Business Proposition...

Since coming here we've been intrigued by a certain common business practice, often performed by children, but as you can see, not necessarily. People sit on the sides of the streets with a set of bathroom scales. Their customers will then give them money in order to weigh themselves. We have yet to see the number on the scale being kept a private affair. Typically everyone gathers around to see how much the person weighs!

We would be curious for someone to try this in the States and let us know how it goes!

4th of July Fun!

Yesterday we went with some friends just outside of town to enjoy an afternoon of swimming, running, eating, visiting . . . all the fun stuff you are supposed to do to celebrate the 4th of July! We had a great time.

Dan participated in a two mile run.

Zeke LOVED getting to swim. We were afraid he wouldn't this year since it has been awhile since we've gone. But, after he had been in a few minutes, he quickly warmed up to it. He shivered most of the day, and we kept asking him if he wanted to get out to warm up. He always replied, "I'm not cold! I want to keep swimming!"

Kaiyah, on the other hand, was not a fan of the experience. Both times we took her in, she dealt with her dislike by curling up to mommy and going to sleep!

Sun bathing by the side of the pool, however, was right up her alley!

Yummy oreos brought over from the States.

And last, but not least, what is a 4th of July celebration without a slice of watermelon?!

One month pictures . . .

of our sweet potato plant!!!

Summer Fun

We won't be going on a big vacation this summer since we are planning to take vacation time to go to the States in the fall, but we thought it would be fun to just do some small things around town. Today we went down to ride some rides at a place about 10 minutes from our house. Zeke had a blast!

Camping...

We got to go on a camping trip last weekend at a little town outside of our city. It was both kids' first time to sleep in a tent. They really enjoyed it. The first night, Kaiyah, crawled all over the tent, we think, because she's used to sleeping in a bed with sides and she couldn't find the sides of the tent. The second night, she was really tired and slept all night long. We hardly saw Zeke all weekend. Every time we turned around, he would say, "I'm going to find my friends," and he was off. He attached himself to a group of 5 or 6 little girls, ranging in age from 6 to 11 years old. It was really cute. Here are a couple of pictures. Dan also acted as the camp photographer and you can see those pictures if you click here.

Sweet Potato Garden

Since moving here, my taste buds have been deprived of the wonderful taste of a sweet potato. However, last October my brother and sister-in-law gave me some sweet potatos from their garden and I've been waiting excitedly for warm weather to get here so I could try my hand at growing some. A green thumb I don't have, so we will see how this attempt turns out. I'll keep you posted! Here is a picture of stage 1!!! Any advice is welcomed!

A Near Fall...

What do you get when you're thirty years old and use your shin to stop you from falling off the jungle gym at the local playground?

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A big bruise!

Happy Birthday, Tami!!!!!!!!!

Thirty-one years ago today, God blessed me in a way that I wouldn't even find out until over 25 years later. On that day, Ron and Anita Hunt gave birth to a baby girl in Tulsa, OK. They named her Tamara and called her Tami for short. Twenty-three years later, after living all over the world, God brought Ron and Anita to Memphis, TN, where Tami and I eventually came together. I thank God every day for His wisdom and His timing. Tami, I thank God every day for having given you to me. I am thankful for each year of your life and I hope for many, many more. I love you bunches. Happy Birthday!Tami at about Kaiyah's age.

Tami now. (Just as pretty, if not more so.)

Tami's birthday breakfast.

Cappadocia!!!

We got to go to Cappadocia last week and had lots of fun and saw lots of neat things. Here are a couple of pictures. You can see a whole lot more here and here.

Easter Fun!

Well, we have had a full and fun week celebrating Easter! It started with about 20 of our friends coming over on Palm Sunday for a yummy ham dinner. During the week leading up to Easter we got to read stories with Zeke to help him understand the reason we celebrate Easter. On Saturday we had a day filled with making Easter cookies, hunting for Easter eggs and even having a couple of kids from our apartment complex over to dye Easter eggs with us! Sunday morning we were up early and went to a special Sunrise service. Zeke was SOOO excited to wear his Easter suit and new shoes. However, the first thing he said when he put his shoes on was, "These hard to walk in Mommy. These aren't very comfy Mommy." Ha! Welcome to the world of Easter shoes! It was so cold outside, and of course, we forgot jackets. People kept offering Zeke their coats, and he kept saying "I don't want that." He was too proud of his suit to cover it up! I'm afraid we may have created a yearly "New Suit" tradition! After the service, we headed to a beautiful park, which would have been more enjoyable with some warmer weather, but was fun none-the-less. After that we went for a special treat at Dunkin Donuts! Yummy. And then spent the afternoon eating a delicious meal and enjoying fun company at some friends' home! It was a good celebration!

For more pictures, click here.