We've had a fun weekend. Having Devin come home early on Fridays is so nice. It's like having a 3 day weekend every single weekend! :) I don't remember what we did on Friday, though. But Saturday mornings, Devin has taken to going to the Mfoundi market (yes, I thought it was spelled 'Fundi', but apparently, it's not) to get fresh cheap produce. Oh so yummy and cheap!! Woohoo! He takes one of the kids with him. Josh and Claire usually take turns, and as soon as I finish the job chart I'm making, it will be much easier to figure out who should go! :) Anyway, Claire got to go on Saturday. Apparently, she made Devin hold her the whole time, but she enjoyed herself nonetheless! :) They came back with bags of zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes, leeks, onions, potatoes, avocados, apples (they're imported), lettuce... other things we've gotten before are ginger root, garlic, beans, cabbage... and it's just so cheap!! So, that's our usual fun Saturday morning thing.
Saturday afternoon we went to a chili cook-off! It was so much fun! About 7 or 8 people showed up at the Marine house, and brought chili and cornbread, and we chatted while the kids ran around... I made my IN-famous white chili, and it ended up being pretty good! It's still strange to be in the environment we're in...to see the parents just letting their kids roam free (of course, it was a very safe place where we were because of all the gates, and they spray for mosquitoes there, so the threat isn't as great...but we did put on our bug spray, and no one got any bites, so no worries) while they sit around and chat, drinking their red wine or beer. I don't know if it's something I'll ever get used to... They're such nice people, though, and I enjoyed getting to know them better. Josh and Claire and even Andrew had fun running free in a very large grassy area in the early evening while it was cool. This coming Saturday we're going to the Marine house again for an Easter party...mostly for the kids, but I know that I'll benefit, too, since they're planning to have a LOT of candy, and since my kids don't hold their sugar well, I get to stash it and munch on it until next year...Ha!!
Sunday, Devin had to go in to work on an emergency. Apparently the air conditioner stopped working sometime on Saturday, and it was around 120 degrees in his office, which is bad, since that's where all the servers and big computers are!! Doh!! So, he ended up spending a good 5 hours there Sunday morning, and got home just in time to rush us all off to church! :0) We dropped off a loaf of my IN-famous bread to some friends who were having a party that we couldn't go to that day, and made it in time for our classes. Whew! After church, our neighbor came over for dinner. His family left for the states last week, and he's all alone...so we like to have him over as often as possible.
Tonight, we had our famous family home evening...or should I say, IN-famous? The kids LOVE it! They ask for FHE almost every night, which is fine with me. I don't mind that they enjoy learning about how to be good and follow Jesus...singing songs about Him and reading the scriptures... :) We have a few quirks in ours. Josh HAS to 'conduct', or be the one assigning parts and welcoming everyone. So, he picks who prays, who leads the music, which song we sing, who gives the lesson, etc. The person who prays is 99% of the time Claire. And she got to even lead the music tonight! My favorite, though, is Andrew! He stands up next to Josh as he is conducting and waves his arms all over the place (leading the music) and giggles like crazy. Then, when Josh is finished, he folds his arms and is ready for prayer. It's so cute! I can't help but laugh all the time when I see this! They're so adorable!!
I made guacamole for the first time tonight. I've never made it before, but we had a really ripe avocado that needed to be used, so I threw a bunch of stuff together and made it...and it's the best stuff I've ever had, if I do say so myself. Devin must have liked it as well, because he ate most of it.
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