These are our Christmas decorations in the apartment. (There are also lights around the front door, which was behind me when I took this picture.) This was taken with the dining room light on . . .
. . . and this is with all the lights off. Our strings of lights really are not predominantly blue,
but I guess it doesn't take many blue lights to create this effect.
This was taken from the steps up to the front door of the temple,
one rainy night in early December. The blue lights are the trees on the temple grounds.
The lights at the back of the picture are the night-lights of Cochabamba.
They are beautiful all year round and never fail to thrill me when we come out of the temple at night.
This was taken from the parking lot at night.
Isn't it a fortuitous shot?
You get the best of everything: the trees, the stable scene, and the 25' tree near the entrance gate.
Now . . . while we were in Sucre, I took a picture of nearly every Christmas tree I saw.
This one is at a restaurant called Abis. We had lunch there one day.
This one was in the gift shop at the Dinosaur Park we visited.
(It is NOT the only purple-decorated tree I saw this December.)
This is somewhere in Sucre, but I can't remember where!
This is in the central courtyard of the beautiful Hotel Parador, where we stayed.
(This is a night picture, by the way.)
When we caroled, we stood up there on the balcony at the right.
This was in the lobby of Los Origenes, the place where we saw all the folk dancing.
This was at Los Balcones, the restaurant where we had lunch on Christmas Day.
And this was in the little ice cream shop where we had dessert the same day.
This is inside a hotel (Hotel Samary) which we passed on our way down from La Ricoleta in Sucre.
And this was the last one - in the airport at Sucre.
I thought the little nativity set under the tree was a nice touch.
Didn't see that anywhere else.
Now for some pictures of our "summer flowers" here in Cochabamba.
It reminded me a little of Ohio in that so many trees were flowering in November and December,
not only on the temple grounds but everywhere.
This is prettier than it looks. I think the light was too bright or something.
This is the view from the temple steps, looking toward the hospedaje (where the flag is flying.)
And this is halfway down, between the temple and hospedaje.
We also got all new flowers in the flower beds. These yellow lilies are gorgeous . . . 
. . . especially with the wine-colored lilies in front of them.
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Here's our group on New Year's Eve.
We went to a Chinese restaurant called Lai Lai,
and they managed to fit all 14 of us around this table.
The next day we had a New Year's Lunch at the hospedaje.
It was master-minded by Diana Crayk (center), who has a real gift for entertaining.
As you can see from the buffet table,
we never lack for good things to eat at these functions!
We are starting the new year without two of our most wonderful missionary couples.
Bart and Suzy Eames went home to Mesa, Arizona on December 3.
And Los Perez (Franklin and Lilia) went home to Venezuela on December 17th.
We miss these good people, and the sad thing is that more and more of the couples who were here when we came are getting ready to go home. But that's the way life goes . . . . time never stands still. Thank goodness for modern technology - Facebook, e-mail, Skype and so on - so we can stay in touch with the friends we make as we all serve together.
Adios for today. Have a safe, healthy, happy week . . . y vayan con Dios!
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