Category Archives: Twin Fun

Christmas in Nebraska

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Brenda Kimaro

After almost a month in the US, we arrived back home to sunny skies and 80-degree weather about two weeks ago. Now that we’ve been back a while I’ve decided that visiting Nebraska in the winter is a lot like … Continue reading →

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Going on Safari

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Brenda Kimaro

When you’re five years old, it’s a pretty cool thing to have a Daddy who is a safari guide. But it can be tough, too, when high season rolls around and that means Daddy is away a lot, taking visitors … Continue reading →

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Welcoming the New Year

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Brenda Kimaro

Well, after a 6-month hiatus it’s time to get back to blogging. I’ve missed sharing our Tanzanian adventures, but life just got so full and busy it was hard to keep up with everything. So I decided to let the … Continue reading →

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5 Photo Friday: Grandma Comes to Tanzania

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Brenda Kimaro

Mom and my sister Carla packed up and headed home yesterday. In their two-week visit, I took 993 photos, and Carla took about 700. So it’s pretty tough to narrow those down into a 5 Photo Friday post, so I plan … Continue reading →

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5 Photo Friday: Decorating for Christmas

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Brenda Kimaro

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 →

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Max & Elly Take Acrobatics Class

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Brenda Kimaro

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 →

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5 Photo Friday: Our US Trip

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Brenda Kimaro

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 →

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5 Photo Friday: Birth Day

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Brenda Kimaro

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 →

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5 Photo Friday: Our 3rd ‘Tanziversary’

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Brenda Kimaro

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 →

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5 Photo Friday: Flat Stanley Visits Tanzania

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Brenda Kimaro

The second grade class at Cambridge Elementary School in Cambridge, Illinois, is reading the book Flat Stanley. Do you know that story? Stanley is a boy who is flattened when a bulletin board falls on him, and his flatness allows … Continue reading →

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