Talking About it Tuesdays ~ 2016 Trends

 Good morning friends!  Have you seen the social media viral trend of posting photos from 2016?  I am sharing some photos from my 2016 year!

In 2016, I was still living in Bogota, Colombia South America.  I was in the states for Christmas and New Years though.

This is Brook and one of her best friends, Catherine, on NYE.  This summer, Brook will be maid of honor in her wedding!  And, we went to their house this past year on NYE too! Her mom is a dear friend of mine.

These 2 friends are still dear to me and we watched the season premiere of The Bachelor together.

Upon our return to Bogota, we prepared for Isabella's fiesta de quince....her 15th birthday celebration. It was one of our best nights!

Remember me going to see my Colombian friends, who now live in Australia, in Dallas in December? Here they are with Isabella 10 years ago!

My girls :)

This girl loved being the only American in her Colombian school!

We took a family vacation to Cartagena.  This was such a milestone for us to travel within the country for a vacation instead of a work event.  In our 3rd year of living there, we finally felt comfortable with our Spanish to do this and we loved it.

This was Mother's Day 2016...Edwin, Isabella, me and Brook.

This is Clara, our beloved Spanish teacher.  I love this woman and miss her so much.

Summer of 2016, I flew back to the states and went to my last Huey Lewis concert.

I love this picture of my girls! This was at one of our favorite places.

We took a team retreat to Villa de Leyva, a beautiful town a few hours from Bogota.

I miss the bread, juices, soups and hot chocolate from Colombia.

In the fall of 2016, Brook and I traveled to NYC and met my parents there for a few days.  Isabella was in school and Brook had returned to homeschool, so she was able to travel with me.

Later that fall, we began saying our goodbyes to dear friends in Bogota.  I met these 3 girls in Colombia during my first visit in 2009 & we reunited when we moved there in 2014.  I still keep in touch with them via social media & love them.

This is group picture of some dear friends on a farewell dinner with us. Edwin and Clara were with us this night.

This is my dear friend, Sarah, who I was able to see last summer when she was visiting Kentucky.

And of course, my dear Edwin.  

Brook and I on our way moving back to the U.S.A.!

One of the first things I did was meet my new and first great-nephew!  He is 9 now!

There were so many things to buy moving back to the states, but one of our first purchases was a car! We still own this car.

I am not sure why this is such a trend, but it was interesting to look back at 2016 at a glance!

Hope you have a great day!