We're Back!

We arrive back in the states a week before Christmas an have been busy settling in. We spent the first week adjusting to the season, the weather and so many other cultural things. Then we had an excellent Christmas (I'll try and fill you in on that tomorrow) and now I am trying to get organized before the new year arrives.

It is such a blessing to be back in the States, surrounded by friends and family. We are so thankful for all the Lord has done in our lives over the past year and all the joyful adventures we've had. Thanks be to him, I hope and pray he was glorified in our lives over the past months.

A rubbish party for the road.

There is so much I could write about and so little time to write. As we speak we are in the final days of our time overseas. It is hard to believe a year has come and gone. I was looking at pictures just yesterday remembering our time here. It has been so full. Full of laughter, tears and mostly joy. I have enjoyed my year here and am incredibly sad to have to go. I just now feel as though I am settling in and getting the hang of things.

Isn't that how life goes though? Just as you get settled in a stage of things, or with a routine things change. At least in my life it works that way. You know I am glad. Glad because the Lord knows I enjoy my ruts and my routine. He knows that I would gladly do the same thing day in and day out and that I would unknowingly miss so much. Mostly I would miss the opportunity to trust him and lean only on him. With life always changing I am constantly being pulled to my knees. It is so awesome to watch him show his faithfulness again and again.

Yesterday the Lord proved his faithfulness again through the ever common rubbish party. We were traveling back to the city so we can catch our flight today. We were on the auto route, the last leg of our 8 hour drive. Joey noticed that when ever he turned the turn signals on the radio turned itself off and on again. Pretty weird, but shorts are pretty common in our van so no biggie. On we traveled until the radio just started turning off and on constantly, and with that Joey noticed that the dash lights were starting to dim. Uh Oh! It was looking like our battery was loosing power and not recharging.

We were pretty much out in the middle of nowhere and not sure where the next rest stop was. We shot up a quick "Get us to the next rest stop Lord" and kept going. As we were anxiously waiting for the signs to tell us how far the next stop was we passed a vehicle assistance car. Isn't God great?! Shortly after that we saw the rest stop. When we got there we praised the Lord for getting us that far on a very low battery, by that time our lights were really dim, the speedometer had stopped working and we were sure the car would die at any moment.

Joey got out to talk to a guy there and see if they had any batteries. Would you believe it we couldn't find the battery?! They looked and looked. Finally we had no choice to continue down the road and pray we made it the 45km home.

Our lights were so dim everyone was flashing us and we could barely see the road. The moon was shining bright though and we did our best to stick with the cars in front of us so we could find our way. As we entered the main city there are about 5 police check points. Joey did his best to avoid being noticed by the police by following pretty close. At the last check point though they pulled him over. We were sure we were going to get a ticket and have to turn off the car, and we were SO close. We had no dash lights, no head lights and all they noticed was our light over the license plate was burned out. God must have been blinding their eyes! They sent us on our way with no ticket and blessings.

As we pulled up next to the house we were both aware of how faithful the Lord was. He carried the car exactly where it needed to go and gave us an adventure along the way. How fitting that he would end our time here with another rubbish party where his glory and faithfulness is displayed. We fly out today and after a few layovers arrive in the States tomorrow night. We will never forget our year and the way God worked. All praise to Him!

Family of Nerds

I was looking through some of our pictures yesterday and I just couldn't help but sharing these great pictures with you. They aren't our most attractive, but they sure do make you smile.


Our newest addition, Benson, we got this while trying to snap a passport photo. Not exactly sure what he is doing, but man its cute!

Here is Josiah with his winning performance in "my life is over" Believe it or not moments earlier he was giggling!


In my defense, I have no idea what I was doing.


And last but not least, Joey. Its hard to catch goofy pictures of Joey because he usually has the camera, but hes just as nerdy as the rest of us so you just have to wait.

There you go, a couple of laughs from a couple of nerds :-)

Have you met my sister Kate?

My Grandma likes to tell the story of when my little sister Kati was born. She says I would meet people at the door and ask them right away if they had met my sister Kate, then I would take them by the hand and introduce them to her. Its a pretty fun story, and one I like to think about.

Well today is my Sister Kate's birthday! Happy Birthday Kati! I wish I could be there to celebrate with her and have some quality laugh time. I'll get to see her soon and I know the giggles will begin I am greatly looking forward to it. Until then I'll just have to remember the stories and all the good times!

If you haven't met her yet go check out her blog! You'll see pretty quick that she is an incredible sister, daughter, mother and wife. She is truly one of a kind! So I'll say it again, Happy Birthday Kate!

My Little Grunter

Those of you who have two kiddos or more have gone through this I know, you look at your second little one and wonder "did my first baby do this?" I find myself doing that all the time with Benson. He is really pretty different from Josiah. The biggest difference is his size. Josiah started out at 10 1/2 pounds so we never really saw him as a little newborn. Benson is so small! It is quite an adjustment to have the little arms and legs squirming around. Its even more obvious after having Josiah around who is a pretty big one year old.

One of the funniest differences is Benson's grunting. He is always grunting. In his sleep, when he's a wake, while he's eating. Always. It isn't really a pig sort of a grunt, more of a working on something kind of deal. It is pretty cute, even at 3 am. I love listening to him make noises and figure out what this world is all about.


I love getting to notice the differences between my two boys and enjoy that God made them each unique. How amazing is it that I get to be blessed by these two? It is more amazing than I can express. I feel so lucky. I know that there are more differences to come, but I am just going to do my best to enjoy each day and each new little difference.

Rubbish Party #247

Life is always full of adventures, sometimes a little more obvious than others. A couple days ago we were taking my parents, who are visiting for a few weeks, to see a small city in the mountains. The weather was less than pleasant as we started out, but we hoped that the sky would clear up and our visit would be full of sunshine.

Well, the weather got worse and worse. Clouds turned to thunderheads and the rain went from sprinkles to downpour. It was pretty exciting really because this area really, really needs the rain or otherwise they don't get to eat. It was also exciting because our van has a few special quirks that really shine in the rainy weather.

First off, the heat doesn't really work. It will come on and then go of at random. Making it pretty chilly. This also means that the defrost doesn't work. As you know when it rains and you don't have a defrost its pretty hard to see the road. The other special gift our van has is it leaks. There use to be an antenna attached to the top middle of the van. Well that spot as rusted through just a bit and when it pours, it rains in side the van too. Lucky for me I was sitting right under the drip. Also lucky for me I had a rain coat.

So here we are traveling along, my mom was holding papers towards the windshield to help direct the little bit of air so Joey could see. We were all really bundled up so we wouldn't freeze, and there were occasional drips in the back seat. We were laughing about it quite a bit actually. When we finally got to the city we were headed to we decided that since it was raining it really wouldn't be any fun to hang out there. Its a fun place to walk around, if you can't walk, its no fun :)

Off we went to another city. As we went the rains continued and a three hour lightning storm began. It was incredible. The lightning was so bright and beautiful. There was so much rain we were driving through rivers and over piles of rock and mud that had washed down. There was still the defrosting issue and the dripping too. And then, Josiah decided he didn't want me to hold Benson any more, he wanted me to hold him. Well, Benson was eating so that wasn't really an option, so along with the storm we endured a pretty big tantrum from our little angel.

As the rains let up and the road cleared we were laughing about the rubbish party we had just had, when all of a sudden our front right tire blew out! Yes, I am serious, it really happened. We had a tire and a jack but we couldn't find the lug nut thingy (there is some serious girl speak for ya!). Joey decided to flag down a car and see if anyone had anything.

You know what God is so good. A taxi pulled over and I swear this guy had an entire auto parts store in his trunk...ok, maybe just the tool section. He stayed and helped us get the tire off, get the new tire out of the car (kinda difficult without the right tools) and then he followed us to our turn off for the city making sure that we had everything we needed.

It was so great. Here we were in the middle of a long trip where it seemed like everything was going wrong and God provides an angel to take care of us. We finally made it to the city after 12 hours on the road. We were cold, tried and a bit wet but God had carried us through and blessed us along the way. Aren't rubbish parties great?!

And Then We Were Four

The first night I came home from the hospital with Benson I found myself lying on the couch, Benson in my arms, Josiah sitting on the floor in Benson's car seat sucking his thumb and Joey lying on another couch. We were watching football (soccer) and resting after all the events of the week. It hit me like a ton of bricks. We were a family, having our first family moment! Not that we wern't a family before, but somehow having two kids feels different than just having one. It honestly seems more real somehow.

So far being a family of four has been full of joy. There are all the things to get use to with a new baby and all the fun things happening with our growing boy. I love watching Josiah interact with Benson, he doesn't really know who Benson is yet, but he is always so happy to see him. He also seems to know ways to help when things arn't going so good.

For example Josiah sleeps outside our room in a small hallway next to our closets when we are in the city. It works out great, we get our own room, and Josiah is still close enough I can hear him if he gets sick or something crazy like that. Well from that little hallway Josiah could hear Benson when he woke up in the middle of the night. It was so funny the first night I was home because around 4am when I was feeding Benson I hear this small little voice singing from outside our bedroom. Josiah had heard Benson crying and was singing to him to help him be quiet and relax. It happened every night after that and sometimes during the day too. It is TOO cute!

I know that challenges and struggles are going to come our way, but I can hardly wait for what tomorrow will bring. The joys of being a family of four outweigh any struggles that may come. (hearing your son sing in the middle of the night, does it get any better?!) This adventure is just way too much fun! Thank you Lord for the joys, struggles and challenges that come with family, and thank you for my boys!!!

It's a boy!

Hi, this is Joey posting for Dani. She's in the hospital and there is no internet access there. She wanted you all to know though that everything went well. Benson Ezekiel Easley was born November 9th at 8:30 am in Rabat via c-section. He weighed 3580 g (about 7lb 14 oz) and was 53 cm (about 21 inches) long. Benson is eating well, and Dani will get to eat normal food for dinner tonight. We're not sure who he looks like yet, so if you have any ideas let us know. It's definitely different giving birth in a foreign country - Dani has done extremely well though it hasn't been easy. Thank you all for your prayers and support.

What's this?


A baby brother!


Can I hold him... pleeeease?

Happy Birthday Kallen!!

Today is my nephews Kallen's birthday! He is 2 years old! We wish we could be there to celebrate the big day with him, but life being what it is we'll just have to send him a birthday greeting from across the globe.

unfortunately our hard drive crashed so I lost all my pictures of Kallen, luckily I could steal this one from my sisters blog. Thanks Kate.

Happy Birthday Kallen, I hope you have a great day! We love you and miss you!!!

Family Time

In a couple days Baby #2 is set to arrive. It is pretty crazy and exciting. It is weird to know the time of most likely arrival of this little one. It is nice that we don't know what the sex of the baby is so that we can have at least one surprise!

One special treat of having another baby is my mom has crossed the ocean to help Joey and I with baby #2 and Josiah. This is the first time she has really left the country other than a few quick trips to Canada and Mexico. It is so great that she has come. Josiah LOVES her and is enjoying getting to know her.


We've gone to a few local markets, made some cookies and just relaxed together. Its so much fun to catch up on life in the states and to show her a bit of life for us here. In a week or so my dad and brother will be joining us for two weeks. It will be great to show them life here as well. I am looking forward to having them all here together.

What a blessing to get to have family here. I LOVE IT!!!

Baby Update

Just wanted to let you know. We went to the Dr. today and things are looking good. The baby is about 7 lbs right now and we have scheduled a c-section for 8am, Friday, November 9th. It is so weird to know when this baby is going to arrive. Assuming of course that God doesn't bless us with a surprise sometime before then - which could happen and make everything a little more exciting :-)

My Mom arrives on Thursday to help us take care of Josiah and to be here to help with the new little one. I am SO excited to have her come. She has never traveled overseas and here she comes all by herself. I am SO proud of her for making the trip. You can pray she has safe travels and lots of blessing.

We will fill you in on anymore details and happenings that come this way involving chunk #2. I am so anxious to meet him or her!!!

Its all about communication

Like many parents these days we decided to try and teach Josiah how to say some words using sign language. It was our hope that communication could consist of more than tears and frustration for all of us.

Well, we decided to really push saying "please". Other things we worked on too, but not as diligently. The appropriate sign for please is rubbing your hand on your chest in a slow circular manner. We did this over and over again. Before he got to eat more food, before he got a drink, before we would pick him up, before anything we practiced saying please.

Somehow our incredibly smart son decided he wanted to create his own version of sign language. Who knew he would be so innovative. Somehow Josiah transferred our hand rubbing on our chests to his right ear. Yep, thats right he rubs his ear, quite quickly in order to communicate please. It is great, and super cute. The only issue is when he eats spaghetti or cake with loads of frosting and suddenly whatever he ate for dinner is in his hair.

We still have to smile as he says please. It is just TOO cute. Now that we've gotten "please" down, or at least understandable, we are working on some other words. It is so much fun to watch him communicate with us. He is really the smartest kid alive. No, I'm not biased at all :-)


Here are some action shots of him saying please, isn't he cute!

The Chunk Turns One!

Today is Josiah's first birthday. I can't believe that my little chubby "bump" is so grown up.

a few hours old

He is so much fun to watch and play with. I love watching him grow and learn new things. He is always so curious to see what is happening around him. He loves watching people and animals. He really loves his Daddy too. He is always pretending to talk to him on the phone and during the day he asks me where he is. When Joey comes home Josiah usually goes crawling towards him super excited.

The big one-year-old


Today we took it easy lounging around the house and taking some one year old pictures. Then we had a little birthday party with homemade tortillas and all the burrito fixin's. In my family there is a tradition that on a kiddo's first birthday they get their own cake. Well Josiah wasn't too sure about the whole thing at first, I don't think he could believe that we were actually giving him such a big piece of cake. Once he figured out that we were serious he dove right in.

Is this really for me?

Happy Birthday Chunk. I love you!!!

Fruit Snacks!!!

It is pomegranate season here and we are loving the yummy fruit. It took us a while to figure out exactly how to get into these things but once we did we found that they were full of little "fruit snacks"




Josiah Especially loves them!

Baby Update

Well, now that I've filled you in on our trip I thought I'd give you a quick update on Baby #2. We've already filled some of you in on all these details, but thats ok :-)

When we arrived back from our trip we went to see the Dr. She did one final ultrasound (they do those a lot around here.) and checked out the weight of the baby, the location of the placenta and did a general health check. Things looked ok except that the placenta is very low.

She said that based on all the information she had we were going to need to do another c-section. Since my last c-section was less than 2 years ago and the placenta is low there really isn't another option. Joey and I were prepared for another c-section so it wasn't a big deal. Its actually kinda nice to be able to plan on a general time for the arrival of Baby #2.

I will go and see the Dr. again on the 29th and then every week following that until around the 8th of November. At that point we will decide exactly which date we want to have the baby and see if the clinic is available and if everything is a go. We are thinking that 11-11-07 would be a really fun birthday, but its a Sunday and we don't know how that works. When we know, we'll let you know :-)

While we wait we are just hanging out and getting ready. Since Ramadan is over Joey is busy getting work going again. Its hard to come back after a month away, but he is such a hard worker he was anxious to get things up and running. I am going through baby clothes and spending lots of time with Josiah. It is nice to have the freedom to relax and rest up before the Baby comes. Can you believe it in less than a month I'll be posting about our new little one! I am SO excited!!!

Part 4 - The Grand Finale

The last part of our journey was a special treat for our 3rd anniversary. We arrived in Istanbul around 6 in the morning, grabbed our rented car and were off. It was about an 8 hour drive to the town where we were headed and Joey kept a close watch on the map not letting me see where we were headed. Not that it would have really mattered - my geography, especially of Turkey, is not what it should be. Finally as night came we were at our hotel, in the city of Kusadasi. It was a big fancy hotel with an all inclusive deal that Joey had found online to fit our budget. While the Hotel was slightly cheesy it was so much fun to just relax, enjoy the yummy buffets, and the swimming pool. We spent 3 nights relaxing and living it up.

Joey and Josiah enjoying the pool. Josiah loved swimming!

Every hotel we stay at we set up a bed for Josiah in the bath tub. It works just like his pack and play and is really cozy. One morning on this trip we woke up to the sound of water running, he finally figured out how to turn it on! Luckily it was warm and his blankets dried quickly.

We were near the ancient city of Ephesus so we took a day and headed out to see the sights. It was incredible to walk the streets that long ago Paul had walked. Things have been incredibly well perserved and you really can get an idea of the vastness of the town. At one point this town had over 200,000 people in it! Amazing. The two most incredible things that we saw were the Library and the Grand Theater. The Library still has the front facing on it. You can see the statues placed there and much of the engravings. The Grand Theater can seat 25,000 people and is still used today from time to time.

The front of the Library. It wasn't a very large space so the guy who had it built made the front look as impressive as possible. He did pretty good don't you think?!

This is the Grand Theater. They are still doing some excavation work which is why the crane is there. If you read in Acts when Paul was in Ephesus it talks about this theater and how the people gathered there to protest the Christians. Amazing!!!

After our time in Kusadasi came to a close and we drove back to Istanbul. It was so much fun to drive and see the country. Turkey really is a beautiful place. We were then off again to finally make the journey home. Our last layover was 14 hours overnight in Zürich, Switzerland. Zürich was an extra special treat. It reminded us so much of home - the air was cool and crisp and the trees were actually turning shades of red and orange. It even rained while we were there, the cool misty rain of Seattle. It was wonderful. We also go to eat at a Bar and Grill specializing in Mexican food. Let me tell you there is NOTHING like a yummy chicken burrito and nachos!

Here we are in Switzerland, adding one more stamp to our passports!

Zürich is beautiful, and quite the contrast from all the Muslim countries we visited. It was shocking, in a nice way, to see church steeples instead of minarets from a mosque.

Finally we headed home. It was so nice to be back among the familiar things. We stayed one night in the city and then were on our way to head home when the car broke down. It was such bummer to be in the home stretch and have to turn around. We ended up staying for an extra week in the city doing some more relaxing and catching up on emails. I guess the Lord knew that we weren't completely ready to get back to the daily grind. All in all it was an incredible trip full of adventure, fun and loads of relaxing. We are so blessed we had the opportunity to get away and see such incredible places!

Part 3 - Yemen!

Many of you know that I have been waiting to get to Yemen for years now. Joey went long before I met him and then again while we were dating. It is a country that has a special place in our hearts and I have been anxiously waiting for the chance to go. Unfortunately it is incredibly expensive to get there from the states (we've seen tickets for as much as $3000!). Fortunately it is not so expensive traveling when you're already almost half way there!

We arrived in Yemen around 2 am and headed to our hotel. Since it is Ramadan lots of people were still out and about and the city wasn't quiet yet. Almost all of the women there dress in all black and most of them cover their faces entirely so that only their eyes show. It strikes you pretty quickly as you glance over a crowd of people. We settled into our hotel room and got some much needed sleep. Josiah had a VERY rough flight from Istanbul and was anxious to snooze (me too!)

The next day we realized that since it was Ramadan we were going to have a hard time getting anything to eat. No one gets up before 12 and even thing things aren't open. Joey was able to find some water and a little bread. So we munched on that and then headed out to see a bit of the city. We were staying in Sana'a, the capital city. Sana'a is the one city in Yemen that does get some tourists, so it has a bit of a western influence. They have a KFC, Pizza Hut and even a Baskin and Robins with REAL Baskin and Robins' Ice Cream!!! The old city - where we walked - is incredible. Most of the buildings are over 1000 years old and beautiful. The people there are great too. Always saying "Welcome to Yemen" wherever we went.

Some buildings in the old city

A shop owner in Sana'a - those are knives on the back wall, an important part of your daily attire!

Most of our time in Sana'a was spent walking around the old city, relaxing for the afternoons and finding yummy food in the evenings. Yemeni food doesn't have a lot of variety but it is really good. They make a fresh bread that is thin kinda like pita bread, but really nothing the same as far as consistency. It is SO good. They also eat something called "fool" which in Arabic means beans. They are basically refried beans, but oh so much more. The food really was incredible.

Joey and Josiah enjoying some yummy "fool"

After a few days in Sana'a we headed to Taiz. Taiz is about 5 hours south of Sana'a and it is the city where Joey taught English for a summer. He still has some friends there and we were excited to see them and hear about what is going on in Taiz. We were hoping to take a bus there, but again because of Ramadan things were a little messed up so we took a taxi called a "peugeot" Basically they take a station wagon, a small station wagon, and they add a third seat. Then they put three people up front, four in the middle and three in the back. It is pretty squished. We paid for an extra seat and sat in the middle. It worked out great and in no time we were in Taiz.

Cairo Castle built by the Ottoman Empire, we had a great view of it from the guest house.

It was really exciting to see the place where Joey taught English. I could imagine him teaching students and spending his days preparing lessons and meeting with friends. We stayed in a guest house that the school provides and had a wonderful relaxing time. We were blessed with an opportunity to have lunch with some friends of Joeys and to get the scoop on all the different things happening. We also got the chance to drive up Saber mountain. Unfortunately we couldn't find a taxi to take us all the way up, but we got to see some great views anyways. We also got to experience a huge rain storm and Joey got to participate in an English Cafe thing put on by the school. It was a great taste of the country and I truly loved it.

A view of Taiz from Saber mountain

It was a pretty short taste. Due to the fact that not a lot of people go to Yemen, there aren't many flights so we had to head back after only 5 days in the country. Little did I know that Joey had more surprises up his sleeve. We flew out of Sana'a at midnight or so and headed back again to Turkey, but this time we were renting a car and driving off into the countryside to some unknown city!

Part 2 - Three turkeys in Turkey...

After we got our coffee we were finally ready to head into the city and hopefully check into our hotel. We jumped on the metro and off we went into town. It was hard to really know where we were going and what stop was ours. Luckily an older university professor noticed our predicament and helped us find the stop. Our hotel was lovely and we were excited to get to sleep a bit after the rough night.

Istanbul was a really interesting place. There were so many people. Unlike many of the other Muslim countries we've been in you couldn't even tell it was Ramadan. People were eating and drinking. The only noticeable part was the lights on the mosques wishing us a joyful Ramadan. We spent our days walking around the city, eating the yummy kebabs (a pita sandwich with chicken or lamb and veggies) and taking in the sights.

A guy cutting off the meat for a traditional Turkish kebab.

We spent some time at the Hagia Spohia a beautiful church built in the 6th century by the romans. It was later taken over by Muslims and made into a mosque. Now it is a museum and is incredible in size and beauty. It was incredible to see the mosaics of Christ and the Virgin Mary in a Mosque.

The church being dedicated to Baby Jesus by Justinian and the city of Istanbul by Constantine.

We also went to the Topkapi Palace. It was pretty incredible too. The part that was most fascinating to me was all the incredible jewels. There were sword hilts covered in emeralds and rubies and an incredible 32 carat diamond. Unfortunately they wouldn't let us snap any photos of the jewels, but they were pretty amazing.

The entrance to Topkapi Palace

Josiah and I enjoying the sun on a balcony in the palace.

Our last night in Istanbul we went to a restaurant that looked over the harbor and gave us a great view of the Blue Mosque. The food was so good and raised our appreciation for Turkish style yummies. Josiah of course loved it, and especially enjoyed getting to watch all the birds fly past as the sun set.

At the yummy restaurant.

After a great time in Istanbul we were off to Yemen, the main destination on our trip. We flew out of Istanbul late in the evening and excitedly anticipated the adventures that lay ahead.

And we're back...

We have finally arrived back home after two glorious weeks of traveling all over the world. Here are a few pictures to start things off right.

On our way, the first family picture of the trip

The Blue mosque in Istanbul, Turkey

Josiah loved traveling and was SO good. We are so thankful for his flexibility and willingness to go with the flow.

A street in Sana'a, Yemen

Another family picture in the ancient city of Ephesus.

Joey did such a wonderful job putting this trip together. Since we were trying to be good stewards of our money that meant we had a lot of flights and layovers which meant we got to see a total of 6 countries (counting the one we started in). We spent some time in Spain, Germany, Turkey, Yemen and Switzerland. We had so many adventures and loads of rubbish parties, but all in all it was an incredibly relaxing and revitalizing time.

There is more to tell you about than any of us have time for, but I will try and tell you a little about each place and about my favorite parts over the next few days. Our trip started with an over night stay in Madrid, Spain. We've been there quite a few times, but this time there was a big mix up with the hotel and they had to move us to a hotel that was located in an industrial park type area. That meant no roaming the streets and checking out the sights. It worked out ok, we ordered pizza and watched English TV. It was a great way to start the trip.

I found out the next morning the first of many surprises that Joey had for us. We were off to Turkey. We had a lay over in Frankfurt for about 6 hours. We had fun taking the train out to a small suburb of Frankfurt and walking around the city. We spent quite a bit of time roaming through an old cemetery which was a lot of fun and then we were off to Istanbul. Unfortunately the Istanbul airport receives many of its flights in the middle of the night. We arrived around 2am and did our best to find a bench to sleep on. It was a rough couple of hours, but all was made right when we were able to order a nice cup of coffee. Is there anything better than a White Chocolate Mocha?!

More to come tomorrow...

On an adventure!!!

I had wanted to post so many things before we left, but life got away from me and here we are at an internet cafe in Germany! I will fill you all in on life when we get back I promise. Until then have a wonderful couple of weeks!

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures

Well, we finally got our camera and we're taking pictures like crazy. Here are a few we took last weekend when we took Joey's sister Becky, her 4 kiddos and two helpers to the airport in the city. It was a lot of fun.

Josiah is watching a movie with his cousins Amos (in the white) and Simon (in the red).

Sleeping with Dad, oh what a life!

Baby Judah gets his first hair cut from our good friend Adbulali


Looking cute, exploring the world

At Breakfast, he ate two yogurts, a bunch of toast and a little bit of orange juice, yep he's a porker!

Esther wanted to be like her mom and look at a magazine. TOO CUTE!


"Check out my new teeth!"

Gramps came to visit for a few days, Josiah wasn't exactly sure what to do with him at first.


Tom, Nate and Joey being a bit silly listening to random music.



There isn't a lot of grass around these parts, so when he sees it he's always a little weirded out.

There are some pics, I hope you enjoy them. I'll try and be a pro at including pics in my posts from now on, but I can't make any promises :-)