What We're Doing These Days in Photos

The disclaimer is that we had to downsize the photos significantly in order to upload them, so my apologies for the poor quality.


Tanzania has gone Obama-crazy. Can you tell what this is? While walking down the street, Dusty saw this box of bubblegum. Do you think this product was officially sanctioned by the Obama Administration? We see his face everywhere, on all kinds of products and vehicles. Popular guy in these here parts! We'll keep an eye out for other funny items.


One thing we do around here is fix stuff. Including vehicles. Even the kids get in on the action. You can never start them too early, right?


We like a little teamwork. Sharing is Caring. Solving puzzles together. Fixin' flats.


Nothing like a little grease under the nails, eh? A working man's hands look good paired with wooden Dutch shoes. Oh yeah.


With some spare time, Dusty likes to take out his bow and arrows and practice in the backyard. Here he's teaching a friend the ropes. Don't worry - we keep the kids far from the line of sight. And the dog too. But if a screeching ibis got in the way? Well, we wouldn't be shedding any tears about that.


When it's not rainy season, we like to pretend that it is. Or is this a fairy hiding under a toadstool?


Goggles really do make running through the sprinkler much more fun. Even when they're so fogged up you can't see anything - maybe that's where the fun is!


Dusty exchanges high-fives at a church dinner. The kids love engaging with us and learning about us. And following us, and touching us, and staring at us, and asking us questions...


How cute are these kiddos? They love seeing their image on the camera display after I take a picture. It's easy to draw a crowd of kids with a digital camera. Behind the kids you can see the way the Tanzanians cook. It was a pretty good church dinner of beans, rice, goat meat (I passed), and greens. Unfortunately there were no spoons or forks, so this was the first time we ever tried to eat rice with our fingers. We were a little messy, but our kids thought it was fun, and it was!


Can you guess which ones are ours? That is our new church building behind the kids.


Happy Birthday to Dusty! Someone recently told me that she recalled me to be a maker of "pretty cakes." I quickly reminded her of this winner (and yes, this is the final product before it had been cut), which required slicing off all the burned parts before I poured on the glaze. Regardless, it was still tasty, even with all those candles on it. :)


Tessa has learned how to do things the Tanzanian way. Here she's washing her doll's clothes. It was a dull day, so I filled the bathtub (yes, that's our bathtub) with water and soap, gave her a tutorial, and let her have some good clean fun.


Jack, on the other hand, is not so good at "good clean fun." On this day we went down to visit some friends who live near a beach. I greased him up with sunscreen, which acted like a magnet between a boy and dirty sand. This is one of Jack's classic expressions.


And finally, here's what I like to do with a little paint and the kids' naptime. This bulletin board used to be a dart board, and the wall looked pretty sad with all the chunks taken out by stray darts. This was my solution to hiding the holes. AND, if you send us your Christmas cards this year, we'll get to look at your gorgeous faces all of 2010! Here's our address so you're officially without excuse.

Dusty and Kim Hill
Box 1235
Musoma
Tanzania