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5 Photo Friday: Decorating for Christmas
As my Facebook newsfeed is full of photos of snowy scenes, it’s 89 degrees here. So I wish I could say “it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas,” but it’s not really. At least not by this Nebraska girl’s … Continue reading
Posted in Family Time, Holidays, Photography, Twin Fun
Tagged Christmas, decorations, ornaments, Santa, tree
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ELIMAA School Update: We Need to Grow in 2016!
It was just a bit more than a year ago that I first shared with you about ELIMAA School. I was nervous to publicly share what we were doing, fearing that if we failed, I would have to own up … Continue reading
Posted in Our Community
Tagged children, education, hygiene, Lutheran World Relief, personal care kits, quilts, school, school kits, Tanzania
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A New Place to Call Home
If you happened to see us on House Hunters International, you might remember that the greatest drawback to the house we chose was its small compound, which left little room for Max and Elly to play, and zero green space. … Continue reading
Posted in Urban Homesteading
Tagged bananas, chickens, garden, green space, HGTV, house, renovation
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Our Shamba Makeover
We occasionally invite our safari clients to do a home stay with us at the shamba (farm) to get an up-close look at village life. Usually before a visit, we’ll do a small project to spruce up the house to make … Continue reading
Max & Elly Take Acrobatics Class
This past weekend some new friends (who recently moved to Arusha from Omaha) introduced us to an acrobatics class for kids. I wasn’t sure if Max and Elly would be very cooperative in an actual class, despite loving to jump and … Continue reading
Posted in Family Time, Our Community, Twin Fun
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5 Photo Friday: Our US Trip
Well, I didn’t mean to take such a long hiatus from blogging, but these last couple of months were packed pretty full–most particularly by a nearly month-long trip back to the US for Max, Elly and me. We arrived in early … Continue reading
Posted in Family Time, Photography, Twin Fun
Tagged family, friends, international travel, swimming, vacation, zoo
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5 Photo Friday: Max and Elly’s Birthday Party
Max and Elly turned 4 years old on Sunday so on Monday they got to have a birthday party with their classmates at school. What better way to kick off the week than to pump a bunch of preschoolers full … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Photography, Tanzanian Culture
Tagged birthday, birthday cake, birthday party, preschool, twins
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5 Photo Friday: Birth Day
On July 4, 2011, I had lunch with my friend Rebecca. It was a welcome diversion because I was on Day 3 of a long holiday weekend feeling bored and borderline miserable. My growing belly was almost too much to … Continue reading
Posted in Family Time, Photography, Twin Fun
Tagged birth story, doula, pregnancy, twin birth
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5 Photo Friday: Our 3rd ‘Tanziversary’
Yesterday was our third “Tanziversary”–the anniversary of our arrival in Tanzania. It’s hard to believe that it’s been three years already, but these three years have been packed full of lots of fun adventures, new challenges and great memories as … Continue reading
5 Photo Friday: Celebrating 5 Years
Today is our 5th wedding anniversary. We got married in Nebraska, in Sonshine Chapel at Carol Joy Holling Camp, the church camp where I worked several summers during college and for five years as Communications Manager after I graduated. We … Continue reading
Posted in Family Time, Photography, Tanzanian Culture
Tagged bilingual, family, friendship, khangas, party, photography, Swahili, traditional rituals, wedding
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