So some of you know of our current needs for sizeable overnightpull-ups, that we will need for the foreseeable future, and that Ihave never seen in an African grocery store. (There were only somany we could cram in our suitcases, and our special order clothcovers are so bulky and hot Read more…
We had a little trouble with Joel exhibiting irrational fears a coupleweeks ago, on our arrival in Kenya. A neighbor's little rat dog and ants(seen or otherwise) made him unable to leave his bed without shoes orsocks, and the house without adult supervision. But this week we wentto an elephant Read more…
Anna had a run-of-the-mill cold last week, which didn’t go away and so I was suspecting her typical weakness after a week or so: ear infection. I took her to a closer doctor to avoid many hours of traffic, (our regular pediatrician is traveling around India this month). She was Read more…
The past 2 Sundays we had the privilege of visiting a new churchplant nearby: Faith Reformed Baptist Church (Nairobi). Our goodfriend and former Kenyan pastor had started this new work while we were inthe US. We knew of his vision and began to pray for it years back,but it was Read more…
Note James' new permanent teeth!I was trying to capture Anna's curls. I refuse to cut them for fearthey will disappear. She had just woken up from nap and in themoisture had curled more than usual. I promise I didn't even touchthem. May I never forget… I snapped these the night Read more…
Here are our little frequent fliers.James discovered the built-in video games that came with themovie/radio console. The airplane air was so dry Anna's hair gotreally staticky and floated all around like we were rubbing aballoon on her hair! At one point she got really annoyed that shecouldn't get it off Read more…
Mom finally unpacked the camera and there are lots of photos to share now! For my birthday dinner we went to ‘Tate’s house’. Here’s me with my tandles. Check out the blowing action! I love to jam out with my friends (it was actually a mean game of Ring Around Read more…
Part of my sluggish brain is just being a busy Mom I’m sure, but last week all week long I was saying ‘Oh yeah!’ to myself. It’s taken several days for things to dawn on me. I’ve heard some people say the reason this takes a while is due to Read more…
In all the shuffle of moving, I have neglected posting about Anna’s birthday – which does not mean that we neglected to celebrate it! =) We moved out of our house on her actual birthday, but her Grandma Iris and Aunt Evelyn came by in the morning and we opened Read more…
Last we saw our favorite family of five, they were walking into theAmsterdam airport having flown half-way across the world instead ofsleeping… now for 'the sequel'. We were all thrilled to walk around freely and be out of theairplane. Amsterdam is one of our preferred airports because it iswell-organized and Read more…