Friday, June 24, 2011

VACAY 2011!

See how excited we are?? - Friday at the hotel in Columbia, SC

Day 2

Day 3 - So I'm a little protective putting her in a swim t shirt, shorts, and a hat...

Day 4 - Riding the carousel at Broadway at the Beach


Day 5 - Putt putt golf. I think she gets tired of getting her picture taken ha ha

Day 6 - Outlet mall shopping

Day 7 - Usual family photo on the pier

Day 8- Our last night...

Day 9 - WE'RE HOME!!

Oh, and these beautiful roses were delivered to our condo addressed to Waverly and me :)


Friday, June 10, 2011

Africa in Photo!

How much better could it get than having a professional photographer on a trip to Africa?? No, he didn't go to be the photographer; however, his talent was a bonus! (THANK YOU, KENT ASHLEY!) I took quite a few photos, but he had the equipment and skill to get photos I was not able to capture, so ENJOY!
The team!

Calling my girl from ATL before it becomes nearly impossible to talk with her.

Just for nostalgia's sake, we missed the last few games of the NCAA tournament,

African coastline

Our hotel in South Africa

Waiting hours for dinner...literally.
At the airport, waiting in line to check our luggage, and fly to Malawi

Team transportation

We had a four hour drive from the Malawi airport to our final destination. Below are photos of Africa. Real life Africa. Prepare to stare.

Typical homes

A nicer road :)

Cell phones are the new trend in Africa and nationals will go without food so they can afford a phone. Since most homes do not have electricity, there are buildings to go charge their cell phones. 

Life happens alongside the road, particularly the rare, paved roads.

The conference center where we stayed

Team meeting

Greeting the missionaries


The missionaries we were blessed to serve!

Middle School group

Tea time (twice a day)

Elementary group

Game time!


There were camel rides on the beach

High schoolers (our group)

I just LOVE this photo. What a cutie!

The little ones
Wednesday night was the talent show.. our team did a little diddy...

The high schoolers again. They're cool. :)

Friday night, the kids put on a program. Here are the little ones.

Elementary (notice they're all wearing UK shirts!)

Middle schoolers

High schoolers
Saturday morning.. heading out


Probably trying to convince Todd of something.. typical.

I am probably running out of space on this post.. more photos to follow!




Tuesday, June 7, 2011

New Swimming Pool

I am super pumped about this summer. First of all, having a child gives me no excuse to stay inside and be boring. Second of all, having a walking, independent child means POOL TIME! Tomorrow we have a pool date with a few of Waverly's Gymboree pals, but for those days without pool dates or other plans, I bought a small inflatable pool for the backyard. Waverly tried it out today.
 
Reaction to the cold water

Who splashed me?!

Bossing "Go Go" (Fenway)

Birds?

Hot, miserable Fenway

Putting her face in the water

Thirsty

SMILE!