show me the path i should walk o lord, point out the road for me to follow. lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the god who saves me. all day long i put my hope in you. psalm 25:4-5

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

gingerbread in may


my kids wanted to make gingerbread houses for christmas. 5 months later and here we are making them! better late than never right?!? it was really fun, but super messy. i enlisted the help of two of our high school girls.


busy working with graham crackers straight from texas packed in my suitcase.
home made frosting made by a really sweet parent.



he wanted my help. you know i couldn't help myself. his nose was begging to be frosted :)

the two high school ladies had too much fun!

now, that is a good gingerbread house! who says it cant be christmas in may :)

Monday, May 30, 2011

dogs...

i LOVE having dogs. i mean, i really love it. they always love you. they are always excited to see you. you cant help but be happy even if you've had the worst day ever.

these are my ghana dogs. (all loyalty to kai and oski) the big yellow one is anoma (pronounced just like it looks) its twi for the word bird. bird is my favorite english word, so it seemed appropriate. the little white one is yovo. its what they call white people in the country of benin

anyways, so yovo and anoma are always getting into some kind of trouble. last week is was a rat, a few weeks before it was a pigeon. sunday it was a lizard. this time i had my camera ready for the action. i felt bad for the lizard, but it was really too funny to not capture.

* if you are a lizard lover please don't scroll down (haaaa) sorry!
they were in a standoff. it was really funny. anoma would smell it, then the lizard would try and bite the her and run off.....never a good idea to run from a dog.



yovo got involved. he was a little scared of the lizard but couldn't stay out of the action. he would freak out and want to smell it, then when the lizard would move, he'd freak out and head straight to the door....looking back while running....HAAAA

anoma has the lizard in her mouth and im trying to get it. now i really feel bad for the lizard. too late though...

EWWWWW...sorry for the awful face. i couldn't believe i was holding the lizard. but i didn't want the dogs to eat it so i put him outside the gate in the grass. the next morning he was flat like a pancake in the road. poor lizard. he did not win this battle.