by AmeenaBlogArchive | Oct 24, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Kids
That’s the phrase a Kenyan will say to us if they haven’t seen us in a while. It’s kind of cute. I usually hear it from Godfrey, the guard at the gate to the Del Monte plantation that surrounds Eli’s school if I’ve been using a...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Oct 11, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Food
Our night away into Nairobi for our anniversary was fabulous. As I said before, we began our evening with dinner at Cafe des Arts. They have a wonderful patio dining area that is covered by a large tent cover. It is a lovely place to relax and enjoy good food: ...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Oct 2, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Kenya, Thoughts
Ok, I guess that was a little mean to post the last blog about a baby and not mention any news of our own. You know, we just lost this last baby the last week of July. That is only 2 months ago. That was our second loss in just under a year. It was a hard thing for...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Sep 30, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Food, Friends, Kenya
We joined a small group from church. For you non-churchies…that is just a way of saying being assigned a group of friends that you meet with to socialize, and support, and study with. We’re trying to expand our social circle a little…..it’s a...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Sep 21, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Kids
It was just almost a month ago now. Guess I’m a little behind. He loves school. I love his uniform. Easy and simple, no struggles over what to wear in the morning. Yes, I see there are spots, I think he spilled yogurt and I tried to...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Sep 6, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Friends, Kenya, Kids
Ok, so a while ago our friend Andy Stoughton started harassing us about spelling center, CENTRE. He imformed us that he was going to start spelling dude (one of the words both our families use much to frequently) some crazy way as a means of payback for all of the...