No new pictures at the moment, but I thought I'd let you in on what Grace and i did this morning...

We sorted pictures! Grace was quite fascinated by her old pictures.... We also spent quite a bit of time comparing same age pictures....

Grace at 4 months

Jasmin at 4 months (sorry so blurry)

grace is clamoring for attention... more later maybe

Michael didn't take all that many photos, but here's a few from his Ratanakiri trip:

Since the road trip is about 9 hours of mostly horrible roads, he flew there and back on a MAF plane. This is fueling up before taking off from Phnom Penh.


A quick view of Phnom Penh area and the amount of flooding this rainy season - there are no lakes in or near Phnom Penh!


The Ratanakiri airport and runway....


Typical "townhouse" of Ban Lung, the capital of Ratanakiri province. Most of these older houses are made of teak wood!


A blue water - a rarity in Cambodia - view from his guesthouse room. Much nicer than the eternal construction here in Phnom Penh!

Friday was a long day as we waited for daddy to come home. He called us saying the 9 am flight was hanged to 10:30, but the number of stops meant he would be home sometime after lunch. At nearly two he called to say he had arrived but was needed to do a bank run... so it was nearly 4:30 before we finally got to welcome him home! But we had some fun while waiting...
We got all dressed up ready to welcome daddy, complete with braided hair!



But the shirts I had made for them didn't survive the drool and spills - the ink ran horribly! I was glad I took a picture in the morning and kept it, despite the odd expression! But Michael's delay also meant the proper shirt I had made or Grace was done and I could pick it up before he arrived...
well worth the wait! Once again dressed and waiting, Grace took up her current favorite activity... this time well watched to make sure the pen stayed on the whiteboard only!



And, the latest bedtime routine addition:

Sister time in the "crib"...

Last Saturday we attended a wedding of some church friends. Michael was there all day as one of the photographers, but the girls and I went only for the main banquet meal at supper time. Grace had gone to play group in the morning and only got an hours' nap after lunch because of loud guests (!), so she was tired. She wouldn't leave her blanket, and sat down when ever she could regardless of where we were - here in the parking lot!

The Celebrating couple...

Impromptu family photo... The nice background is actually all man-made. How strange we are to ruin what nature has to offer by covering everywhere with concrete and then try to emulate what we destroyed!

and a happy mom and tot at church the next day