It was so good to get out of the city for the weekend. We took a trip about a hour up country to Mayor's Ranch. Heather (one of my house mates) brother is working as a manager of the ranch. Mayor's Ranch is originally owned my John and Jane Mayor. They have developed the land for various reasons such as cattle, planting roses, and various other endevours. Most recently they have been producing fresh spring water and botteling it. The Mayors are currently in the process of selling the ranch to be used for a children's home for Kenyan children with disabilities. It is going to be awesome when it all gets going. Until then-it is our personal retreat center!
I was able to spend the weekend with some very good friends that I have made here in Nairobi. Hannah is a friend of mine that works for Amani. Amani is a place for refuge women in Kenya. The teach them a trade, like sewing or cooking or bead work, and then offer them a place to live and a job. It is an awesome out reach. Some of the other people in the pictures or teachers from Rosslyn Academy, another MK school here in Nairobi. Kelly is a girl who has been living with us for the last month. She grew up in Kenya and attended Rift Valley Academy with Bryan and Heather. She just left last night and we were sad to see her go!
All in all the weekend was sunny and beautiful. It was an awesome chance to get to enjoy the beauty and creativity of God's creation. On Sunday afternoon we had a picnic in the back yard on a blanket. After we got done eating Heather, Hannah and I stayed out on the blanket to take a nap in the sun. Unfortuanely we could not get much sleep as monkey's started surrounding us. There were probably about 15 of them in all. They started getting really daring so we had to move to the porch. So many good stories and fun times. If you come visit me I promise I will bring you to Mayor's Ranch-just a little motivation!!!
Welcome to my crazy math class. I have 17 7th graders for my Pre-Algebra class.
Home work board...just because...
Passing back homework at the beginning of class.
Hard at work (they knew I was taking pictures...they are good at pretending!)
Teaching about patterns in math
Partner working...good job girls!
I got a package in the mail from my mom this week. Inside was a packaged mix for making beef and broccoli stir fry. Daylan and I felt domestic and decided to make it for dinner last night. We even sat down at the table so we had to take pictures. It was my first time making rice-and I didn't burn it and it wasn't too crunchy either!
Ready to eat!
YUM YUM YUM 
Daylan enjoying our delicious meal!
Yea- coach! Don't ask what I was saying, because I probably didn't even know what I was saying at the time. GOOD JOB GIRLS! PLAY HARD! :)
See that good defense PAPA! Offense wins games but defense wins championships! :)
My team, notice how dirty my pants are at the bottom-HA! Life in Kenya! 
This is where the madness begins. The gray car on the right was towing the car behind it through this busy intersection during high traffic time.
They were fine, until the rope broke
The broken down car tried to reconnect the rope but it kept breaking.
Of course no one wanted to wait. So they all just went through and around the car.
Dirty bus with lots of diesel..YUCK!
On the edge of the mountain side.
The ride up on the bus was really long. So, we decided to ride in the back of a truck down the mountain. This was during the hail storm. It was CRAZY-but brought back PNG memories.
Walking through the plains looking for the giraffe-so sad we didn't see them.
Just so cool...(yep, this is basically my back yard)
Heather and I at the top of the mountain before the hail really started coming down.
Beautiful sunset
Just hanging out by the pool before dinner. 
Dora showing off her skills. Dora just came to our school this year. She is in my math and PE class and also on the basketball team. BUSY GIRL!
Just thought it was a cool picture.
I was so worried about not having enough kids for a Tennis team. I needed 8 and we ended up having to have try outs. The kids are really excited about it.
Pantry with lots of baking good from Heather's mom. She is the head cook at Rift Valley Acadmey but they are on furlough this year. So she left it in our care! :)
Kitchen-yes, those are dirty dishes.
This is what you see as you walk in the entrance.
Sorry I know it is blurry. The other side of the living room. The only thing that belongs to me and Daylan is the table cloth. And we share that! :) Heather's dad took the pictures on the wall. They are of African cats. SO AWESOME!!!
Comfy living room-all the furniture belongs to Heather or her parents who are also missionaries here. Heather's family has been in Africa for 4 generations now.
Entrance way from the other side.
Daylan and I were very excited about the first day of school and we wanted to share that with you. We have our back packs and everything. No wonder people always think we are students. But seriously it was such a good first two days. I love these kids SO much! So precious!
Some of you may remember that we took a picture like this last year too. 
Still very excited about our first day of school! Just like the good old days.
Here we are at a Memphis Redbirds baseball game. 
Learning how to "make" the corn as Brandon would say.
Enjoying some dinner
Happy Father's Day Papa Ron!!
Me and my daddy
Brooklyn eating a popsicle...she liked it!
Mama and Halle-look at those beautiful blue eyes.
The boys were teaching Papa how to open presents
Me and my little girl!
