Family Walk

Well we decided last weekend we were sick of sitting in the house bored...so we took a family walk. The walk seem to turn into a dangerous little hike...lol. As we were walking up and down the hills,cars would zip by at great speeds. There was no safe sidewalk and there were tons of the scary thorn bushes on our sides. So on one side were the thorns and to the other the cars. The plan when we left was to find lunch at a little market area...which are very common for this area. However we walked for some time and found nothing. So in a heated and hungry state we found a lovely upscale hotel. The kids enjoyed there fancy water and french sandwiches. As we were leaving Elias was being a boy goofing off and fell flat on his face. There was the loudest smack...and then blood and screaming!! Wow did we feel out of place and odd as everyone stared at us. The good news is Elias was fine very soon after we left the hotel. Then we took a ride from the hotel shuttle..the man was very nice and wanted to take us. The funny thing was he took us the complete opposite direction from our house. He had thought we asked to go the the Residence Hotel...we were saying home. After a confusing shuttle ride we made it home. I put some pics of some of the things we saw on our walk.

Kids New School

The kids seem to love there new school. I think it is because they do such a variety of things with the children. In the states most kids seem to spend a lot of time in their main classrooms. From what Eliana tells me the kids are on the go from the class quite a bit. I think they both like that more then staying put all day.We are trying to decide which after school activities to sign up for. They offer some really neat classes..most of which a included with the tuition. They give the kids swim lessons during school hrs as well as French. Some of the other things are cooking,sewing,all kinds of sports,Irish dance,classic dance, karate,art,student council..just to name a few. I think that it will be hard to decide. I think the school is going to be a great experience for them.

Pictures Of Our New House

Thought I would post some pictures of our new home away from home. It is a very beautiful house. I really like the style of the homes around here. We live in a newer construction area. They are still building on some lots. I think the house was built in 2000. I love seeing the different plants and trees. After being in the desert you can really learn to appreciate the beauty of nature. Some of the pictures I took on the ground but the ones that seem higher up are from our cute little bedroom balcony. I think we will enjoy this home very much and there is always room for guest of anyone wants to come visit. I will get pictures of the inside once we get it a little organized and decorated...so that should be in about a month or two.

First Day of School and Work

Well here are some pictures of Eliana and Elias going off to school. They seem to have really enjoyed there first day of school. I also snapped a few pictures of the inside grounds of the school. The school is gated and they have security at all times. However it was still hard to send them off. Tomorrow they start riding the bus to school. Which is a huge charter like bus...it is super nice. I know they will enjoy riding it. The school is made up of 20% American children and the rest of the kids are from all over the world. Eliana already has a crush on a boy from England...lol. Elias seem to hit it off with another American boy who shares his love for star wars. It seems the kids will have lots of new friends here in Tunis.

It's A Boy

All Packed Up!

We are all packed up and will be leaving for San Diego to catch our flight and drop off the carto be shipped over. We will head out on Wed. afternoon because we still need to clean the house and get an inspection completed on the house.I will not miss Yuma for even a second, but will dearly miss the sweet and wonderful friends God blessed us with while we where stuck out in the desert. I hope and pray we get stationed together again..just somewhere a little nicer...lol. This week we made one of the hardest choices I have had to make in a very long time. We found our wonderful wiener dog Buster a new home. I was so sad and upset,we had him for 7years.I loved that dog far more than any other dog I have ever had. He was the best family dog you could ever hope for. However he was getting a little older and had major separation issues.I really worried he would not make such a long hard move to Africa. So we all prayed as a family to bring a family for pur sweet Mr. Buster. Against my will I posted a ad on craigslist and the same night we got a call from a very sweet family with 3 little girls. We meet them the next day and long story short Buster has a new home.God brought complete peace about this being the family,however it still hurts and I miss him dearly. I think I miss him even more than the kids. They seem to be doing really well about it.So now we just have Jewels the little wiener dog. We plan to take her with us on the plane however we are asking for big time prayer...the airlines is not going to put her on the plane if the weather is not cool enough. So we will be stuck and in a complete panic !!! Please pray for cool weather in San Diego Ca, and Dallas TX for Friday the 4th. I believe in the power of prayer and know God can make it snow if he wants. We will just settle for 85 degrees..lol. So please remember to prayer for the weather and for the trip in general. We are very excited just worried about some of the many task at hand. Well I guess I better get back to work. I will give a update if I get Internet access. God Bless :)P.S. Michelle I listened to your play list the entire time I blogged this post...thanks for the blessing. Really needed to hear it...brought such peace. :)

Tunisa

I wanted to post this neat video showing some about Tunisa. It looks amazing and I feel myself getting more excited. We are having the movers come pack us up on the 1st of Sept.. Then we head off to San Diego to take our car to be shipped. We will not see the car for about 2 months after we arrive. I am a bit on edge about flying that far as I have not been on a airplane for many years. The kids have NEVER been on a plane so it should be an interesting flight...lol. Right now I am just sitting around being lazy until hubby gets back from Germany next week. Then it is going to be go time..I hope It goes as smooth as it can. Thank God I have been very blessed to be feeling very well with this pregnancy.