Bombazi- 2

Our outdoor deck/viewing area

From the viewing area, we looked out over the lake,
and we saw many areas there.

Bombazi- Rooms

 Our recent conference was held in South Africa at Bombazi Wilderness a 10,000 acre game reserve.

They make "roughing it" a vacation!

The kids' bedroom

One of the many animals on display.  They did cause some concern the first night at bed time.  Isabelle was having trouble going to sleep because she felt like their eyes were watching her.
I managed to distract her and get her to think about some other things.
Then it true younger brother fashion, Caleb had to bring it back up.
"I like the eyes watching me.  I feel like they're protecting me."
Back to square 1!

Even the door handles fit the theme

Mine & Stephen's room

This time last year

At the Langstons' house

Recess usually meant taking Achilles for a walk

Going to Chick-fil-A on Valentine's Day.
Can you tell who likes the cold weather?

Lots of snowy days in Chattanooga!

We also took quite a few trips to the library.

Making cake pops for Valentine's Day

This time last year

Cold and Snow

Roller-skating with Rowan & Amelia

Lots of books from the library in downtown Chattanooga!
We went at least once a week to check out books and sometimes stayed for Lego Club or other activities.

Caleb's birthday

 It's hard to believe that Caleb is 9 years old!

Isabelle put his candles in the shape of a "C"!

Ian's Birthday

Ian's birthday was last Sunday.
He wanted to have chicken noodle soup.
We added homemade fries & pringles to round out the meal.

15 candles!
I told him to blow them out fast so the wax wouldn't melt onto the cake.
He did it so fast that we didn't even get a picture!

It's hard to believe he's 15 now!

Christmas Day

Opening stockings Christmas morning

Ian with his candy & pringles from his stocking.

After handing out presents at the hospital, we had lunch with Amanda Volkman and Christina and Rebecca Warkentin.

We opened presents as a family in the afternoon.
The kids each gave each other a few little things that they had made or toys or cards they had that they knew the other person would like.

Stephen got some fabric with bright colors and spiderwebs.

The fabric got away from him!

Just what I wanted- Cookies with chocolate & peanuts!