Saturday, January 31, 2009

Cool Devery!

Elijah showing Devery how to be cool


What do you think of my new shades mum?

Yummy fruit

Elijah enjoying his first mango seed
and now a nectarine


delicious!

Friends in transit

Elijah was very friendly with the other little kids at the playroom in Narita airport. They seemed to be able to communicate despite speaking different languages!

Family

Elijah with Joe and Kendra

Devery with Aunt Faye and Uncle Steve

Devery and Lauren


Sam and Elijah

The coldest playtime EVER!

It was so incredibly freezing cold this day but we just had to have one last play in the snow before heading back to Australia!
Grandma and Elijah, with freezing foreheads and noses!

Saying hello to Patches (don't know how he survives without a snow suit on!)


Throwing snow at mummy from the cubby house



The Swartzentruber house

Big Dev and little Dev

This is Devery Christ, our little Devery's namesake. It was so fun for them to meet for the first time. We don't know anyone else in the world who shares their special name!

This is Devery and Ryan's daughter Kamryn. She is a distant cousin of Elijah and Deverys.


Elijah and Kamryn playing with their dolls.

Catching up with the Watsons

We had the opportunity to catch up with the lovely Watson family (one of my host families in 99)
Elijah was so taken with Chuck!

Kim and Devery


Sandie and Devery


Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Aunt Mary

We love you Aunt Mary (and Uncle Mark)! It was so great to see you after Christmas.


Ice and blocks


Elijah had fun sliding around on the icy pond!


The love for building things is something that Elijah and Uncle Levi have in common.

Playing in the cold











You have to get really rugged up here to go outside, and even then you can only last a little while before your face just gets too cold! It's fun seeing Elijah playing basketball and in the cubby house just like his daddy used to.

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Baking Christmas Cookies








Elijah loves working alongside Aunt Allison in the kitchen!

Devery











Playing with Kamryn



A tender moment with Kamryn (she is the daughter of our friends Ryan and Devery McCoy)




Doing some cheerleading with her very fun Aunts.

She's actually having fun here, and no, they didn't drop her!

It's cold here!

This is Elijah's first exploration into the snow.

Mummy and Devery sharing a jacket





Great Grandparents


Elijah and Devery love their great grandparents!

On the plane



The kids were both excellent flyers. We are very thankful!

words and pictures, pictures and words. snapshots of life as Tyler, Penny, Elijah, Devery and Geordie Swartzentruber know it.