Ok, so it's been a while.

I know we or rather I made this resolution to be more faithful in keeping the blog up to date.  In light of that I guess that twice a month isn't too bad?  I'm going to attach some pictures from the last few weeks.  The big event was Elianna's 5th birthday last week.  She got to celebrate for several days.  On Wednesday the 17th we had a party in the afternoon with some of her little friends here and because a friend was in from a nearby village.  It was a fun time.  I enjoy the planning and preparing but don't feel that I do so well at the execution.  We made some paper flowers, played ring toss with a fun set that we made and blew bubble snakes, ate cupcakes and ended off with water balloons.  Many of the ideas were thanks to the magazine "Family Fun."  I have a subscription and someone sends it to me every few months.  I really appreciate it because many of the crafts/ideas are basic and don't require fancy things that we can't get here.  Elianna also shares her birthday with David one of our dormers and Lizzy one of our teachers.  On Friday we celebrated with KFC chicken (homeade) and oven fries and a jello poke cake.  Saturday we went to the pool and enjoyed the day with Kayla another one of our dormers and her brother Colton.  Sat. morning Pete started to notice a stiff/sore neck.  From Sat. - Wed.  it was really sore but has been really improving.  This week is busy here because our mission is hosting a translation workshop.  Most of the missionaries from the villages are here and attending sessions on translating.  We're not sitting in on the sessions but do have some extra kids around for snack and playing in the afternoons.  Almost forgot the temperatures have been soaring lately.  We're heading into the hottest time of year.  We saw 107F last week and almost everyday it's over 100F in the afternoons.  There are a few really hot hours where motivation can be really low.  Enjoy the pictures.  As I was attaching pictures I thought of a few more things to add.  There's a pix of Ian wearing an outfit that was Aidans:)  Also our supply buyers have had to return to the US due to medical concerns so we now have to do all our own buying of supplies.  A few weeks ago we bought a 50kg sack of flour and divided it out into buckets.  How long would it take you to go through 50 K of flour?  We're getting to the end of our.  Mainly because I help with a little tortilla business every week that consumes around 8kg of flour. 

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