Happy 29th Birthday Norman!
Happy 29th Birthday Norman! What a year it has been for you! Last year we celebrated your 28th birthday in Senegal. We woke up early and painted happy birthday all over the walls! This year you have learned how to drive a stick shift and learn how to drive the crazy streets of Senegal. [...]
Read onKidney Stone Update
After a lot of running around, going to the hospital, going to the doctor, attempting to arrange insurance, getting x-rays and a lot of time in the car… Norm has finally had the kidney stone removal procedure. PRAISE THE LORD. We really were not sure if it would be possible in two weeks time. But [...]
Read onGeocaching
We knew we would just have to fit some geocaching in while here in California. Its our most favorite hobby in the whole world. And there is not much of a geocaching scene in Senegal. Today, Dad, Canaan, Erik, Critter, Norm and I went for a nice geocaching hike. It was so beautiful, the weather [...]
Read onArrived safe and sound!
Well we are here in California! Feels so strange being home after over a year! Yet it feels so comfortable and normal! Our trip was long and exhausting! But it went smoothly! Our travel total time ended up at 31 hours. When we arrived at the airport we waited at customs for a very long [...]
Read onThe grassy place!
We leave tonight at 11pm our time, 4pm PST. We are headed to California or as Canaan calls it… “the grassy place.” Since we RARELY see grass here… Haha. Please pray for our trip. We will lay over in Spain for 5 hours. Then we have a 12 or 13 hour flight to LAX from [...]
Read onSunday evening ramblings!
Ever since we found out Norm had a second stone in his kidney, just waiting to come out, I had decided to try to prepare for our trip to the States as efficiently as possible. We just never know if we will have a few days in the hospital again. I have been keeping detailed [...]
Read onKidney Stones
Norm woke me up Wednesday morning saying that something was wrong. I jolted awake… which is far from normal at 6 am. He told me he was having some really horrible pains in his stomach. He asked me if I wouldn’t mind getting the kids off to school by myself this morning. Obviously I didn’t [...]
Read onHappy 5th Birthday Canaan Joshua!!!
Our sweet little Canaan is turning 5 tomorrow! What a big boy he has become. He is so tender, loving, selfless, and absolutely hilarious! He loves to entertain us and make us laugh, he loves to give us hugs and kisses when we are sad or hurt. He is learning so very much in school [...]
Read onTickets to California & Canada
As most of our friends and definitely our family know, we recently had a couple of engagements! Deb’s sister Critter got engaged as well as my brother Ken. This means we have to weddings to get two this summer! One is in June while the other is in July. This is not an easy task [...]
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