Views of central Quito

Here are a couple of photos I took while we were looking for a shop in central Quito.

Can you recognise what Ecuadorian dish this is?

This is a dish which is very popular in Ecuador, but only during a certain time period. It is very laborious to prepare and depending on if you have it with fish, can REALLY STINK up the house. I know, we (read Marlene) prepared the fish (Bacalou) when the extended family made this dish one year.

Leave a comment. I'll post the name of the dish a bit later.

Joel learns to ride his bike

Joel began asking us to go to the park this week so he could ride his bike. Yesterday he started practicing in our patio which is quite small. But it gave him enough courage that yesterday when we went to HCJB, he started riding a little by himself.
Today we went to the park and he was determined to ride his bike. With very little assistance, he started riding his bike around the trails in the park.
For the next 2 hours I was chasing him around the park!

Mother's day

Joshua needed to take a photo to school to make a card for Mom. We took this photo spur-of-the-moment and it is one of the nicest photos we have of the two of them!

Hockey day in Ecuador

Another missionary family gave us some hockey sticks and a couple of pucks and the boys promptly put them to good use. They enjoy playing hockey, Joshua more so than Joel.