WE HAVE A NEW BLOG....

Since I am (we are) no longer living in Kenya we thought that we should start a new blog. So, from now on you can stay update on Craig and I by going to...
gilleyadventures.blogspot.com
We hope that you stay in contact with us!!!

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I had been growing my hair out for the wedding for awhile now.
So, now that it is over...time for a new change. So, I had someone whack it all off...good times!!!

Just a few wedding pictures :)

DONE AND DONE...

MY FIRST ENTRY AS MRS. CRAIG GILLEY :) AND THAT IS SAID WITH A BIG HUGE SMILE. WE ARE OFFICIALLY MARRIED AND THE WEDDING WAS MORE THAN I EVER DREAMED. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO WERE ABLE TO COME AND SORRY IF YOU WERE NOT BECAUSE IT WAS AMAZING!!!! PICTURES COMING SOON I PROMISE...FOR NOW WE ARE OFF TO CANCUN!!!!

Only one week...

Keep us in your prayers...only one week until the BIG DAY!!! We can't wait!!! Seems hard to believe that it almost here. Hope you can make it...if not pictures will come soon!!!

Saying Good bye....

It was not easy by any means for Craig and I to say good bye to West Nairobi School. This has become our home and our new family. We will miss you all greatly!!! Please keep in touch! We miss you already!

Red Wedding Shower...thanks Daylan!!!

My bridesmaid and very close friend here in Kenya...Daylan had a Bridal shower for me this weekend. It was really fun. There was a red theme..thus everyone is wearing red. We played lots of fun games and ate lots of good food. It was really fun to have special memories with some of my friends before I leave...I am going to miss them all SO much!!!The games started with a video that Daylan took of Craig...different questions about me. He did really well. He knows me quite well!!! Good job MY MAN!

Watching the video....

Funny game...they were drawing what I will look like in my wedding dress. But they had to do it with the paper on their head...they turned out pretty scary to say the least!

It was really fun to have everyone there!

Beautiful table and yummy food!!

The whole group...teachers, other staff members of WNS, friend from other organizations...

Good friends Hannah and Rachel

I wasn't so good at loading the pictures in order this time...ooops! Here are a few more silly pictures of drawing the wedding dress!

WNS Field Day 2008

Happy Early Mother's Day

TO: My amazing Mom...Sisters who are amazing Moms...
Grandma...my soon to be Mother-in-Law!!!

I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!

Hell's Gate National Park

Happy Birthday to ME!!!

Thanks for the presents and all the phone calls, emails and facebook messages!!!
It was a really good day!

Water Cycle by First Grade

MR. SUN SUN-----MR. GOLDEN SUN-----PLEASE SHINE DOWN ON ME

Being gathered up into the sky!

Cute little rain drops!

(Director Kayla)

Cute sunshine...collecting up the rain drops!

It is hard getting a group picture with everyone looking!

My class has been learning about the water cycle in class. We have also been working on oral reading so...I mixed the two and we did a small skit on the water cycle. Most of the kids were water drops and then there was also a sunshine. They really got excited about it and the parents came and watched. GOOD TIMES TEACHING FIRST GRADE!!!

SOCCER!

Soccer Game!!!

Our friend works for Ambassadors in Sport and plays for a team here in Nairobi called World Hope. We have been able to go to a few of his games! They are always a fun experience! This was his last game as he will be going back to the US to do a little fund raising for a new project they are working on. The team won...which was AWESOME! GOOD TIMES!!!

Ethiopian

I tried the boiled egg for the first time and enjoyed it. But my favorite are the vegetables on the right side and the meat on the bottom. GOOD STUFF!!!

Some friends that went to dinner with us. Big groups are good to share Ethiopian food with. It helps to have a large variety! :)

Craig has learned to really like it. Actually I think it would be best to say that I have learned to like it. The first time I had it I said, "NEVER AGAIN!" But now I actually enjoy it. I think Craig liked it from the beginning!

Crazy Kids

We got our class pictures back from the company and this was the one I got to keep! So great! Some fond memories with these kids...but this shows it best! Gotta love them!!! Unfortunately I missed out on the first grade picture, but I am sure it would have been just as crazy...
if not more! :)

Wedding Shower

This weekend some of the moms of my first graders had a wedding shower for me. It was a pretty far distance from town so it was nice that so many people were able to make it. I was humbled to see both new and old students, as well as, some families that I have never even taught their children. It was a very special time of sharing and prayer and of course...good food!

They blessed Craig and I with some awesome Kenyan gifts! :)

Of course we had to play some silly games.

Above are some of the parents who attended. And below are some of the high school students.

What a blessing and encouragement the whole day was. It was so great to hear the encouragement and advice that these amazing women and girls had for Craig and I. I was truly blessed!

Lake Nakuru National Park

Safari...

Craig and I just got back from a short trip to Lake Nakuru. We had lots of fun and saw lots of animals...we will post pictures soon. They are just so big so we have to make them smaller and then will upload them! COMING SOON!!!

SLOBBER TRIP :)

BIG KISSES...not sure what else to say. But he did let the giraffe eat out of his mouth/off his face about 3 more times. I guess he life giraffes! :)

So...here is the story. Craig and I went with Daylan and her parents to the Elephant and Rhino orphanage. They find the animals in the reserves and places, that have been abandoned or injured and they help them live. So, we were visiting and watching and just enjoying and of course taking lots of pictures. So, we were posing for the next picture and all of a sudden I hear this elephant running (and my back is turned) and then I hear the elephant keeper guy start running...so I freaked out...and this was the picture we got. As you can see he was going for the guy next to us, who was squatting down (BIG NO NO). We were not attacked...but I did freak out a bit! HA! GOOD TIMES!

Easter Wedding

This is one of the teacher's from our school who got married this weekend.
It was very beautiful!

Here is the happy couple after they were announced!

We were practicing taking pictures...ha!

We got better! It was a fun cultural experience.