Flying without pixie dust in Zambia

Jana has always wanted to fly. As a little girl when you asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up she would say a butterfly.

Maren looks a bit like superman.

John has had back problems in the past so he chose to hook up sitting up. He said it was really hard running with all you might and then jumping off of a cliff.

While the rest of them were flying, Gwenny had a very nice time on a horse ride. They don't allow people under the age of 12 to go on the normal hacks. So we begged and Gwenny gave them her saddest face to let her have a guided ride. She loved it! It was an added bonus to run into the resident zebras and giraffe.

We Love Africa!!

We just got back from our adventure to Victoria Falls, Zambia. I'm always so awe struck by the beauty of this wonderful world we have to live on. They haven't had this much water going over the falls for 70 years. It was truly breath taking.

It was very damp from all the spray from the falls. So lush and green.

The bridge in the back ground is where thrill seekers can bungee jump into the canyon. No we did not do it!

Not only was it very wet when you got up close to the falls but it was also very loud. The hotel we stayed at was the closest to the falls and we could hear them.

Butterflies, skateboards and guess who?

We have butterflies here by the thousands, they are getting to the end of their life span and so they are slower and easier to catch. Gwen is very gentle with them, she will keep one as a pet everyday and then let it go.

Jay's friend loaned him his swivel board and he loves it! I'm amazed that anyone can stay up on one of these. He is saving his money in hopes of getting on over the summer.

I came across this picture and every time I see it I crack up out loud. Can you name those in the photo above?

goin' fishin'

We had an extra day off this week for national "Women's Day". So we took the boat out and did some fishing. It was a beautiful day and we had some luck catching some fish.

Our helpers did all the dirty work like getting our hooks ready and then spearing them as we reeled them in.

We caught 6 fish one was to small and we put him back in the ocean and off course the biggest one got away. So we ended up with 4 big sized fish. They call them darado's here I'm not sure what they are.

Jay, John and the helpers did all the yucky work of filleting them. We gave 2 fish to the helpers and we had a very tasty dinner! And have more in the freezer for later.

Mosquito Nets and American Idol

Exxon is really good about helping out Luanda. They have had all kinds of ways of serving in the community from painting orphanages, beach clean-ups and handing out mosquito nets. This time we handed out school supplies,

and mosquito nets. That's what is in the blue bundles the ladies are carrying. We also handed out pamphlets on how to prevent malaria. Someone from American Idol came which of course none in our family knew the guy, apparently, American Idol do a huge fund raiser in New York and donate the proceeds to malaria projects.

After the kids finished all their work the rounded up some kids to play a bit of football.

I know you can't tell by the picture but it was really warm that day! We were happy to have some cloud cover.

BYU or Bust!

It's offical!

August 2010 Jana will be emerging onto the wonderful world of BYU!!

Primary Day Activity

Yesterday was such a fun activity. The leaders talked about the importance of dressing modestly. This building that we meet for church used to be a hotel. The church refurbished it some and is renting it. It has 3 stories this room is on the top. We meet for Sacrament meeting in here. It has lots of windows, so when the power goes out (which is a lot of the time) we can open the windows for a nice hot breeze.

These 2 little ladies are so adorable!! Kenje on the left, Bebe on the right. They are best friends and when they see each other they embrace then give each other a kiss on both cheeks. They loved the suckers, talk about sticky!!

Then they had a relay of putting on clothes. They loved it. After that they made paper dolls and put paper clothes on them. I know you can't tell by the picture but it was so hot!

After that John painted the back wall where there was a wee fire when the circuit breaker box shorted out, it probably wouldn't have caused much damage had there not been a clock hanging above it. Almost all of the buildings here are made out of cement so nothing burns down.