Saturday, December 8, 2012

Enoch and Malaria

Please keep Enoch
In your prayers

He has malaria
and his temp is up and down

Through it all however
He is doing great
and has an awesome attitude!




Just another opportunity
For the Lord
To teach me to trust

Oh joy :)
Isn't it amazing
How He uses children
To stretch us!

Friday, December 7, 2012

Surprise "Birthday" Party

So the girls
And the young ones
Have been planning
A tea party
For two days now

Making gifts
Setting up the table
Dressing up their dolls
And
So on and so forth

Today
They came to me
With the official invitation
And informed me
It was time to start

I walked in
And was met
With this

My "Surprise Birthday Party"
Wow...
I love it!

The totally surprised me
I can't believe
The little ones
Kept it a secret

Talk about planning!


My Birthday Cake!
Complete with sprinkles


I also 
Took some pictures
Of the "guests"


Eston and Eden
Enjoying some of my cake
 

Enoch
Was VERY enthusiastic
The girls kept rebuking him
For eating with
"Bad Manners"
:D
 

Elizabeth feeding
Her baby doll cake
 

The whole party!


Eden and her baby
 

Enoch
 

Elyssa and her babies
 

Elizabeth
 

Eston was ready to eat!
With his napkin and everything
 

Elianah
 

Me and my "crown"
It was after all
My party!


Wednesday, December 5, 2012

The death... Of a turkey... Plus Thanksgiving!

So
Last week
We had a group come
From RCF

What a blessing!

On top of 
Just being an amazing group

They brought us
A bin of goodies...
Full of the fixing
For Thanksgiving

So...
We of course
Had to have
A turkey...

So the neighbor
Obliged us
By selling two
Stellar specimen

However
Since it is fresh
We have to butcher it
All by ourselves

Or should I say
Our staff does
Fortunately
I was close on hand
With my camera...

*Warning
So of the pictures
Are a bit gruesome!*


Ashley
Our ill fated turkey #1
 

And Charlie
Ill fated turkey # 2


Killing a turkey
The old fashioned way
Thank goodness
For Joseph and Julius...
I would have been lost!
 

I can't kill a turkey
But I do know
How to prepare one
To bake in the oven!
 
Thanks Erica!
For letting us use
Your oven

Then
It was time
For the feast!


Mashed Potatoes
And turkey...
Yummy!

  

Gravy, Green Bean Casserole and Peas/Corn

  

What is Thanksgiving
Without Cranberry Sauce
Easy Cheese
And Deviled Eggs!

 

Finally our dessert
In the absence of yams
We had pumpkin
Think Candied Yam
Meets Pumpkin Pie

Happy Thanksgiving from Uganda!!!



Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Zooey

It's that time of year again
The one that we all dread...
Hot season!

However
Zooey is all over it
And has found
The coolest place on the property
To hang out


It is an especially wise choice
Because right above...
Is the faucet...
So when someone comes
To wash their hands
She cools off
Even more

Smart dog!
:)

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Happy Happy Birthday Eston!

It is that time again
Another Birthday!

This time...
It is dear Eston!




And 
As you can see
He is now 5 years old!
Big man :)

For his birthday
We had his two favorite foods!
Pizza and Hamburgers



And everyone came for the party
Since the McCourtney's have
Such a large family
Eating out
Is super special


I think his birthday
Was a success!


And everyone kept saying
"I'm so glad
It is Eston's birthday!"

Thanks Eston!!!
Happy Birthday dear :)
And many more to come!

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Learning Made Fun!

So it is a Saturday
Which means
A break from normal school

And yet the McCourtney children
Just love to learn!

It is sweet really...

So what we do
Is at the beginning of the morning
I make a list
Of WAY more things
Than we could even begin
To do in one day

Then we make another list
Of the kids names

Remember the game 
"Pick a Number Between"
Well
We put that game to use!

This is the result


The kids love it!
It's kind of fun for all of us
:)
You never know
What the next will pick

This evening
Enoch selected
Twister

I think it is his favorite 
Because even though
He is only 4
He is ridiculously good at playing it

So to make it
A little more challenging
We decided
To play where the kids
Have to play "properly"

Which means
Right hand and Left hand!
So
Out comes
The sharpie
And the kids
Are ready to play!

 

Way too much fun! 
Let me tell you

So once the kids
Start looking like this



You KNOW
The day was a success!
Yeah for twister!



Who says
Learning can't be fun!

 
P.S.
I realize
That Elizabeth isn't smiling...
I believe
This must have been
Her "Game" face
:D

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Baby Rabbits and Cute Kids

I'm pretty sure
The title says it all!

With no further adeui!

Baby rabbits...
and
Cute kids!


 Elianah
 

Enoch


Eston
 

Eden


Eli
 

Elijah
 

Elyssa
 

Elizabeth

I'm not sure
How I managed to miss
A few of the kids

Guess I will just have
To spend more times
With the cute kids ;)
And our three baby rabbits!

Wow
My life is HARD
;)