Hiding Places :)

Baking... Birthdays... Buddies... Blessed :)

One of our national friends kept telling me how his daughter kept asking for "Auntie's" cookies for her birthday...

So I told him that instead of me making the chocolate chip & toffee cookies for her, for him to bring her ("Ammie") to our house and I would teach her how to make them.

So on her birthday she spent the day with Levi & I:

She was such a great little learner- she listened to everything I said and picked it up so quickly. 

She mixed up the dough, broke up the chocolate pieces and toffee pieces, balled them, put them on the cookie sheet, set the timer, checked the cookies, removed them from the cookie sheet when they were done and put them on the cooling rack... and of course enjoyed eating them!!!

She did such a GREAT JOB!

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She was so proud :)

You know "someone else" just HAD to have his apron on to "HEEELP" :)

While the cookies baked, these two enjoyed playing:

 and coloring....

 

and we also took a walk and played at the park, then came back to color outside with some chalk.

 After having lots of fun, her Papa returned with some dinner & CAKE!

So we sang Happy Birthday and celebrated together:

Levi was a fan of the cake... Surprise Surprise!

 I think he ate a little bit of everyone's cake :)

U-u-u-u-ncle was his right hand man shoveling icing into Levi's mouth upon his request- such a grandparent (hehe).

 

Happy Birthday AMMIE!

Thanks for letting us share your day with you :)

Praying for your precious heart to one day know the One who created you.

Usual Sunday Morning...

This is a typical Sunday morning in the field behind our house:

Lots of folks gather to play or to watch them play cricket 

(the popular sport here in S.Asia)

Sunday is the day everyone has off from work, so that is why they all gather and provide us with our very own ESPN LIVE ~ South Asia style:

 

Of course we still have our plethora of animals roaming... 

it's just that on Sundays they get to run through the brush and the weeds :)

 Looks like they even serve snacks & refreshments @ the games as well!

 Better hurry & catch him before he gets too far down the road :)

"Guys, SERIOUSLY... isn't this SO cool to get to watch from our back porch? I think so!"

~Levi

King of the HILL

On one of our "waaalks"- we passed this huge pile of gravel....

Well you don't think this went unnoticed by little BOY, do ya?

 

 OOOOOOHHH NO, he INSISTED that he climb to the VERY top... so with a little help from Papa,

he accomplished his feat!

Gotta love Papas :)

 

He then proceeded to act as if it were a giant slide & slid down the rock pile 

just like a BOY would do - Lol.

Another sweet moment happened during our walk home after climbing the hill...

PUPPIES!!!!

Looks like this little boy takes after his Papa~ he LOVED them :)

 I think this MAY have made Papa's heart QUITE proud!

Little Friends & Good Times

We love when Aunt Shanee takes us to fun parks with cool slides:

 This is how it went EVERY time...

1.  Climb the ladder

2. Sit on his bottom

3.  Grab the side rail & assume the position

 

4. Belly down & SLIDE away...

all while saying 

"AAAAA HHHHH" the whole way down :)

We also found some fun tunnels to climb through:

Levi always had a blast going for "WAAAAAAALKS"...

So he loves when we go to Aunt Shanee's and go for a walk to the park with his good buddies 

Gus & Joya

They are always bound to find fun... and occassionally trouble :) haha.

These are some of Levi's buddies for sure, he LOVES to say their names!

Even when we are at home & he is playing by himself & he remembers them... He just starts calling for "Gus" and "Joooya"

Super Sweet!

. Cuteness .

 Captured some Cuteness on Camera:

"And ya just can't beat Couch time with Papa in our Comfy Clothes & Cartoons" :

. Back with the Gang .

I guess "gang" can have some pretty negative connotations, but NOT when it refers to the GANG we are talking about!

They are some of our favorite people to be around!

Here are some pictures of Levi and 3 of their boys while they had a blast playing outside during one of our visits:

(I guess Sarala and little Wint were staying clear of the chaos that ensued. haha)

The JOY chalk can bring:

Sam & Jackson being boys :)

Levi's little buddy, Parks... B- if only you knew how often Levi talks about "PAAWKS" since your last visit... it's quite cute!

My handsome husband enjoying some "boy" time outside with these guys:

Sweet Sam was so quick to take care of Levi, who was struggling to drive the bike, and just had him jump on  and hang on while they went cruising:

And they're off... Here comes Parks up the side...

 Too precious!

 He finally figured out how to drive on his own:

Thanks for letting us hang out, Y'all!

We had a blast... as always.