They came and went...

Chris' Dad came on November 2nd along with Jenny Uzzell, a very good family friend. They stayed for 10 days and it went by SO fast. Some of the things they did while they were here include:

Teaching the St. Boys

Sharing their stories with them...

Doing Crafts with the boys...

... and teaching them bible stories.

singing songs with them....

(I think he's so cute! But then I know I'm partial to my Father in law.)

doing more crafts. I had no idea Butch was such the craft expert!

Teaching them American Football...

...And teaching at the bible college.

Butch taught an amazing class for 3 SOLID hours. Yea, he's my hero. I need some lessons from him. Everyone was so attentive and really enjoyed it.

They were so much fun to have around. So much so, that I didn't even take a time out to blog!

The boys had their first ever Bible drill where they got some awesome candy from Jenny and Baba Chris for answering questions about the Bible correctly. The finale was even cooler prizes (i.e. small soccer ball, Jenga, Chinese Checkers, etc). In the finale Butch would say any Bible verse and the first one to find it, stand up. and read it won a mark. Once they got 3 marks they got their prize!

i just LOVE this pic of James and Deo.

Baba Chris loved the boys... just a little. ;)

He is already talking about coming back next year after the baby is born. Not just to see the baby but to serve as well. He's even talking about going to Sudan, if it's possible, teaching at the Bible College again, and of course spending some time with his grand-boys. :)

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Baby Update:

Sorry I haven't talked more about this on the blog, but as you can see we've been so busy wanting to spend EVERY minute with family. Also- we are still processing it. We are 10 weeks and due June 10th. We had one ultrasound done and got to hear the heartbeat. It was most definitely one of the highlights of my life thus far. My parents will be coming for 3 weeks (I'm praying for 3 rather than 2) after baby arrives. Since I will be down for the count a few weeks and with family coming, the guesthouse will not be available for mission teams until at least August barring baby comes on time.

Sneek preview of the Pea in the Pod.

Puppy Update:

Our new guard dog has arrived! He's just a little fella right now, but don't let that fool you. He's a full-blooded English Mastiff! When we were in Tanzania seeing the Helsby's they were telling us about a Canadian they knew who had some English Mastiff's. They were just trying to find them a good home. DONE! We'll take one. He was too young to take back then so we waited until the Tanners were coming to NBO. Thursday night we went to pick him up after dropping Dad and Jenny off. He's SO awesome! Very obedient, sleeps all the time b/c he's growing so fast, and almost house broken. From what I've read English Mastiff's are very loyal dogs protecting their masters at any cost. They were originally bread to guard castles. They are great family dogs as well. The down side is that they eat so much! BUT... you know I take pride in saving money, right? Well, I feed both dogs and our cat for $2.50/month! I even save our eggs shells to grind up into powder form giving them some extra calcium. We've tried to train our dogs not to take food from anyone but us b/c people will poison them. Some friends that live in Ngong town (up the road from us) just had their big guard dog poisoned by some thugs. He was an Australian Ridgeback given to them. So sad.

Here is another sneak preview of this little cutie pie.

He was sleeping with his tongue out. Must have been dreaming of food.