May in Moldova - when the flowers come out and it smells fantastic!

May 2011 - I was struck by the beauty of the flowers and the smells of them.  Though once people start burning the dead leaves from the fall before it doesn't smell as good.

May in Moldova has much going for it though- not the least that once the Spring mud dries up it really is a pleasant place to be. 

Also the kids finished their schooling for the K and 2nd grade years and we were gearing up for our summer of outreaches.

Irina's second Art Party Birthday - She is 6! April 2011

This was our second Art Party theme for Irina's birthday and I think everyone had a great time being creative and putting their artist skills to work.








My second Lemon cake - Irina liked Tony's so much that she wanted the same thing, so 8 more eggs later here we go.  I did have to redo one layer since I burnt it - 4 more eggs..  It was yummy!






Opening presents!

I had different stations for the different crafts which seemed to work well since we had invited so many people.

And of course there was lots of good food besides cake to eat.

 We even had an opportunity for a nice family photo!

The some of the finished art work before people went home on display.  It was a good time for all of us.

Tony's Birthday, a broken collar bone and a trip around town March 2011

Tony and Wesley were gone on outreach up to the day of Tony's birthday.  The girls and I drove out to where they were and joined them.  We had to give way the road for our sheep friends on the left.

 Tony and Wesley had a good time out with BUS4LIFE.

The girls and I got there in time for church.  It was a nice church though during the middle of the sermon - the congregation suddenly got up and left the church.  Though enough of them stayed that we just sat there. We learned later that they had left to go wash each others feet.









I surprised Tony with a cake for his birthday his favorite lemon flavored cake.  Though it was the first time I had made it from scratch.  It was yummy!

 
We left that Sunday and drove back to town and decided we were early enough to attend the International Church, after getting lost we ended up arriving just as the service was finishing.  It was one of those days where you wish you had just gone home because then Wesley fell and was in pain, though we couldn't see anything wrong with him.

The next day he said he was fine because we had plans to go out on the town, go to McDonalds to eat which he didn't want to miss.  But if you look closely in the photo he is removing my had from his broken collar bone.  Though we didn't know it was broken yet.

Below was right after seeing the doctor.  He ended up having to have his arm and shoulder in a sling for about 6 weeks.

Wesley Turns Eight! Feb. 2011

For Wesley's 8th Birthday we had a costume party.  He had a great time!