Weekend at the Coast

We took the boys to the coast on Saturday and spent the night. It was great to get away for a while--the boys enjoyed playing in the sand and water and we enjoyed the break from work and normal routine.

Lowes Project

While we were back in the States for a couple of months this summer, our friends Casey and his son Canaan introduced Stefan and Cohen to the projects for kids at Lowes. Cohen loved it! Then as we were preparing to leave, Casey threw in an extra kit he had picked up one Saturday for Cohen and Stefan to work on. This past week they finally got it out to work on.

After much concentration and examination of the work plans, they got to work. About a half hour later (and several yelps followed by bruised fingers--mostly Daddy's), Cohen proudly showed me his "measuring tape" that he had constructed.

Thanks Casey and Canaan!

Life in Africa...still just "life"

I was thinking the other day about life in Africa and in Mozambique and how very different it is from where we grew up in Brazil or where we spent many happy years in Kentucky. At the same time, though, there are many things about life that are pretty much just the same everywhere. Here are some pictures of just regular "life" for us here in Mozambique.

Making cookies with two little boys...



Horsing around outside...


Helping Mommy make supper...

Waiting for Daddy to get home from work...

Wrestling with Daddy...

Calling up Grandpa and Grandma (on skype)...

I kind of think that we would be doing all these same things no matter where we lived. It's fun to think of it that way, at least...makes things a little easier sometimes.