Tuesday, June 17, 2014

And the arrival of Karisa Jamie!


*Note: Apologies to everyone who checked the blog, excited to see the new baby Henney, and found a bunch of captions with no pictures!!  Terrible!!  I didn't realize this was true, and when I did, our internet wasn't working well enough to fix it.  
Here I have fixed the problem, and added a couple new photos too.  So sorry!

The family at breakfast before leaving for the hospital.

Abbi was probably the most excited sibling (but they were all thrilled)...


Proud Daddy and healthy girl!


Peace after the storm.

Hooray!!  She's finally, finally HERE!  Abbi couldn't wait!  She wants 100 more.



Micah actually didn’t want a brother; he said he’d just be tagging along with him all the time.  Maybe 5 years ago wouldn’t have been too late for a brother!


The girls immediately began asking, “Can I hold her?  Can we change her clothes?”  Karisa was not very happy by the time they finished!

5 Henney Kids!  5 Big Blessings!!


Monday, June 16, 2014

Fun waiting for baby






Celebrating finishing the school year with a humongous pizza...this pizza fed our family two meals!


We also went to a miniature golf course… got lost on the way there so a long long drive, but worth it in the end!  It was beautiful (and hot).


The course is designed so that each hole is a different famous monument/structure from all over the world.

Bridge over the River Kwai


Great Wall of China

Tour d'Eiffel

Chichen Itza

5 years old and full of life!



Happy Birthday to you, Corrie!


My oven door was broken (again, and again) on the birthday, so we walked down to the corner, where there is a place one really can’t even call a “shop”, which has a refrigerator of cakes to sell.  Corrie thought it was pretty fun to pick out her own cake.


Modeling the mermaid skirt she had for a present.  I wasn’t finished sewing on the sequins, but she was happy with it.

Friday, March 21, 2014

Everyday Life- things you might see when you're out...

 Yes, the ducks are alive-- and getting the ride of their lives too!  How would YOU transport your ducks?
 Typical tuk-tuk driver waiting for a fare.
 This old lady walks around one of the big markets selling her sticky-rice baskets.  She's so bent over her back is almost parallel to the ground.
 Roti-- one of our kids' favorite treats/desserts.  It's a dough cooked very thin with lots of margarine, and usually an egg cooked on top, folded into a square, then drizzled with sweetened condensed milk.  Sometimes chocolate, bananas, or other delicious things are added.  There are street-side stands out every evening wherever the most people are to be found, near the markets, hang-out spots, schools that are getting out, popular stores, downtown, etc.
 A common mess of electric wires. 
Almost anywhere you go in the late afternoon or evening, you can find someone selling grilled meat in front of a house or along the street.  Grab a yummy skewer... you can have your pick of pork or chicken meat-- or try chicken feet, livers, tiny fish, wing tips, toads...

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Everyday life... the Market

Thought we'd try to post some everyday-life photos.  To begin with, here are some shots of the "fresh market" across the street from us.  This is where we buy almost all our produce, along with lots of other items.
 These were taken this summer, so no, I'm not pregnant in this picture.  I'm a lot bigger now.  =)
 Dried chilies, seasoning powders, black beans, plastic wrap, dried seaweed, sugar, sauces, rice paper/wraps, curry paste, instant noodles, margarine, chopsticks, you name it....
You might be able to see the water on the floor in this photo.  It happened to start pouring while we were in the market that day...
...and by the time we left, we had to wade through almost calf-high, very gross water rushing out the back of the market!  It wasn't pleasant, but it was an experience to remember!  I hadn't seen anything like this before!