You probably don’t have time to sit around and read blogs, and I probably read more than I should, but The Pioneer Woman’s Funny Photo Contest lived up to it’s name! For a split second I thought about entering a funny picture of one of our ‘babies’ (don’t worry I Read more…
Just ran across a friend’s amazing blog, and couldn’t keep it to myself! Click over to read through fascinating and funny tales (it also helps that she’s a professional photographer)! LuAnne actually took the family photo you see at right. With a rich history and worldwide perspective (having visited some Read more…
Believe it or not this was the road on a good day. On our way home it was more like a mud pit. It left me thinking of Mr. Darcy ‘What is 50 miles of good road?’ A carepackage with candy necklaces made the trip quite tasty for some of Read more…
I got asked a good question about our life in Africa, “What is it about your African lifestyle that slims you down?” My first steps on African soil were 11 years ago this week, so in some ways I have forgotten what is different here. The rain waters seep into Read more…
Just a quick note to let you know we are here. We are well. The longer note would go into how 2007 taught us our own limitations, and how to better manage our personal levels of stress. So thankful for those lessons! We use them everyday here. Exercise:I don’t exercise Read more…
Another day where we have far more avocados than 8 people could ever eat. Another day where our neighbors celebrate at the highest possible decibel level (this time it’s a wedding, and what’s not to celebrate about that?). Another day of thunder rolling over the ridge, echoing off the hills Read more…
Gotta love the French for coming up with a beautiful way to say something as normal as ‘daily‘. The daily norm, the quotidienne, over here seems unworthy of blogging to you all. But every so often it dawns on me that what I now consider ‘normal’ for our life and Read more…
Just for the record…I think I have failed to explain that we did not choose the title ‘tenfootfamily’ because we love feet. I once found this adorable family blog around the theme that they all loved coffee. Cute coffee cups artistically scattered around their lives contributed to the theme in Read more…
Our homeschool tradition is that the first hour of our first day of the year is spent taking the obligatory school pictures. Hair gel, chairs, collared shirts and all. You all would laugh with us if you saw that the fancy clothes lasted all of 20 minutes and all three Read more…