I love my little cookie monster!Thursday, January 29, 2009
Helping Mommy
I may have waited a little long to do this, but I finally let Callin be my cookie helper. He was thrilled from start to finish and several times since has got out the mixing bowl from the cupboard and says, "Cee-cee" for cookie.
I love my little cookie monster!
I love my little cookie monster!
Sunday, January 11, 2009
John Lewis 4 Mayor
Part of the fun week in Arizona was spent working on Doug's dad campaign. Here are some of the highlights.
Breakfast and Rally. 1,000 yard signs were distributed and put up within the morning.
Breakfast and Rally. 1,000 yard signs were distributed and put up within the morning. 
Read more about him here: 
The Indian Ocean
It was a perfect beach day! Who needs snow on Christmas when you can go to the beach and enjoy the warm summer of Africa the day after Christmas! I'm an Arizona girl anyway, so it actually seemed pretty normal! 
One thing Mozambique does have is a coastline twice the size of California of beautiful beaches. 
They even have sandcastles in Africa.
Apparently they don't have male mermaids in Africa because in the picture you can see a group of guys walking towards us. Once they reached us, they started laughing so hard, got out their phone and took a picture of us, and couldn't quite believe what us mazungos (whites) were doing. 
One thing Mozambique does have is a coastline twice the size of California of beautiful beaches. They even have sandcastles in Africa.Apparently they don't have male mermaids in Africa because in the picture you can see a group of guys walking towards us. Once they reached us, they started laughing so hard, got out their phone and took a picture of us, and couldn't quite believe what us mazungos (whites) were doing. Fun with Grammy, Papa, & Lindy
We had such a WONDERFUL time with Mom, Dad, and Lindy. They recently just moved into a beautiful new mission home. We were so grateful they made time for us in their BUSY lives. They wear so many different hat's as leaders in Mozambique. We got a glimpse at their hectic schedule. They are so dedicated to their missionaries and the wonderful members their.
I have many best friends. These are two of my African best friends. I have known both now for 10 years. I met Gisela at an English class we taught. At that point she was only investigating the church. Gisela (left) just completed a semester at BYU's English Language Center. She is back in Mozambique to finish her degree and in 1 year plans to return to BYU for her MBA. Henriquetta (right) was our translator our very first year to Mozambique. She is a woman who knows almost everything and can do anything. She married one of my parents missionaries from Mozambique as well, and they just had a darling little boy, Nathaniel. Her husband was on the same flight as we were back to the states. He is just starting a semester at BYU's ELC as well and plans to stay and continue his education after he is done. Henriquetta and Nathaniel (who are living w/ my parents and help cook, clean, etc.) are planning on coming to the states when my parents return home in 5 1/2 months. (We can hardly believe it...FIVE!!)
Callin idolised Lindy. He followed her around the entire day and she loved it just as much as he did!
He was easily won over by his new Grammy! But who wouldn't be!
Callin idolised Lindy. He followed her around the entire day and she loved it just as much as he did!He was easily won over by his new Grammy! But who wouldn't be!A rainy day in Africa.
Christmas in Africa AKA The BEST Christmas EVER
Christmas Eve...
The little sneak!
Music
The Nativity Story
Some of us are born actors...
The little sneak!Music
The Nativity StorySome of us are born actors...
and some of us are better readers!
Could we get a little help with Baby Jesus please.
(Don't you love their traditional thatched roof!)
Christmas Day was divided up into 3 parts.
Part One: We opened up presents and enjoyed being spoiled by my parents. We were quite amazed that somehow Santa found us half way around the world!
(Don't you love their traditional thatched roof!) Now he is a true White African!
Callin was a tad bit jealous at first. Pretty soon he was heaven and we had to keep yelling, "Has anyone seen the white kid?"
Lindy carried this little girl around the entire time. Every time I tried to hold her she cried.
Feeding the babies their breakfast could definitely be my favorite reoccurring treasure Africa gives me. They are as precious and darling as ever! Oh how I wish I could take home several and add them to our little family! I will keep waiting for the day!
The missionaries set up rotations of activities for the kids to do. This is the sponge toss. This sweet little girl (in the blue) only had half an arm but was still the best shot found!
Musical chairs and making music station. Playing the drums and singing along with the guitar was definitely the favorite station.
After all the games were over, my parents AP gave a little lesson about how God loves each of them. They each got little prise bag with their own smaller picture of the Savior to put by their bed.
Part 3: We met at the church in the afternoon to play board games, watch "It's a Wonderful Life," eat a yummy lasagna dinner, have a white elephant gift exchange, concluded by a devotional and testimony meeting.
Doug and I sang a song and then he got to offer his thoughts and some advice (in Portuguese) to the missionaries.
Part Two: We met 40 of the missionaries at an orphanage and had a blast!
Callin was a tad bit jealous at first. Pretty soon he was heaven and we had to keep yelling, "Has anyone seen the white kid?"Lindy carried this little girl around the entire time. Every time I tried to hold her she cried.Feeding the babies their breakfast could definitely be my favorite reoccurring treasure Africa gives me. They are as precious and darling as ever! Oh how I wish I could take home several and add them to our little family! I will keep waiting for the day!The missionaries set up rotations of activities for the kids to do. This is the sponge toss. This sweet little girl (in the blue) only had half an arm but was still the best shot found!Musical chairs and making music station. Playing the drums and singing along with the guitar was definitely the favorite station.After all the games were over, my parents AP gave a little lesson about how God loves each of them. They each got little prise bag with their own smaller picture of the Savior to put by their bed.Part 3: We met at the church in the afternoon to play board games, watch "It's a Wonderful Life," eat a yummy lasagna dinner, have a white elephant gift exchange, concluded by a devotional and testimony meeting.Doug and I sang a song and then he got to offer his thoughts and some advice (in Portuguese) to the missionaries.It truly will be hard to beat this Christmas. It was so full of joy and happiness.
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