Category Archives: Kids

It has been too long since I’ve updated my blog. Time to get with the program. Let me start with a post about Mark’s birthday dinner and birthday present. I had a stone fire pit made on the mountainside behind … Continue reading →

As we crested the top of the hill to come down the other side we were faced with a big truck driving in the middle of a not so wide road with sloped sides and ditches on either side. Mark … Continue reading →

So then, this is Zoe looking awfully cute. She was hanging out at the airstrip when this photo was taken. This is our church, worshipping under our new roof. We are currently digging to extend it about twenty feet. These … Continue reading →

When friends pass through the airstrip we like to head up there as a family to see them all. This day was such a day. Everyone is standing around as Mark puts in the last of the bags. Trying to … Continue reading →

This was the kids first day of school with their friends in Yaounde. We go there twice a year to do school and lots of fun projects with the other homeschooler and such. Red dirt and tropical foliage. We live … Continue reading →

This is our first mother hen and her chicks. I’m sure I’ve posted plenty about chickens cause they are so interesting. These little ones were a delight to watch. This is Mark posing in front of a mammoth sunflower. It … Continue reading →

We happen to live in one of the most beautiful countries on earth. And the joys of being here is that we have lots of extended family. Two such families made such a memorable birthday for our dear Ali. She … Continue reading →

We take puzzles for granted. We teach our children how to do them starting from the earliest possible age. We don’t even think anything of it. Many of us got wooden puzzles as shower gifts for our unborn babies to … Continue reading →

We don’t have to go far to get away. From time to time when the weather is good we like to go up to the airstrip and build a fire. We have a fire ring tucked up on the property. … Continue reading →

Here is our land behind/above our house. The clumps of trees are bananas. We also have lemon, guava, macadamia nut, coffee and more! We keep chickens and have a huge garden to grow fresh produce in. This is where we … Continue reading →