Kendall and Leanna
The Englund side.
The Lambeth side.
And a party is not complete without a special cake!
Talking and eating like someone is going to take our plate away!
Camen loved his makeshift "bathtub" and didn't want to get out.
All cleaned up and ready to get dressed for church!
Now that is quite the flame!
This really isn't all OUR food. The table with the grill seats 9, so we sat with 5 other people. And no, the light above the table is not really on fire - it just appears to be so in this picture. :-) 
Caught Matt sleeping again (just kidding)!
Reading the directions first like all good little bakers do.
Caleb measured and added the water to the cake mix.
Drew helped too by putting the cake in the oven.
After the "L-O-N-G" 10 minutes, Kaley excitedly checks her cake.
Success!
And now...the best part - chocolate frosting!
Kaley shared her cake with everybody - insisting that we all try it. :-) And it was good!
When I checked the weather online, I found this incredible picture below. (Photo by Jeff Swinger, The Enquirer)
“As storms rolled through
I think that is pretty nifty!
And yes, they really were ducks - here's the proof. This duck let me get pretty close before heading for safety back into the water. It actually is a pretty creature.
Goofin' off with Mark and Kristin at Eden Park. The trees and flowers are looking "very springy" right now - so pretty!
Aaron and Drew got in some good games of basketball - inside and out!
Kaley proceeds to whiz through their game on her scooter. :-)
After 22 hours of travel, including one 15-hour flight, these are VERY happy smiles from 5 tired girls who are glad to be in South Africa!
Nearly all the kids at the mission speak both the native language (Zulu) and English. This girl taught us some words in Zulu. They were a lot of fun to be with - I think they enjoyed us too!
This is the auditorium on the mission grounds. Yes, it's extremely large - it seats 10,000 people!
We had a safari fun day that was absolutely unbelievable. We saw zebras, elephants, giraffes, lions, baboons, rhino, buffalo, warthogs, and a few other animals I didn't even recognize. It was a very exciting day! Yes, I took many pictures of all these animals including these zebras. That day was the first time I realized the mane of the zebra was also black and white striped - amazing!
We visited an AIDS hospital. It was very sad to see all these patients with AIDS, but it was also very incredible to hear their conversion stories and the many miracles that are taking place there. This mission AIDS hospital currently has 48 beds and they are preparing to expand to 3,000 beds. Despite this large increase, they will never be able to keep up with the demand. For every 3 people you see in South Africa, one of them has AIDS - that is an extremely high percentage.
We all loved South Africa and thoroughly enjoyed our trip. However, these words are such a welcome sight!
Wow! What a weekend. Since Thursday I have been enjoying the Professional Photographers of Ohio Convention in Dayton, Ohio! My brain is so full of new information and some incredible new ideas that I can hardly decide what to try first.
Yes - there are scads and scads of people there. Very crowded at times, but really neat to meet other photographers and talk shop! :-)
The session on lighting was very helpful! The word "photography" literally means "writing with light" - lighting is the most challenging part of taking a photograph.
The print competition is really interesting. We watched part of the judging, which was very educational to hear comments from the judges on why a particular print was scored low/high. I plan to enter prints next year.
Khara and Kelsey always want to hold the new lambs. :-)
Ooops! Kelsey's lamb got away!
