Next stop San Francisco....

 

 We stopped in San Francisco to visit my Uncle, Aunt and Cousin. It was a fun time together since I rarely ever see them. And it was good for Jacob to meet more of his new family!

  

 My Uncle took us to the Golden Gate bridge... there were some high tech photographers there from all over the world! It was a beautiful sunset!

 

We headed on our way to Papua New Guinea....

 

Our first stop was Phoenix to visit my sister, brother-in-law and nephews! It was great to spend time with Jay and Ruthie, Jack and Zander. It was a good for Jacob to get to know his new family!

  

  

We had a great time hiking with Ruthie, Jack and Zander... up the mountain!

 

  

We were amazed that the two boys made up the mountain!!

Day trip to the Yankee Candle Factory with Ruthie and the boys...

 

We had a great time touring around the HUGE Yankee Candle Factory! There seemed to be no end to the rooms and rooms of candles and wintry scenes.

  

  

 

 

 

 

 There was even a HUGE room of toys and some for the boys to play with right there!

 

We were thankful to experience winter in Nova Scotia and Massachusetts and now we are thankful for the warm weather here in PNG... or "hot" as Jacob calls it. :) 

 

Ruthie, Jack and Zander, all cozy in the back seat on the way home from Yankee Candle. :)

The Holidays in Massachusetts...

 

My parents were excited about the wedding picture book that we gave them!

 

Our nephews, Jack and Zander... always having fun with toys.

Playing Crokinole, a famous Canadian game, on New Year's Eve with my parents! Very fun!!

Curling in Nova Scotia...

 

Jacob arranged for us to rent a curling rink just a day before we headed back to MA and his brother, Josh and girlfriend, Rebekah, headed back to PA. It was a very fun time together! Rebekah and I had never been curling before so it was quite an experience! Jacob's friends Paul and Dwight also didn't have very much curling experience. A fun time was had by all and then we were off to Tim Horton's. :)

  

You have to kneel down and push the 40lb stone forward letting go with just the right amount of push to put the stone in the bull's eye. I did get the hang of it after awhile. But it was way to cold for me!!!

 

Jacob really loves this famous curling sport though! We even got his dad out playing too!

Christmas in Nova Scotia...

 The Devine Christmas Tree

 

 The new Devine family: Jacob and Beth, Stanley and Cheryl, Josh and Rebecca

 

 Stanley and his new suspenders

 

 Cinnamon rolls for breakfast!

 

 A preview of a wedding photo book yet to come, the stick figure version. :)

 

Four-Wheeler!

 We were given a four wheeler for Jacob's ministry at Interface! Now he can run all over campus building and fixing what needs fixin' a lot faster!

 

I even got to learn how to drive it!

 

 We had to ship it to PNG... but first we had to wash it. Customs won't allow a speck of dirt in the country. Poor Jacob, its a somewhat impossible task to wash with water in freezing cold temperatures!

 

 We were so thankful for all the help that Jacob's dad, Stanley, was in this whole process!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 We also shipped over Jacob's electric piano!

 

 

 

 Yes! It is finished!

 

 

 And the truck came to take away! It was quite the adventure!

American Thanksgiving...

 

 It was good to be home for Thanksgiving this year with my family and my husband!

 

 

Jacob got to meet Abraham Lincoln at his first American Thanksgiving dinner.

Honeymoon in Florida...

 The Holy Land Experience

 

 

 

 The Riverboat Luncheon Cruise