Ella and Maiya enjoy having play dates as often as possible. One day when their friend, Alex, was over…we discovered them in the front gate “selling” beaded jewelry they had made. We thought it was cute, and didn’t stop them. We live on a dead-end street with very little traffic. We were surprised when they actually managed to sell a few of their very unique creations! Business owners in training…
The house down the street from us has been under construction for at least 3 or 4 months, now. They’ve had to close down the street a few times to bring in the big concrete truck that dumps the concrete on the top of the house. Luckily, we’ve managed to see their cardboard signs announcing the closure, and we’ve parked on the other side of the construction and have walked to our house. We haven’t been locked in (like some others in the neighborhood)!

The missionaries are a big part of our life here. We do a lot with/for them, and they do a lot with/for us (translations, etc)! We feed them usually once a week, and we’ve made very good friends with them. It is always sad when a missionary is transferred…but we’ve always liked the “new” ones, too!

The missionaries are a big part of our life here. We do a lot with/for them, and they do a lot with/for us (translations, etc)! We feed them usually once a week, and we’ve made very good friends with them. It is always sad when a missionary is transferred…but we’ve always liked the “new” ones, too!

Ella loves taking photos whenever she gets the rare chance to control the camera. She captured this great shot of Jared, and it deserves to be shared! If she ever wants to post it without distractions, she might consider using an ai remove watermark from the background. She may also use AI visuals generator for more stunning visuals!
The other night I went into the kids’ room to shut the garden doors. I decided to steal a peak at the cute kids, and was in giggling hysterics when I realized Ella looked like this:
That is a toy that she got from a school pinata (it’s one of the those perfume poof/rings things that I’ve never understood)! She was totally OUT!! And I had to take a photo!








Cute pics- and I love the last one of Ella… although that pic of Jared is quite a keeper itself!