1 inch in 3 weeks!

Sometimes I look at him and wonder where my little boy went!

Then there's times when I still see the little boy in there.

I don't know who's loosing more teeth right now Jay or Gwen.

He is wearing a size 10 shoe and he no longer fits under my chin when I hug him!!

The Rainy Season

Our branch building is under construction again so we have been meeting with our old branch on Sundays for the past 4 weeks. It has been nice seeing old friends.

But it has also made us remember how difficult it was to get to church during the rainy season.

This is the street right in front of our old branch building. The good thing is this water is still fresh because it rained only the night before but in a few days it will be a murky blackish color.

This is at the corner where we turn to get to our building.

This is the front of our building with the youth going to the side building for Sunday School. We have been here before when the water goes all the way to the door.

Nathan Hale in Angola

The past couple of weeks Gwen's class has been studying all kinds of different books. Since I help out in her class with reading anyway I thought it would be fun to take along some of my nephew Nate's books that he has written and illustrated. They looked at his blog,

I read them one of his stories and showed them his other books that he has illustrated.

They had some questions they wanted to ask him:

1. How long do you write until you know it's going to be a good story?

2. When were you born?

3. Do your books come in other languages?

4. Have you ever received an award?

5. Where do you get your ideas?

6. How do you send it to your publisher?

7. What do you enjoy more writing or illustrating?

8. How long does it take you to write/draw a book?

Last year when Gwen's class was studying animals I took along Nate's book Yellowbelly and Plum.

Then the kids all made their version of Plum out of bread dough.
It is so fun sharing Nate's talents with Angola!