Finance Retreat at Sun City

Sun City 2013

The finance team enjoyed a retreat in the middle of March. Lots of fun and refreshment as well as encouraging team meetings where we studied the Sermon on the Mount. It was a time to say hello to a new family who just joined the team and a time to say goodbye to a family who is going stateside and returning elsewhere. Click on the pic of our family to see more photos from the retreat. It was a really neat place to stay. Dan, Lucas, Alexis and I (Allison) were recognized as having served 5 yrs with the IMB. It's officially the end of April but wow! The time has gone quickly but we are so content where we are! This really is what God has for us and we are enjoying seeing Him at work all around us. Thank you for staying connected with us through prayer, emails and by reading this blog! We appreciate it and couldn't do it without your support!

At Home with Joshua & Rebekah

I love getting to stay home each day with Joshua & Rebekah. I thought I'd give you a peek at a few of the things we do together!\

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We received this swing set free from a family that was finished with it. Our kids are having lots of fun!

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We visited at our neighbor's house the other day and the kids had fun playing together. Mitchell is about 18 months old.

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Then Joshua & Alexis had fun on the trampoline with Shogalala-another neighborhood boy.

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A package arrived!

We can guess but we can never truly tell when a package will actually arrive. So, Rebekah received a birthday package just recently in the mail and we had fun taking more birthday pictures of her!

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13 Months Old!

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I've got 4 teeth now!

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Silly face!

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Fun with my big brother!

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I'm learning to walk!

Lucas - 2nd grade & Cricket

Our 2nd grader!

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Lucas is loving second grade even though his best buddy at school is in the other class. There are 15 kids in his class and he definitely has homework each night. He was so excited last week to be chosen for the Grade 2&3 Mini-Cricket team. They played their first match this past Monday and tied 66-66. Cricket is a sport we are still learning and Lucas has been teaching us quite a bit so far. I thought I'd include a couple of pics from his match. You'll see him in his Cricket gear, then he got a turn to bowl (pitch) and then he had a turn at bat.

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Time to say Goodbye

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Good cooking!

We were really spoiled on several occasions by Leland and Jean's cooking. Leland made his homemade pizza for us 3 times and Jean made cinnamon rolls (and taught Allison). She also made Dan a lemon pie and a banana cream pie. Whew! That was really good stuff!

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We took Leland Jean to Milky Lane for their belated birthday treat!

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I love how kids look at a menu and pick the coolest thing they see. Great choice Alexis!

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Yummy!

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Thank you Grandma & Grandpa Foreman! We had a wonderful time!

The Lion Park

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Wow! What a picture for Africa! We had an awesome visit to the Lion Park on Tuesday. We got to pet 3 month old lion cubs, feed a giraffe and drive through 4 lion enclosures, 1 wild dog enclosure and a cheetah enclosure. We learned that lion cubs are allowed to be petted until 8 months and then they are moved to the "teenage" area. They were several lion cubs that were 6 months old and they were already quite large! It is such an experience to be up close and personal with them. Alexis wasn't too sure about touching any animals that day but she did enjoy looking at them. And when we took the picture up above with the giraffe we had to be very careful because it was eating something and spit was flying out in long strings. Gross! Thankfully it was a windy day so all that drool flew over our heads! Click on the pic below of Lucas & Joshua petting a lion cub to see lots more!

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We visited Horwood Farm on Sunday afternoon. We like to spend our Sunday afternoons at a park with our kids. Grandma & Grandpa were very busy watching their grandchildrens' special tricks!

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