Lemonade stand fundraiser

Stray cats are a big problem here. I don't see it as much of a problem since we also have a rats! However, I helped Bennett and Ridge make a lemonade stand to raise money to have the cats spayed and neutered. A few of the neighborhood kids pitched in and a fun day was had by all! We raised 180RM...enough to 'fix' 4-5 cats. All the work of baking, selling, and supervising will be nothing compared to catching stray cats. Wish us luck! See the little gray cat 'reading' the sign? That's Melody, Bennett 'claimed' her as his own by putting a collar on her. She disappeared a week later. Sad for all, she was a great cat.

More Hari Raya pics

More food and fun for the kids!

More feasting! More friends!

Hari Raya

For one month after Ramadan (the month of fasting), the Malay population celebrates a month of feasting. Since we live in a predominately Malay area, we were invited to many 'feasts'. On the day these photos were taken, we spent the day going from house to house eating some of the most terrific food I've ever eaten! One of our neighbors took us to the market to by traditional baju melayu for the boys and a baju korong for me. Such fun! Enjoy the pics!

Gotta brag about my baby nephews!

I've gained TWO new nephews since the move here! Now my total is EIGHT nephews!

Christmas present making time!

School!

The boys love their new school!

Service project

I couldn't go, but Mike took this group to do a food distribution project with some of the international school students here in KL. Fun!

Jungle swimming

We spent a day with our neighbors in a jungle river last Saturday. We had a picnic and swam for hours. The boys loved it!

Catching up...starting with my sooprhero!

All is well here. I've neglected to keep pictures up on my blog. I'll try to update you...in photos and brief blurbs. There's a lot of catching up to do!