April and May 2015

                                             Easter, Derek and Clara's visit and Mother's Day

You see a lot of this in Panama. It is just a homemade cross with a shroud around it. People have them in front of their houses on their front porches. The shrouds can be any color with white, red and purple being the favorites. Sometimes they even have lights on them. These are put up for Lent and Easter, of course,  but also for All Saints Day and other religious holidays.

We had visitors right after finals were over in Provo. Happy Day! Here are Derek and Clara and her brother Isaac standing by the railing at the Panama Canal as a huge ship passes by.

I thought Derek and Clara would post but since they didn't I guess I should. Here is Derek at the museum at the Canal acting official as he runs the ships through.  Who wouldn't feel important?

Our three Amigos at the giant mall we stopped at for lunch. The Mall is so huge they have different animals at each entrance so you can make some sense of where you are and not get too lost.

I am sure one of them have a better picture than this one because I had to take it from the driver's side of the car, but you can see this cute monkey sitting on the guard rail along side the road. He didn't seem to care a bit when we stopped the car next to him to take pictures. He was probably mad we didn't feed him.

Clara standing in front of some very interesting tree roots on our Nature hike. If you look closely you can even see a tiny baby bump on our model.




We got into a boat to go up the river and into the Canal. The first thing we spotted was a Capan that looks like a tiny alligator swimming quite close to our boat.

This and our boat were actually in the Panama Canal together. They were making their way up to the locks to go through we were just on a little joy ride.

That night we went to dinner at Las Tinajas and watched their traditional show after our meal. Derek and Clara were drug up on stage to dance with them. Little did they know they had a famous BYU Folk dancer in their midst.  That night was our last night together. We had a short stay at the hotel and then a very early trip to the airport the next morning. Thanks for coming guys. We loved it!

Me with my Mother's Day Flowers. It was a great day with calls from all of my kids. Thank you guys. I love you so much!