After a late night arrival back in Pedasi last night, Phinny is enjoying the view from the balcony this morning. Lots of new smells for this doggie! We’ll take him on a walk later to get him used to...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here. We got our tree up and there are even a few gifts under it! Today we heard about a tree decorating party in the town square for the kids...

It was an active day. Here are a few highlights… The girls went to the fiesta at school. Two and a half hours later they returned with 8 Panamanian friends. Haley had 7 of them in tow (which is...

Today’s update has been brought to you by the word WHAT. Specifically followed by a bunch of question marks. As in “WHAT did you say????” We moved into our new house on Monday. We are renting a two story...

Part of being an expat family in a small town is being known to people whom you don’t know. And part of having kids in the local school means that there are a LOT of people who know them...

We’re moving into our new permanent rental here in Pedasi, tomorrow! Yeah!! There are still a few things that need to be done before we can officially get the keys. The waiting has been a bit frustrating so when...

Today is Panama’s Independence day from Spain. This wraps up a long month of a bunch of holidays, starting with Halloween and continuing what seems like every other day since then. There was a long weekend of celebrating Panama’s...

On Tuesday night (after the infamous “risk our lives getting home from the beach” incident) as we were getting ready for bed, the power went out. This isn’t uncommon but we noticed it didn’t come back on right away...