Cason and I have been running full speed into the new year and have hardly had time to slow down. Cason’s parents arrived on Jan 11th and were here for about ten days. Click HERE to see some pictures of their first day in Kenya, including our time at the elephant orphanage. We took them to all of our favorite spots in Nakuru, and even convinced Cason’s dad to get a pedicure! 
Click HERE to see a few picture of all of us getting pedicures... it was quite the experience for the men as you can see! They really enjoyed their time with the kids (Click here to see more pictures of the kids, Marti, and Jon), 
although the road to get to the Baby Center was under construction the whole time so there was “vumbi kabisa” as we say here (dust everywhere!). The toddler boys loved Cason's dad and he would gather them all on his lap and them dump them on the ground as they laughed. Click here to see some more pictures. 
The toddlers decided they didn’t want to call Cason’s dad Babu (grandpa) Jon, but instead Babu MIke. I think they were too confused about two Babu John/Jons coming in one month so they renamed one of them. They both loved the triplets, so we took lots of pictures with them - click here for a few. Cason’s mom and sister, Marti and Corinn, and purchased a bunch of on-sale Halloween costumes to bring to the kids, so one evening we had dress up night. Some of the pictures were so cute - click here to see them!
Just one more album to link to... here some some the Baby Center and also our time at Florence's (the Baby Center caregiver's) house.
After a few days in Nakuru we packed up and headed for Tenwek hospital on Sunday. At Tenwek, we got to stop and visit Precious, one of the little girls who has recently been adopted. It was incredible to see how much her family loves her and how quickly she had improved developmentally with just a month of being with her new mom and dad. We’ll put up some pictures of Precious (now called Chepto) with her new family soon.
After Tenwek Sunday we left for Massai Mara the next morning to go on a safari. We had a wonderful time with Cason’s parents and got to see four lion cubs! We watched them for over an hour, it was really incredible. The relaxation of the Mara was balanced by the insane drive from the Mara to Nairobi. It is not a fun road to try and drive but the Lord kept us safe and hopefully we won’t have to make that trek again for a while! We’ll put up some albums from our time at the Mara soon.
Brian and Michelle (my older brother and sister-in-law) came in the same night Marti and Jon flew out. In fact, the plane his parents got on was the one Brian and Michelle had just gotten off of and they waved to each other was they swapped places. We have had a few days with my brother and sister-in-law and so far it has been really fun. We have spent a lot of time at the baby center as well as Cason and Brian playing lots of soccer.
Thanks so much for your prayers and support! We’ll try to blog again soon so we don’t get so far behind.
Love, Colleen
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