Sip-N-See for Brad and Ellie

For all y'all out there that don't know what a Sip-N-See is. . . a Sip-N-See is just as simple as it sounds: Guests come and “sip” beverages and have a chance to “see” the precious newborn baby. We were so excited to host a Sip N See for our friends Brad and Ellie Harris in honor of the birth of their 4th child, Rebecca Grace. Rebecca was born in Kisumu on November 6th! She is a happy, healthy cuddly baby girl! 

Connor was happy to have Rebecca Grace all to herself!

Ruth, Solomon, Ben, and Rachel have fun playing on the floor.

Brad & Ellie and John & Lisa

Rachel, Rebecca, and Solomon wait for snacks.

Karen, Ellie, Lisa, and Damaris take some time catch-up!

Mamas and Daughters

Future Babysitter!

So glad to have Grandma Diane back!

Bethany, Ellie, Tammy, and Rebecca Grace

It was great to have all the guys at the party!

Everybody knows that Chris loves babies.
Could #5 be in the future for the Page Family?

Rachelle and Ellie

Karen with the little lady of the hour!

I am sure that Brad, Charlie, and Chris were talking about baby clothes, late night
feedings, and dirty diapers. Is that really Santa in the background or Steve Warn?

Sweet, big sister, Rachel.

Diane and Bev

Beautiful Mama!

Ben and Solomon having fun playing in Lyla's room.

Rachelle and Lisa

Heidi, Bethany, and Karen

Proud mamas of 4 (8 total)!

Name that critter! Take your best guess!

While cutting the grass in our backyard our guard found this mystery critter. Give us your best guess. . . 

        It looks like a fish, snake, lizard, crocodile mix. We found a new species!  

   

The guard cut the tail off so it couldn't run away. 

Best guess?????

Swimming with the Agape boys!

 During the school breaks, we usually have around 20-30 boys on campus which allows us to do some fun activities with the boys.  Last week we took all of the boys to a local pool.

Watch out Connor!!!

It melts our hearts to see Steven so happy.  Praise the Lord!

Duncan and Sebastian - Best Friends!

Tammy did her best to play lifeguard for the boys. 

Lyla was tired and ready to go home.

Great smiles, guys!  Looks calendar worthy to me!

Posing for the camera . . .

Connor and her new friend, Tanya.  

Wow! What a handsome group of boys!

Lyla, our little mermaid.

All smiles after swimming!

Mam Benta and Ted hanging out by the pool.

Connor and Sut had a great time swimming with new friends!

Lyla loves to swim.  The Agape boys are always very good to her!

Father Christmas Arrival at Braeburn

One of the benefits of Lyla attending Braeburn International School one-day a week is that all of family gets to participate in Braeburn's activities.  Like the arrival of Santa . . . .

Lyla and Seth were really excited that Father Christmas finally arrived at Braeburn!

Waiting patiently. . .  

                            

Patience rewarded! 

Lyla and her friend Michelle. 

Seth with his new toy truck

Seth & Lyla with their early Christmas presents!

Lyla and Gabe at the class Christmas party. 

Healthy lunch. . . 

popcorn, cupcakes, crisps(chips), and biscuits(cookies). Yummy!!

Lyla took a little bite of everything. 

Lyla wanted a ginger man head. 

Playing in the sand after the party. 

Say what?

Seth had a great time with all the kids. 

Father Christmas gave Connor her first Kenya Scouts badge!
(That is the only way she would pose for the picture.)

Chinese Toys Sold in Kenya

Kenya and China do a lot of trade together.  My impression thus far is that the relationship works like this:  China builds Kenya free roads, and then China gets to export to Kenya very, very cheap toys and other plastic items.

After Lyla opened her presents, we all had a good laugh at the Chinese-made toys' packaging.  Here are a few samples:

Beauty Iron Series Fashionable Girls:  Toy series with strong sense for playing.  Hi! You are my new friend All new items .it cannot be missed. promotion of new products all new design ideas  Shake Lights and Music,  Take me home!

Kitchen New Toys:  Let's play game  The best welcome gifts for the children. completely new to come in to the market.  Developmental Benefits:  Developing Motor Skills, Encouraging Cognitive Abilities, Enhancing Language Basics, Stimulation the Senses (This is the best part!) Not Suitable for Children Under 3 Years

Magical Kitchen Set:  High Toys Set, Play Together, Modern and Elegeant in Fashion, New Design  High Class, It will give you infinite pleasure.

Ninaj Haney:  Fashion Sutra, Ninaj Girl, Beautiful princess and beautiful arena to play in the Starlight dazzle,they have a lot of beautiful clothes, play with you together, we are real beautiful treasures,comeing to collecting and keep us at come! do not miss the different vogue current.. the quick line moves

Wow! What else can I say . . . 

Happy 4th Birthday Lyla!!!

Our little Lyla just celebrated her 4th birthday!  Here's a few photos of our celebration:

Lyla prepares to devour her birthday dinner:  Bacon and French Fries . . . great choice!!!

Lyla gets ready to blow out her candles as Sutton waits with undisguised exuberance.

The original cake design was for the cake to be Barbie's dress . . . but when that didn't work out, the cake became Barbie's desk . . . but once we added the tray of McDonald's food, it became Barbie at a fast food joint.

After extricating Barbie from McDonalds, we decided to try out a Chinese-made Flower Candle on the cake.

I quote from the back of the box (all spelling and punctuation have been transcribed in their original format for your reading pleasure):  "Make the lighted joss stick become horizontal 45 degree of an angle,touch small red-point of gunpowder center under candle end,and full color fireworks can be spouted immediately."  My kind of party!

The final result of the "Flower Candles!"

Lyla opens up her birthday presents!

Quarterly Newsletter - Discipleship at Agape

For those of you that do not receive our newsletters, here is a link to Agape's quarterly newsletter.  This quarter's topic is discipleship at Agape.  There is also a small update from our family included within.  Check it out!

 Agape Quarterly Newsletter