Ridin' In The Truck

We are so thankful for the truck that God gave us!

It is much better than riding on a bus!

We spend a lot of time on the road.

The roads we travel have tarmac or dirt, but when there are many potholes it can be a bear on our load.

We travel to Lusaka to see friends, get supplies, and eat some great food!

We love to go to the village and no matter how we feel, we always leave in a great mood! 

Most of the time we travel without DVDs and without the radio too!

We make up fun songs and games to give us something to do!

Daddy makes up songs that helps the time go by fast.

We make sure to spread out eating our snacks to make sure that they last!

As we pass through the mountains, monkeys we do see!

But to see the Luangwa Bridge we are all filled with much glee!

The roads they wind and they turn.

And as the miles go by we see grass as it burns.

When we arrive in Chongwe we know we are close.

And we all begin to decide what restaurant we want to eat at most.

We love our big white truck and the places we go.

The fun times we have are plenty, the time we spend is much, but we love to travel that is all we know!

Dancing Princess

Recently, the kids were visiting with another missionary family and they asked each of our kids what they want to be when they grow up. Lauren's answer was this, "I want to be the big princess to a little princess." Today, she told her D-Daddy that right now she is a little princess (as she squats to the floor to show little) but when she gets big she is going to be a BIG princess (as she jumps in the air)! When our friend was here she took these precious pictures of Easton dancing with his princess sister!

Tuckered Out

After a long day of playing...she just couldn't stay awake any longer!

It Really Does Get Cold

No, I did not put the thermometer clock in the fridge before I took this picture!! It DOES get cold in Nyimba! This was actually taken on June 30..not July 30 like the clock says!

A Window In Her Mouth

Welp, Lily is really growing up now! She lost her bottom two teeth in America. Then last Sunday, Kendall assisted in the pulling of her front top tooth. Two days later, while she was playing with her brothers and sisters the other one got knocked out! Tada! No tears just a bunch of laughter that she has a window! Last night she was talking to Easton about losing teeth and she said, "Well, I mean it's just something that happens in life, everyone has to go through it! You will too!" Hilarious!

New Additions

We love chickens! Kendall could not wait to get some new chickens so one morning Easton, Kendall, and Jumbe set out to find us some chickens. About 45 minutes later they came home with three new chickens. My sweet friend, Amai Maseko, gave us a chicken to say "Welcome back to Zambia" and we named it "Little Maseko". The other chickens came from Paul's village. When Easton walked up to the door he screamed, "WE GOT THESE CHICKENS FROM DA BILLAGE!!" This was the sight I saw. He was grinning and holding his chicken that he has named Lettuce!

I love this picture. It is typical of our life here! When something exciting happens, Zeria comes out of her house, and whatever friends we have over come to see the action too!

Easton wanted Lettuce to meet everyone officially at their new home!

We had to keep Shadow away from the new chickens.

Rabson and Jumbe were quite entertained by all of the commotion!

My Bug Man

Well, we have been in Nyimba for about a week and a half and my precious boy, Easton, has already jumped back in to gathering bugs to play with. He loves to catch grasshoppers, beetles, and worms. I just love the fact that he can have a biology lesson in our backyard!