Hello.  I figured it was about time to post more pictures.

 I did find one nice picture of Kayla so she will have one more "nicely posed" for her 15 month. :)

Kayla, 15 months 

Justin, 4 1/2.  He really wanted to pose for a picture since the girls were posing. 

Alissa, 6

She loved that her dress "twirled"

She is growing so quickly

Currently we have a friend from the states visiting.  We wanted her to see the Indian Ocean, so we were able to get away for a couple days.  We had some friends from here that were spending time at the ocean too, so we were able to share a cabin and have a fun time. 

 The coastline

Kayla loved the beach once she got used to the sound of the crashing waves.

Alissa carrying water to help with the building of the sandcastle

Our two are in the middle, the other two boys are our friend's.  The kids had a great time playing on the beach.

Justin making so kind of something. :)

We went to a restaurant one night and Kayla wanted to make sure there was NOTHING left on her plate.

We saw them building a traditional house which is made with sticks with rocks in between for the walls. Then they use mud or (cement if they can afford it) to cover the walls. 

We followed this truck for a little.  Just loved how the one guy is being "held" on since ti was too full for him to get in. :)

Have a wonderful rest of your week. 

Now i know that Kayla turned one year in November but i still haven't gotten any good posed pictures of her.  I've tried but well..  see for yourself...

Sorry mommy, too busy playing

sorry mommy, too busy eating and you know how I LOVE to eat

sorry mommy, i have to make this call

sorry mommy, not today

sorry mommy but i just don't want to sit up

Alissa agreed and took a nice picture

Justin agreed and took a nice piture

but me, you want to me to sit nicely and smile?

so when kayla gets older and wonderings where her one year pictures are, i do believe that it's not my fault as i tried on a number of days, times, and occasions!

This is the first year for a new international school here.  Before it was a Wycliffe run school.  The problem was that there was no upper grades offered.  So for junior high and highschool kids headed off to boarding school or were homeschooled.  For some time there has been talk of establishing a k-12 school here in the city.  Well, land has been purchased, an new administator found, and building started.  For part or all, (yet to be decided on how the buildings go) the school is still at the same location the Wycliffe school was, just being run by the new administrator and with a new name.  Since it's a new school and a new school year, the administor decided that there would be an all school picnic out at the new school sight.  So yesterday, we packed a picnic lunch and headed out of town to the new location that is under construction.  It's in a beautiful setting with large rocks around, beautiftul trees, and a great view.  We had a fun afternoon of playing games, having a tug of war match, and fellowship.  We forgot our camera so i hope to get more pictures of it at some point, but a friend snapped this shot of Kayla and I and posted it on my facebook page.  For those of you who aren't on facebook, I wanted to share it with you.