The girls on the way to Lake Nabugabo where we took a recent trip

The beautiful lake! AG enjoyed looking at birds with the binoculars and learning their names

On the way to the Lake you pass the equator

We joined good friends at the Lake and the kids had SOOOO much fun

camp fire and roasting marshmallows

girls sleeping under mosquito nets

Celebrating Saudi's Birthday

Firecracker candle :)

We celebrated the end of October by having friends over for a dress up party and candy huntAll the kids together all dressed up!!

KJ the "angel" lol after getting into the chocolate cupcakes...

AG the doctor

all the kids watching a movie

Lidya and a friend

Meron

The amount of dishes after the party was....overwhelming??? :) Lidya hard at work!

Shelah pulling her hair out at the sight of the kitchen-- a common thing around our house :)

This year we were invited to the US Marine Ball in Kampala

Jade was asked to lead the invocation which was cool (he did a good job)...it was great fun and we got to dance and enjoy the evening with some really good friends of ours.

With the Prados

Happy Birthday Marines!

Leaving the dance floor after some serious getting down :)

It was recently the Eid holiday, celebrated by Muslims to commemorate Abraham's near sacrifice of his son.

We were happy to be invited to some of our student's from the Center of Hope's house for the celebration.

AG and Daddy

Delicious Food - it was a FEAST!!

Friends

KJ playing with her friends

Ackers and Host

As it was time to leave we noticed that AG and KJ were nowhere to be found...we thought they were in the back of the house playing, but then were told they had left the house and compound with some of the other small children!!! Trying to remain as calm as possible and not panic we sent out three different search parties to go through the slums looking for them. Thankfully, as the only blonde in the area, AG's hair was spotted by a friend from a distance as she walked past a small passageway. I have to admit the relief was immense to find them again. They were completely unaware of anything even after we explained that they cannot just leave someone's house and go wandering all over the place without telling us...they only talked non-stop about all the chickens and goats they had been able to see. Oh, my...

This picture was taken after they were found again!!