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!

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!

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!!!

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!

:)

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!

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

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

;)