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On the Sixth Day of Kenya Tam and Rach and Maddy went with me: to the arboretum!

 Here is what Aaron did today:

 We saw our last community.  This is a coffee producing community and we were able to see how they process the coffee...it is out of season right now so we only saw the place but it was very interesting.  We also spent a lot of time at schools (2 primary and one high school).   I played soccer at the HS and I am dead!!  Frank and I were the only two that played.  I really enjoy Frank, he is a great and very funny guy.

I sent Geof a FB message and he sent me his phone number.  It looks like I might get to see him on Friday!!!!  I am so excited if that happens.  It will be so awesome to see my Kenyan Brother. 

Tomorrow we leave for Sweetwater, Kenya.  This is were we do our safari and I think you could probably google it on the internet.  I hear it is suppose to be pretty amazing.

HEre is the link to the place we were at tonight.  http://www.410bridge.org/change-kenya/where-we-serve/karogoto/
 You can look at it and see some of the links etc.  I am liking Kwebakenya and Karogoto the most.  I am sure we will talk about this tonight and tomorrow night a bit.

Maddy had therapy this morning. Then we headed off to the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. They have the Dallas Blooms right now which is a huge tulip display. We had a picnic with Rachel and Georgia at White Rock Lake, right around the corner from the arboretum, and then went over to look around and get some pictures of Maddy for her 2 year pics.
 We got some good ones but she had a melt down at the end. I wanted a picture of her with me and it just did not work out. She was really tired so we came home. The tulips were beautiful. They had other spring flowers like pansies and daffodils mixed in and a lot of the trees were in bloom. It really was like some kind of fairy land. Maybe we had a little taste of what Aaron might see in Amsterdam on his way home if he were able to leave the airport and go tour the city.


They also had a fairy tale castle place that the kids could play in but they really were not that impressive. The pumpkin houses in the fall were much better. I'm not sure what we'll do tonight. I have several projects at a standstill because I can't do anything more on them without the right equipment. I certainly am ready for Aaron to get back home, but I have a lot of work to do to get the house back in order before he shows up!

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