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I love the view from my kitchen window. The rains are here in earnest making everything green and flowering. It looks a bit like an English garden if I do say so myself. Ruth came over to borrow something and stepped into my kitchen. She lives 2 houses down and has the same back yard space that I do. And she exclaimed how pretty my yard is. It really is.
We try to eat at our picnic table as much as we can but lately with the rains, it’s been a bit cool. The other day I made myself a fantastic cup of coffee. Whipped cream, hazelnut flavor, just perfect. And took it with some home decorating magazines to sit in my back yard where no one could see me. I sat uninterrupted for 45 minutes. Seth was napping and the 2 big boys had boots on and were puddle jumping. BLISS!
I have had a horrendous cold/flu for the last 2 weeks. We have all had it in the following order Caleb, Ryan, Levi, Me, and Seth. I who never get sick have been sick once in September with strepp throat type symptoms and now this. Seth sounds like he has a frog in his throat. The end of sickness is in sight. I drank 8 ounces of fresh carrot juice yesterday. Not bad. Can’t get Seth to go near carrot juice. He loves milk in his bottle. Period.
But I am happy! I like my house a lot. I love my yard. My kids are doing great. Home schooling is getting easier. Even math and hand writing. I am not homesick for the states but do wish I could be at my folks for Christmas. We are putting our tree up this Saturday. The kids can’t wait. And I have been busy Christmas shopping. The toys here are either cheap and too breakable or way to expensive. So I am becoming more creative.
Conference is next week at Kijabe. Over thanksgiving weekend. That is always fun. No cooking. No sleep. Good speaker. See lots of other missionaries I only see once or twice a year. And we usually get sick, again!
