Skip to main content

On the Seventh Day of Kenya an exciting event came to me: March Madness on TV!

 From Aaron:

We are at Sweetwater and went on the safari.  I was able to see lots of stuff.  We even went on a nature trail to see hippos...that was really cool.  We also were able to stop at place where they have a half blind Black Rhino...I was able to feed him!!!  It was really really cool.  

I did get to talk with Geof today so it looks like we are going to meet him tomorrow in Nirobi.  I am looking forward to that and hope it works out!

It won't be long until I am on the 18 hour flight back home!

Okay, so it doesn't trump a safari, but March Madness is here! I've got my bracket filled out and I'm ready to go. I love that March Madness coincides with my birthday. It makes it a little more exciting. Hopefully I can catch some of the games between chores this afternoon. 
This morning Maddy went and played with her friend Camryn. We haven't seen Camryn and her mom, Sarah, in a long time so it was nice to catch up with them. Camryn had a slide that Maddy loved. She figured out how to go up it all by herself before we left. She wouldn't slide down it without my help though. She loves sliding. 
No big plans for the rest of the day. I need to see if I can get the lawnmower started and get the lawn mowed. My dad gave me some ideas so hopefully that work. I took the weed eater last night and cut a bunch of stuff around flower beds and the edges of the lawn where the mower doesn't cut well. The line kept getting tangled, coming out, getting stuck, etc. It was SO FRUSTRATING!!!! If there was a swing set in my yard, I would have followed in my dad's footsteps and thrown the weed eater over the swing set and then over the neighbors fence! I need to get Aaron to teach me about rewinding the line and stuff when he gets back so that I don't have as bad of a time using it. Better go get started on some work so I can have time for basketball!! 

http://www.serenahotels.com/serenasweetwaters/default-en.html

The above link is to the website about the "tent" camp Aaron's team stayed in last night. I was picturing them roughing it. Ha!
 

Comments

Jennifer said…
lol, yep those "tents" are soooo roughing it! when i went on a 3 day safari in Masai Mara, we stayed in tents like that, too. Don't think it was the same "hotel" but i think those tent camps are pretty common around there. it was the best sleeping situation i had my entire 9 wks in Africa! HA!
March 17, 2011 at 1:23 PM
Drs Meyer said…
LOVE little Camryn...she and Mads are super cute in their little outfits! Happy almost birthday :D And happy march madness!!!
March 17, 2011 at 10:39 PM
bee said…
Looks like MM and CAmryn are having a nice time. So cute! Loving the 9 days of Kenya posts. Keep it up.
March 18, 2011 at 10:46 AM
bee said…
just got through looking at that website. I feel soooo sorry for Aaron. He is just suffering horribly at that place. haha
March 18, 2011 at 10:50 AM
Jessica said…
Wow, I never imagined Kenya to look so luxurious. Impressive. I bet he's going to have a million good stories, and I know you're happy to have him back home!
March 18, 2011 at 8:46 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Getaway to Ticks Bend....I Mean Beavers Bend State Park

 Back in April, we decided we needed to do a short family getaway after the semester was over. The last time we'd been on vacation just to vacation (not going to see family in CO) was when we went to San Antonio when Maddy was 3 months old. We found Beavers Bend State Park close to Broken Bow, OK and decided to go there. We booked a cabin in the state park and eagerly awaited the day we could take off for our getaway. We left on Sunday afternoon and stayed through Tuesday afternoon. It was short, but so fun and relaxing. We had no computer and no cell phones while we were up there. We just got to enjoy being around each other and the beautiful scenery.  We built a fire and roasted some marshmallows. Also popped some jiffy pop. Aaron had never done one of those before.  This is a 100 year old cabin they had at the visitor center. I like the mud chinking ( I think that's what it's called). A couple named Comma and Mabel lived in the cabin when the CCC was building t...
4 comments
Read more

We Need Your Prayers

Many of you have probably heard all ready, but Aaron and I got some devastating news today. Our baby will probably not survive outside the womb. They did an amneostasis this afternoon to test for chromasomal defects, which is what they think it is right now. I know I am spelling everything wrong so I hope what I write makes enough sense for everyone to understand what is going on. The specialist we went to see feels that it is triploidy or triamias 18. Those may not be the right names but they are two of the three chromasomal defects. The other is down's syndrome. He did not feel that it was down's. The other two defects are fatal so if we carry the baby to term it will not live but for a few days or hours if one of the defects above is the problem. We will know in 2days. If it is not one of those then we will have to go to a cardiologist and a genetic counselor. The baby had clubbed hands and feel and it's heart is not formed correctly and is not in the right place. Becau...
8 comments
Read more

Another Sonogram

We went to the high risk pregnancy doc today for another sonogram. This time he could see all four chambers of the heart, the pulmonary valve, etc. In his words it looked "dramatically better". He feels there is still some slight compression on the heart and that we need to continue watching it. As of now he cannot see anything that is causing it and the MRI did not see anything either. He also felt that the hands were okay. They are not clenched fists at least as he first thought, meaning that the fingers aren't overlapping each other. Her hands are still in fists and she won't open them but he said he has had other babies that have not opened their fist in the sonogram but the hands have been normal at birth, so we still have a lot of hope for those little hands. He was able to get a better look at the face today, no cleft palate, so that is a huge blessing. The feet are still concerning. They are definitely clubbed but she is also not moving them. She is moving her...
10 comments
Read more