Fighting SAHM boredom

OK, let's face it, sometimes hanging out with your kids is boring. There are only so many times you can watch Dora or Thomas the Train. There are only so many times you play Duplo and blocks before that starts to wear on your nerves. As cute as they are, their conversation eventually becomes... predictable and not exactly stimulating to the adult mind.

When I find myself in this state of mental anguish. I pull out my camera. Usually we come up with something entertaining and for whatever reason, both kids are such hams and/or self-absorbed that they LOVE to have pictures taken of them.

Above, is Theo saying cheese with some cheese on his bottom lip.

A bit gross. But also kinda cute.

Below, is Lana, I was at the end of my rope and so we decided to build her name with Duplo and then do a photo shoot.

Liberia trip

Here's an article from the Liberian Oberserver about the Google event we hosted in Liberia. Also, here's the White Paper on Liberia that I helped put together.

Longonot Climb

It's Easter Weekend - hooray!!! Four days off work and Nadia has her first Sunday as a greeter at Karen Vineyard Church. We went on a dayhike up Longonot. In preparation for the drive, I got a new spare tire the afternoon before - the most expensive, high end Bridgestone you can buy. It has gnarly heavy tread that's perfect for ungraded Kenyan backroads. And of course, the next morning it was flat. Completely. Apparently they didn't change the valve stem, which should have been normal course of business. So after spending an hour getting that fixed properly, we headed off to the Rift Valley for a nice climb up the mountain.

We were lucky because we parked, paid and threw the kids in the backpacks right at the middle of the day, which could have been toasty hot. But there were high fluffy clouds (marshmallow white, so no rain) and a nice breeze. The trail is steep and sandy in spots, which makes for slow going, but it took little over an hour -- including a pee pee stop for Lana, four water breaks for the kids and a healthy snack of animal crackers -- to reach the crater rim. It's a spectacular view into the crater, including views of Lake Naivasha to the West and the Abedere Mountains to the North.