

We were able to visit my host family from SST (again) which was so great! Family meeting Family. Warms my heart <3

Of course, we had to get Fritanga. One of our fav Nica dishes. Fried plantain, perfectly grilled meet, cabbage mix and fried cheese. YUM!

A final breakfast together.

Hawkins Fam: It was so wonderful to have you visit. Please come back again! And for everyone else…our door is always open! We would love to host anyone who wants to visit us/work with us/travel with us!

Much love.