Makes me SMILE :)

There is never a day that passes where this little guys doesn't make me SMILE!

I thank the Lord for the way He brings SO much JOY to my day through such a tiny tot!

~Smitten~

:: Red Pajamas ::

"Good Morning Mama"

"Good Morning Y'all"

"Oh NO! Don't make me take off my Red Pajamas... I LOVE THEM!"

Cute little bugger... even when he's mad :)

SUBZI SOUP (aka Vegetable Soup)

Fresh Vegetables = Delicious Vegetable Soup

Peas in a Pod :)

Clean & Prep Veggies:
Carrots, Corn, Peas, Green Beans, Green Pepper, Cabbage, Tomato,Cauliflower, Potatoes

Pressure cook the vegetables and chicken breasts together
Shred the chicken
(I LOVE a pressure cooker these days!)

Pour together in the pot using the broth from the chicken and vegetables
Add some water and tomato puree

Salt, Pepper, and other preferred spices to taste

WAH LAH- Yummy Vegetable Soup :)

Cockroach Killers and Clean Up Crew

Does this title make you nervous???

The truth is- when we found out where we would be living during our language time, we also found out we would be moving into a home already occupied by some lovely cockroaches.
Ok... maybe not so "lovely"- right?

After a month of sharing our home with them, we finally were able to bring in an exterminator to take care of these little pests and give us our home back :)

Once we prepped the house, packed stuff up, took things off of counters and out of cabinets & drawers-
We headed over to some friends house to have a sleepover for the night while the "dust" settled.

What a great time it was:
Settlers of Catan, Warm YUMMY Brownies, Shared laughter, and a Cozy Bed.

The next day we returned home to find cockroaches belly up all over the place...
Ahhhhhhh- VICTORY! :)

Some of these suckers were HUGE!!! (YUCK)

It was time for the Clean Up Crew to get to work:

Craig worked hard at sweeping and mopping EVERYTHING (Twice!)
AND
Levi just hung out with Mama and helped her clean out the cabinets so we could "move back in"

It is SO nice to finally feel cockroach free and like we have our home to ourselves.
Thank you Mr. Exterminator!
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*After much resistance- Craig made me post the "clean up crew" victory dance/ cardio workout to some early 90's Jock Jams hits....
I know you are already laughing out loud.

I am sure you will enjoy and get some cardio in of your own... Laughing :)

Toy Boxes can be Tricky :)

Getting to some of the toys in the bottom of the Toy Box can be Tricky for Levi:



Trust me... He has tried several approaches :)


I mean really:

No Worries~
We bought some smaller baskets for his toys so he can sit on the floor and reach his toys with ease.

* The baskets are really neat and hand made here out of newspaper that they wet, roll, weave, dry and paint, and it's made by some women in a local village.
Cool huh?
I think so :)

:: Trekking ::

During one of our Sabbath Saturdays we decided to trek up the nearby mountains with some friends

We started bright and early- catching our auto rickshaw at 5:30AM,
and beginning the trek at 6:00AM.

One bonus of the early morning:
We got to see the sun rise from behind the mountains
Gorgeous :)




Surrounded by mountains & loving it


Our trek consisted of some roads, some off roading, surrounded by greenery, then through small villages and passing people:

Of course we passed some wildlife: cows, donkeys, monkeys, etc...


Levi was in his glory being outside the whole time.
He was so content in his backpack just looking around, chatting it up, or napping :)

Fun little snapshot of a village:


One of my favorite sites on the journey:
Look closely... this is a gravel TRACK!!!!
Lanes marked & the Olympic rings in the center...
maybe this will be the next Olympics location:)
None the less it brought back fond memories of "the glory days"


Finally, 6 hours later, we hiked through these beautiful pine trees and into this village
where we met up with a few other friends and ate some delicious breakfast.


Whew~ I'm exhausted!
Hope you enjoyed trekking with us.

. Little Stinker .

"It wasn't me"