Visit from my brother Marc and family

We had another great visit with family!  My brother Marc and his family (Michele, Henry and Harper) visited us from August 14-23.  It was great to be with them and spend time with them - even before we came to Ecuador we didn't see them very often as they live in Minnesota and we lived in Indiana.

Like me, Marc was born and raised in Ecuador.  And like me, he lived in the Guesthouse when it was a dorm.  He lived here his Sophomore through his Senior years of high school.  This was his first time back in Ecuador in 22 years.  Last time he was in Ecuador, he came with Michele while they were in college dating.

We had a lot of fun playing games and spending time together at the house.  We also did several fun things in and around Quito:

1) We went on the Quito City Bus Tour

2) We went to Mitad del Mundo (Middle of the World)

3) We went to the Otavalo outdoor artisan market

4) To earn a few hours for community service for National Honor Society, Henry helped us buy, sort, and package 30 bags of food and personal hygiene items for the earthquake victims.  We'll take those with us when we go to Manta.

Not too many people in this country can grab items off the top shelf flat-footed!

5) The boys went up the Teleferico (cable car)

6) Hannah and Michele went to the Quito artisan market - no photo evidence :)

For more pictures of their visit, please click here: Pictures from Marc's visit

The most important thing we learned about our nephew Henry is do not challenge him to an eating contest. That boy can eat!  And what we learned about our niece Harper is that she has the best voice and face for the "bee" filter on Snapchat. 

Well, that completes visits from 2 of my siblings (Laura and Marc)...my sister Andrea is next, hopefully. We're also hoping for a visit sometime from Hannah's brother - so Andy, if you're reading this, our casa es su casa!