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But his finger is covering the magical red beam. (Photo Credit: Steven Fountain)2017-06-27T20:33:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2017/06/06/description-blank-or-how-to-cook/2017-06-06T20:44:50+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2017/04/20/the-guy-on-the-hill/2017-04-27T02:58:06+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2017/04/03/five-years-ago-today/2017-04-03T19:03:54+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2017/03/29/piper-turns-one-a-reflection/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_3750.jpgIMG_3750Piper Pretty in Pink2017-03-29T23:08:53+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2017/03/07/challenging-myself-and-my-hospitality/2017-03-14T01:05:32+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2017/03/01/economiser-the-economy/2017-03-01T10:10:50+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2017/02/22/random-thoughts-on-my-junk/2017-05-31T15:03:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2017/01/31/not-so-powerful/2017-01-31T10:29:59+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2017/01/08/what-we-miss/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/screen-shot-2017-01-08-at-8-43-57-pm.pngscreen-shot-2017-01-08-at-8-43-57-pmThe last time we were together - my Grandma Grace with all five of her grandchildren at her 90th birthday celebration. Allison is on the left, next to her sister, Stephanie.2017-02-11T04:16:30+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2017/01/04/back-to-regular-life/2017-01-06T05:53:34+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/12/18/the-elephant-on-the-blog/2016-12-18T20:54:45+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/11/20/a-little-help-from-our-friends/2016-11-22T16:56:27+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/11/18/sweet-hellos-and-sad-goodbyes/2016-11-19T05:11:45+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/10/23/finally-in-idahome/2016-10-24T19:58:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/09/22/linds-across-europe/2016-09-22T19:28:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/09/04/job-description-please/2016-09-05T18:13:30+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/08/29/2am-epipen-run/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/epipen.jpgepipenLife savers. Probably not a great cocktail...2016-08-30T20:54:48+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/08/20/two-years-outside/2016-08-20T07:13:52+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/08/11/a-birthday-gift-from-kinshasa/2016-08-11T06:36:33+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/07/18/fruity-bombs/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_9459.jpgimg_94592016-07-18T19:36:20+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/07/17/dark-side-of-the-moon/2016-07-17T16:35:26+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/07/08/the-streets-full-of-noise/2016-07-11T03:17:35+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/07/14/one-year-home/2016-07-07T15:12:06+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/07/01/welcome-to-our-home/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_9109.jpgimg_9109https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_9100.jpgIMG_9100Also, this gym equipment was donated to MAF and we now have the best place to store it, so we are the keepers, but Matthew has been using it.2016-07-03T04:54:42+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/06/29/breaking-a-40-year-habit/2016-06-28T06:57:19+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/06/27/a-long-recovery/2016-07-01T03:24:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/06/20/a-time-of-goodbyes/2016-06-20T15:04:08+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/05/24/la-saison-seche/2016-05-24T12:18:23+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/04/30/the-hard-days/2016-05-04T05:13:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/04/12/18-years-later/2016-04-29T16:18:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/04/09/one-week-home/2016-04-09T19:28:38+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/04/03/pipers-birth-story/2016-04-05T03:52:25+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/04/02/its-a-girl-2/2016-04-05T03:56:14+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/03/14/the-city-in-which-we-live/2016-03-14T09:03:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/03/09/a-day/2016-03-10T15:49:48+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/03/06/countdown-to-baby/2016-03-10T05:19:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/02/25/when-it-poured-tar/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/tar-kids.jpgTar KidsThe only photo I took...enough evidence, though I don't think it fully captures how much tar was involved.2016-02-26T01:08:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/01/26/choices/2016-01-26T18:29:11+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2016/01/17/six-months-in/2016-01-18T06:25:10+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/12/31/congo-village-christmas/2016-01-01T09:11:29+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/12/13/new-year-new-house/2015-12-14T11:07:53+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/12/11/trash-treasure-or/2015-12-11T14:45:20+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/12/03/haggis-malaria-date-night/2015-12-07T04:07:04+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/12/01/the-miracle-of-feathered-life-electricity/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_4238.jpgIMG_4238https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_4267.jpgIMG_4267Éclair the kitten meets her new friends. This also lasted about two minutes until she realized what fun toys these could be.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_4254.jpgIMG_4254Matthew calls me the "crazy chicken lady" - but come on...they fell asleep in my hand!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_4246.jpgIMG_4246Three fluffy balls of cuteness!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_4241.jpgIMG_4241https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_4240.jpgIMG_4240This lasted about two minutes...the older two got bored and the youngest wanted to squeeze the fluffy chicken.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_4237.jpgIMG_4237The first hatched!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_4231.jpgIMG_4231Brooder with the seven eggs that made it the full three weeks (three were deemed rotten).2015-12-01T20:51:46+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/11/25/a-very-long-post-about-chickens/2015-11-26T08:16:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/11/07/oddly-grateful/2015-11-08T06:13:58+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/10/20/uncertainty-vs-difficulty/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/12118621_10208332775819709_5806526185875148956_n.jpg12118621_10208332775819709_5806526185875148956_nPhoto by Dr. Tim Ricehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/12177889_706939127752_1501178318_n.jpg12177889_706939127752_1501178318_nIt's blurry, but you get the idea: it's a baby!2015-10-21T20:34:19+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/10/14/activity-flurry/2015-10-14T07:15:57+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/09/30/lisa-the-quitter/2015-10-04T23:32:16+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/09/14/whats-broken-this-week/2015-09-15T02:46:05+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/09/08/cash-flow-reality/2015-09-10T00:24:37+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/09/05/coming-soon/2015-09-07T03:55:42+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/09/02/why-i-dont-my-kids-grocery-shopping/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_2767.jpgIMG_2767Taking in the city from one of the upper floors of the IKEA-like home store.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_2763.jpgIMG_2763Pepe keeps the kids entertained on the cart at our first stop.2015-09-02T20:42:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/08/31/homeschooling-has-begun/2015-09-01T02:31:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/08/27/vehicle-financial-update/2015-08-27T17:01:07+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/08/21/places-to-go/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_2297.jpgIMG_2297Traffic jams...ain't nobody got time for that.2015-08-20T21:04:55+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/08/19/adventure-in-vanga/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_2610.jpgIMG_2610The guys that helped us get our new animals to bring home on the airplane - a rooster, a chicken, and a goat.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_2557.jpgIMG_2557The highway was a very cool way to see the countryhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_2615.jpgIMG_2615Waiting at the place with a fellow MAF kid who happened to be arriving in Vanga to spend the night with her family.2015-08-20T14:44:34+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/08/08/downtown-adventure-welcome-return/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_2505.jpgIMG_2505There are about three good cuts in the bag, two piercing through to the lining.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_2509-copy.jpgIMG_2509 copyChristy, me, and Tammy - and Amelia, because she heard it was a picture of the ladies.2015-08-08T21:07:17+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/08/03/a-personal-call-for-prayers/2015-08-04T07:24:32+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/07/23/waiting-in-congo/2015-07-24T19:10:30+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/07/18/teamcongo-goes-to-work/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_20150718_203033.jpgIMG_20150718_203033#teamcongo2015-07-18T20:58:58+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/07/16/day-2-2/2015-07-16T23:14:45+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/07/15/the-first-24-hours/2015-07-16T11:52:57+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/07/13/the-final-two-weeks-in-pictures/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_2230.jpgIMG_2230More amazing-ness.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_2226.jpgIMG_2226Amazing creation!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_2225.jpgIMG_2225Family Swiss Alps Selfie!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_2184.jpgIMG_2184Sydney and Axel...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_2166.jpgIMG_2166We went to a waterfall inside of a mountain!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_0511.jpgIMG_0511This is the mountain we all drew as children, isn't it? Just so you know, it exists in Switzerland.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_0504.jpgIMG_0504Shannon and I feed the minions lunch.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mg_0465.jpg_MG_0465A pedestrian bridge that I crossed, but as quickly as possible! That ravine was steeeeeeeeep...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_2162.jpgIMG_2162The tower is cool, but note the date on the bottom of the chest.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_2131.jpgIMG_2131Ryan keeping two toddlers alive while the rest of us packed to go2015-07-13T15:51:09+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/07/10/switzerland/2015-07-10T22:23:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/07/06/one-more-week/2015-07-07T23:45:50+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/06/27/saying-goodbye/2015-06-27T23:29:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/06/18/the-hills-are-alive/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1756.jpgIMG_1756The French Alps will be missed!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1763.jpgIMG_1763The other side of the Alp looked very much like our home in Western Washingtonhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1766.jpgIMG_1766Gorgeous!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1764.jpgIMG_1764We walked down this hill and then drove over that dam wallhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1781.jpgIMG_1781Alpine cows = cheesehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1778.jpgIMG_1778A ray of sunshine!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1776.jpgIMG_1776About to drive over the dam!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1771.jpgIMG_1771Don't mind the clouds, it was actually really pleasant outside.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1767.jpgIMG_17672015-06-19T03:06:59+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/06/16/four-tuesdays/2015-06-17T02:22:55+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/06/13/31-days-until-home/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1560583_847601705319410_8561399105764976305_n.jpg1560583_847601705319410_8561399105764976305_nThis amazing photo was too cute not to steal - Charity and Nancy 2015-06-13T17:24:17+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/05/25/date-weekend/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1523.jpgIMG_1523Driving home just outside of Marseillehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1511.jpgIMG_1511Cassishttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1504.jpgIMG_1504St. Tropez. This picture is socially required, I thinkhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1427.jpgIMG_1427We made quick friends with the people behind us, and how weird it was the we were in the right place at the right timehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1426.jpgIMG_1426Me geeking out completely https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1423.jpgIMG_1423Exiting Macbethhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1405.jpgIMG_1405Not an uncommon site at the festival - if you can't see the mark, it's a Rolls Royce.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1402.jpgIMG_1402And this was its price tag - can't read it? Oh, it's a steal at 27 000 euros! (Around $30,000)https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1400.jpgIMG_1400This dress.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1398.jpgIMG_1398Cannes, keeping in classy2015-05-25T22:21:03+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/05/21/on-marriage/2015-05-26T19:10:03+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/05/18/le-truc/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/10393980_10152851965441368_1363345662431036_n.jpg10393980_10152851965441368_1363345662431036_nNot a dishwasher.2015-05-17T08:44:52+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/05/16/the-view-of-our-last-month/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/11280225_10153317370767354_74935537_n.jpg11280225_10153317370767354_74935537_nThese friends are awesome.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/apriltrip49.jpgAprilTrip49All Axel.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/apriltrip48.jpgAprilTrip48Our sweet cabin just outside of Turin, Italy. These brothers are so great...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/apriltrip47.jpgAprilTrip47Axel pondering the wonders of the Italian Alps from our cabin.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/apriltrip46.jpgAprilTrip46Watching Daddy buy a lightweight (heavily discounted) Italian suit for important business meetings Congo.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/apriltrip45.jpgAprilTrip45Ladies, he can use chopsticks.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/apriltrip44.jpgAprilTrip44Driving by Notre Dame, thankful not to be stuck in those crowds!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/apriltrip43.jpgAprilTrip43These two guys and their pants. I wanted to photograph every interesting person I saw, but these two passed while my phone was already out.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/apriltrip42.jpgAprilTrip42At Musée d'Orsay, with a real Monet.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/apriltrip41.jpgAprilTrip41The wind was fierce and blew the spray while the sun hit it just right.2015-05-16T14:55:35+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/05/15/countdown-to-congo/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/wpid-wp-1431714085263.jpgwpid-wp-1431714085263.jpg2015-05-15T18:23:11+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/05/08/victory/2015-05-08T18:24:08+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/05/06/2987/2015-05-06T20:45:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/05/02/final-stretch/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/p9030445.jpgShipmentThe bins all wrapped in plastic, on pallets, waiting for us.2015-05-02T08:12:22+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/04/25/3-days-in-italy/2015-04-25T20:51:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/04/21/goodbye-paris/2015-04-21T10:26:05+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/04/16/touring-france-day-6/2015-04-16T21:47:07+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/04/14/through-france-day-4/2015-04-14T20:48:35+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/04/11/the-adventures-begin/2015-04-11T19:45:38+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/04/06/99-days/2015-04-06T23:01:07+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/03/27/on-being-safe/2015-03-27T22:47:22+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/03/21/the-final-trimester/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/teamcongo1.jpgteamcongo1#teamcongo, minus one who was sleepinghttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/teamcongo2.jpgteamcongo2These two ladies are amazing!2015-03-21T15:48:29+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/03/11/exam-week-2/2015-03-11T14:14:59+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/03/04/six-months/2015-03-04T08:17:31+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/02/24/things-ive-learned/2015-02-24T21:39:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/02/11/our-friend-tirzah/2015-02-11T14:41:15+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/02/04/flu-snow-and-ski/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ski2.jpgSKI2The love mountain view!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ski1.jpgSKI1Ready to ski!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ski6.jpgSKI6Resting on a snow bear.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ski5.jpgSKI5Later, she fell asleep like this...just making us look weird.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ski4.jpgSKI4Initially, she slept all snuggled in, so people didn't notice her.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ski3.jpgSKI3The top of the magic carpet tube, how Matthew and Levi got up the hill all day - see that's them!2015-02-04T16:15:27+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/01/20/faire-une-dictee-doing-a-dictation/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/wpid-img_20150120_2035312-jpg.jpegwpid-img_20150120_2035312.jpg.jpeg2015-01-20T20:09:15+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/01/16/french-in-the-world/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/french-world.gifFrench WorldLe monde francophonehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/french-africa.gifFrench AfricaFrancophone Afrique2015-01-16T22:24:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/01/07/lyon/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_0342_2.jpgIMG_0342_2Probably one of the most majestic buildings I've seen yet...can you see the chandeliers were on in the ballroom on the second floor? (This is a hotel!)https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_0341.jpgIMG_0341The plazas were impressivehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_0337.jpgIMG_0337Lovely!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_0335_2.jpgIMG_0335_2Shannon and I on the pedestrian bridge crossing the river - that cathedral on the hill had been our first stop of the dayhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_0332_2.jpgIMG_0332_2Oh the cathedrals!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_0325_2.jpgIMG_0325_2The miniatures and cinema museum looks interesting for last time, and I took this quick selfie out front, not realize that the [original] iRobot was looking right at the phone...creepy!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_0305_2.jpgIMG_0305_2Salade Lyonnaise - delicious with a vinegar dressing and lots of bacon and a poached egg on top!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_0301.jpgIMG_0301This smaller amphitheater was designed especially for music and speeches. See a tiny Shannon at the top with white gloves?https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_0298_2.jpgIMG_0298_2When I sat on it, it rolled a bit...oops.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_0292.jpgIMG_0292There were over a hundred Roman stones like this one stored off to the side - perhaps they were signs announcing the different events at the two amphitheaters?2015-01-08T01:07:22+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/01/06/lepiphanie/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/wpid-wp-1420568652967.jpegwpid-wp-1420568652967.jpeg2015-01-06T18:33:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2015/01/04/december-photos/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dec1402-e1420399662486.jpgdec1402A blurry photo of a family trip to the grocery store - Levi's first on his bike.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dec1401.jpgdec1401This is the view out of our living/dining room - you can even see the window frame. We love it!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dec1408.jpgdec1408Remember my friend, an MAF wife going to Eastern DRC, who had her baby at home? Well, this is me and my awesome friend Shannon (an OB who is also going to Congo and helped with the delivery)...we did most of the clean-up and at 4am this is how you deflate a birth pool.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dec1407.jpgdec1407The kids had a school program with lots of songs and a visit by Père Noël - a very creepy version of Santa (no, not all French Santas look this way...I think it was someone's Dad)https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dec1406.jpgdec1406Our little advent calendar and a local Christmas treat - papillotes - chocolates filled with glorious-ness that cannot be described.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dec1405-e1420399672200.jpgdec1405There was a city-wide Christmas festival and they gave out lanterns. Real fire. Real paper. Real children. It was awesome.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dec1403-e1420399685750.jpgdec1403My view of the same grocery store run. You can see the Alps on both sides...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dec1411.jpgdec1411Our view, after the snow stopped and the sun came out...trés magnifique!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dec1410.jpgdec1410Last Saturday nearly two feet of snow fell in 24 hours...this was early in the day with the kids' Christmas present from Grandmom!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dec1409.jpgdec1409Axel's shenanigans...he's not walking, but everything else is fair game.2015-01-04T19:40:40+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/12/26/merry-christmas-2/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/wpid-wp-1419621454804.jpegwpid-wp-1419621454804.jpeghttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/wpid-wp-1419621399694.jpegwpid-wp-1419621399694.jpeghttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/wpid-wp-1419621294892.jpegwpid-wp-1419621294892.jpeg2014-12-26T19:19:15+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/12/21/les-vacances-de-noel/2014-12-21T19:21:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/12/08/we-passed/2014-12-08T22:46:40+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/12/06/what-this-photo-isnt/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/wpid-wp-1417866205371.jpegwpid-wp-1417866205371.jpeg2014-12-06T11:53:48+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/12/04/super-easy/2014-12-04T19:46:16+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/12/03/exam-week/2014-12-02T14:57:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/12/02/99-5/2014-12-02T16:53:08+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/11/27/happy-thanksgiving/2014-11-27T18:56:54+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/11/16/on-learning-french/2014-11-18T12:35:15+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/11/12/axel-is-one/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/axelbday3.jpgAxelBDay3Annecy, Francehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/axelbday2.jpgAxelBDay2A Ponderer of Appleshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/axelbday1.jpgAxelBDay1A few minutes after birth, holding Daddy's handhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/axelbday6.jpgAxelBDay6The ladies at the birthday partyhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/axelbday5.jpgAxelBDay5CAAAAAAAAKE.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/axelbday4.jpgAxelBDay4Cake is awesome!2014-11-13T19:49:16+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/11/03/back-to-class/2014-11-04T07:21:26+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/11/02/toussaints-and-chrysanthemums/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_0138.jpgIMG_0138Tribute to those who served in the World Warshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_0134.jpgIMG_0134Graves decorated with chrysanthemums for Toussaintshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_0132.jpgIMG_0132The moon, the Alps, the church...2014-11-02T14:10:52+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/11/01/linds-across-europe-in-photos/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/laeii02.jpgLAEII02Paragliders or parachuters…or something else?https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/laeii01.jpgLAEII01Ready to go!!!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/laeii10.jpgLAEII10Excited to enter the Tropical Museum!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/laeii09.jpgLAEII09Levi and I on the metro in Amsterdam - Levi loved the "train!"https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/laeii08.jpgLAEII08The men and their kids pull themselves across the lake in Arnhamhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/laeii07.jpgLAEII07At the open air museum - family photo attempt!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/laeii06.jpgLAEII06Crossing the border into the Netherlands at sunset, complete with windmills, of course.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/laeii05.jpgLAEII05Our little discovered restaurant experience in Germany, Amelia was very happy with her giant glass of milk!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/laeii04.jpgLAEII04The riverside park in Heidelberg featured some of the best playing equipment we've ever encountered!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/laeii03.jpgLAEII03The drive around France - two hot air balloons!2014-11-01T19:44:26+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/10/31/linds-across-europe-days-12-13/2014-10-31T20:02:05+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/10/29/linds-across-europe-days-9-11/2014-10-29T10:30:19+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/10/25/lines-across-europe-day-8/2014-10-25T19:33:09+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/10/24/linds-across-europe-day-7/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/person_hitler65.jpgNürnberg, Reichsparteitag, RAD-ParadeZeppelin Field, September 1937 (photo provided publicly by the German Federal Archives)2014-10-24T19:58:57+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/10/23/linds-across-europe-days-5-6/2014-10-23T20:15:57+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/10/21/linds-across-europe-days-2-3/2014-10-21T21:45:14+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/10/18/linds-across-europe-day-1/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/wpid-wp-1413668304455.jpegwpid-wp-1413668304455.jpeg2014-10-21T07:40:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/10/17/les-vacances-vacation/2014-10-17T22:05:06+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/10/13/une-petite-histoire-a-little-story/2014-10-13T21:26:28+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/10/06/our-new-normal-around-albertville/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/albertville03.jpgAlbertville03This sign near the language school campus is a reminder for what happened here and who was lost. There are several around town - I took a picture because it is amazing to see the history in person. This wasn't some far off place in a history book, it was from THIS house that these people were removed.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/albertville02.jpgAlbertville02We have two of them…just in case anyone was curious.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/albertville01.jpgAlbertville01This is L'Arly and it runs down one side of town. Just beyond it is Conflans, the medieval city.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/albertville04.jpgAlbertville04The scenery is beautiful here!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/albertville06.jpgAlbertville06From the our bedroom window...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/albertville05.jpgAlbertville05From the kids' bedroom window...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/albertville08.jpgAlbertville08Each Saturday we head to a local market for fresh produce, some meats and most of our cheese…Levi loves cheese of all kinds…even more than I do! France has over 400 officially recognized types of cheeses.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/albertville07.jpgAlbertville07The boucherie truck at the market. https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/albertville14.jpgAlbertville14The lovely homes in our neighborhood are a fun collection of French and Swiss styles - Alpine, I supposehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/albertville12.jpgAlbertville12The streets of downtown are less than ten minutes away. We head this way about three times each week for supplies...2014-10-06T16:04:28+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/09/25/our-new-normal-daily-schedule/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8065.jpgIMG_8065Levi in front of his school on our first visit there. Amelia's classroom is the blue door just inside.2014-09-30T15:12:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/09/22/our-new-normal-campus/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/onncampus4.jpgONNCampus4This beautiful old house houses sits at the front of campus. Pascal, in the photo, lives here with his parents and four younger siblings.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/onncampus3.jpgONNCampus3The family building is where we call home, though none of those are our windows...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/onncampus2.jpgONNCampus2Snickers the cat hangs around campus and loves the kids...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/onncampus1.jpgONNCampus1Classrooms and single-room apartments - also the kids' favorite place to ride bikes and scooters!2014-10-16T17:34:15+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/09/08/school-has-begun/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_8303.jpgIMG_8303Our school is the group of white buildings in the center - Matthew took this photo during a hike2014-09-07T20:56:29+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/09/07/amelia-is-3/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/amelias3rd10.jpgAmelias3rd10Duplo zoo set!!!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/amelias3rd09.jpgAmelias3rd09Birthday girl...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/amelias3rd08.jpgAmelias3rd08Running off the sugar!!!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/amelias3rd07.jpgAmelias3rd07Mommy-daughter selfie! Also, note background castle.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/amelias3rd06.jpgAmelias3rd06"Merci!"https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/amelias3rd05.jpgAmelias3rd05Une religieuse chosen by the birthday girl. That cream layer was some sort of butter and brown sugar-ness.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/amelias3rd04.jpgAmelias3rd04Some sort of hazelnut, chocolate goodness.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/amelias3rd03.jpgAmelias3rd03"Gimme some eclair, Levi!!" -Axelhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/amelias3rd02.jpgAmelias3rd02Pastries in the park by the riverhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/amelias3rd01.jpgAmelias3rd01Birthday girl pre-breakfast (there were sausages and eggs later) - sharing some French pastries.2014-09-08T02:06:08+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/09/02/the-house/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/houseold11.jpgBSU Orange in the master bedroom - not awesomeBSU Orange in the master bedroom - not awesomehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/houseold10.jpgMaster bath, before - no tub/shower!Master bath, before - no tub/shower!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/houseold09.jpgUpstairs, beforeUpstairs, beforehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/houseold08.jpgMain floor bath, beforeMain floor bath, beforehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/houseold07.jpgLiving, beforeLiving, beforehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/houseold06.jpgLiving, beforeLiving, beforehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/houseold05.jpgDining, beforeDining, beforehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/houseold04.jpgBack stairs, beforeBack stairs, beforehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/houseold03.jpgBasement living space, beforeBasement living space, beforehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/houseold02.jpgBasement bedroom 2, before - dogs ATE. THE. DOOR.Basement bedroom 2, before - dogs ATE. THE. DOOR.2014-09-03T22:33:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/09/04/fete-des-montagnes/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fetedesmontagnes39.jpgFetedesmontagnes39Brochure, because I can't yet spell in Frenchhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fetedesmontagnes38.jpgFetedesmontagnes38Serious bread.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fetedesmontagnes37.jpgFetedesmontagnes37We found the festival!!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fetedesmontagnes36.jpgFetedesmontagnes36The festival was on the top of a hillhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fetedesmontagnes35.jpgFetedesmontagnes35Our fellow MAF compatriots, Dave & Ashley, came along - and twinsies!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fetedesmontagnes34.jpgFetedesmontagnes34Park cutie!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fetedesmontagnes33.jpgFetedesmontagnes33Over at the animal display - old farm equipment working hard...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fetedesmontagnes32.jpgFetedesmontagnes32There was some sort of fortress…with tunnels!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fetedesmontagnes31.jpgFetedesmontagnes31Experimenting with the camera focushttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fetedesmontagnes30.jpgFetedesmontagnes30The top of the fortress thingy2014-09-02T21:50:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/08/26/contact-information/2014-08-26T19:55:33+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/08/25/settling-in/2014-08-25T19:51:08+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/08/22/bonjour-2/2014-08-25T16:07:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/08/13/what-ill-miss/2014-08-13T22:59:03+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/08/09/project-funds/2014-08-08T21:06:57+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/08/08/newsy-notes/2014-08-08T15:22:27+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/08/03/2610/2014-08-04T04:15:22+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/08/01/french-visas-approved/2014-08-02T05:27:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/07/30/wish-list-last-call/2014-07-30T16:56:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/07/23/san-fran-part-2/2014-07-24T04:43:19+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/07/21/french-visas/2014-07-22T02:18:57+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/07/13/clean-kitchen/2014-07-16T23:01:29+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/07/12/todays-project/2014-07-12T17:42:16+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/07/07/hot/2014-07-07T16:16:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/07/02/amazon-wish-list/2014-07-03T02:27:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/07/01/looking-ahead-to-language-school/2014-07-02T17:22:42+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/01/29/where-does-the-money-go/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/support-breakdown-graphic.pngSupport Breakdown Graphic2014-07-01T01:47:47+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/06/24/acceptance-2/2014-06-25T17:04:07+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/06/22/language-school/2014-06-23T17:11:09+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/06/18/my-hipster-post/2014-06-18T20:04:55+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/06/13/a-week-of-fun/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/10442412_529004730284_4001947070173291505_n.jpg10442412_529004730284_4001947070173291505_nAmelia LOVED the cows at the dairy…so. much.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/10456816_528954920104_7019350878992060772_n.jpg10456816_528954920104_7019350878992060772_nSister and Big Brother, awww!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/10314014_528953887174_6038954628938446456_n.jpg10314014_528953887174_6038954628938446456_nBrothers in a plane!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/10358750_528953178594_167085905587668991_n.jpg10358750_528953178594_167085905587668991_nLinds and a Kodiak at MAF HQ2014-06-14T12:49:22+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/06/06/june-prayer-letter/2014-06-07T00:57:52+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/05/31/a-day-in-the-life/2014-05-31T04:42:30+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/05/27/just-a-few-more/2014-05-27T22:58:13+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/05/26/the-process-begins/2014-05-26T17:40:31+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/05/22/home-in-idaho-again/2014-05-23T18:14:45+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/05/16/washington-highlights/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/watrip201.jpgWATrip201Ducks and more ducks!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/watrip202.jpgWATrip202What kid doesn't love a dump truck in their front yard dumping rocks!?https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/watrip208.jpgWATrip208Levi built this boat all by himself while we weren't looking!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/watrip207.jpgWATrip207Papaji and the great grandkids!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/watrip206.jpgWATrip206Cabela's is like a zoo...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/watrip205.jpgWATrip205A perfect spot!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/watrip204.jpgWATrip204Lind Men - Uncle Bruce and his nephew and great-nephewshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/watrip203.jpgWATrip203The boat exhibit at the children's museum was Matthew's favorite part...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/watrip212.jpgWATrip212Crab found!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/watrip211.jpgWATrip211Mommy and Axel camping2014-05-17T00:09:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/05/10/financial-support-update/2014-05-10T17:37:37+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/05/05/the-green-house/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/10157327_10152364340116368_1208011538034823781_n.jpg10157327_10152364340116368_1208011538034823781_nThe rototiller is ready for action.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn3171.jpgDSCN3171This before was taken last summer shortly after we closed…it does not do anything justice, because the dandelion mess is not seen. But you get the idea.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn4273.jpgDSCN4273The mostly-after…still need to make final touches, and finish behind the big tree, but it is much-improved.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn4251.jpgDSCN4251The goofy helpers2014-05-05T22:37:23+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/05/04/back-in-washingtonaka-deja-vu/2014-05-04T21:46:24+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/04/23/photo-23-apr/2014-04-23T17:54:42+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/04/15/eight-years-later/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/15342_199113821367_5181398_n.jpg15342_199113821367_5181398_nSo much love times eight years equals lots more love.2014-04-22T04:59:09+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/04/21/easter-2014/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/10013504_10152368309491368_4758352166549817598_n.jpg10013504_10152368309491368_4758352166549817598_nIn the pew early while Daddy got ready with the men's chorus2014-04-22T22:43:53+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/04/16/checking-in-from-wa/2014-04-15T05:56:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/04/05/life-in-washington/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/beach-day.jpgBeach Day2014-04-05T14:45:54+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/03/28/an-african-themed-weekend/2014-03-29T06:04:02+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/03/18/the-first-two-days-in-wa/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/finnlevi-2009.jpgFinn&Levi 2009Finn & Levi in the shark's mouth, about six months oldhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wa12day04.jpgWA1&2Day04They're clearly having a terrible timehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wa12day03.jpgWA1&2Day03Duck Duck Goosehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wa12day02.jpgWA1&2Day02Levi & Amelia had their first turn at a gaming system at Uncle Andrew's - we're not too worried about addiction, since Africa can be a hard place to come by an Xboxhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wa12day12.jpgWA1&2Day12Daddies and their kiddos observing the puffin feedinghttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wa12day11.jpgWA1&2Day11Levi liked the walrushttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wa12day10.jpgWA1&2Day10Three monkeyshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wa12day09.jpgWA1&2Day09A little blurry, but you get the idea: Tiger.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wa12day08.jpgWA1&2Day08The classic shark mouth picture is a must at the Pt. Defiance Zoo & Aquariumhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wa12day07.jpgWA1&2Day07Axel liked the zoo, too, from the carrier2014-03-19T04:01:12+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/03/11/the-linds-go-to-washington/2014-03-12T04:27:30+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/02/28/final-day-of-training/2014-02-28T14:15:29+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/02/25/photo-25-feb/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-img_20140225_093502.jpgwpid-IMG_20140225_093502.jpg2014-02-25T16:36:25+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/02/21/10-years-ago/2014-02-22T15:41:33+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/02/19/the-lindians-an-update/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/1623510_10153892431215393_1141687649_n.jpg1623510_10153892431215393_1141687649_nAdded later...Matthew's afternoon was up in the air in one of these. Poor guy.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/photo1108.jpegphoto1108Adorablehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/1966958_10153889863300393_325824684_n.jpg1966958_10153889863300393_325824684_nIP Training Photo by Nick Frey2014-02-24T05:49:26+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/02/05/grafted-in/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/935549_457190664382492_1395812647_n.jpg935549_457190664382492_1395812647_nThe Naces, Vanas, and Bells - yes, all four families in the class have four-letter last names. It's kind of awesome.2014-02-06T04:45:47+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/01/27/mp-training/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/photo-on-1-27-14-at-3-05-pm.jpgPhoto on 1-27-14 at 3.05 PM2014-01-28T02:52:14+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/01/25/an-amazing-gift/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc02199.jpgDSC02199Canon EOS Rebel T4i (plus a whole camera backpack full of the necessary accessories)2014-01-26T05:02:02+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/01/23/those-10-days/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc02197.jpgDSC02197Levi gave Axel his truck and wanted to take a picture...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc02193.jpgDSC02193At a family fun place with friends, I see only a teenager with a rebel boyfriend...do you SEE that look???https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc02189.jpgDSC02189She LOVED the cows and wanted to go IN the pens with them...hahttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc02188.jpgDSC02188Levi and all of the cows who just gave birthhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc02187.jpgDSC02187Gorgeous sunset from the front doorhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc02186.jpgDSC02186We Linds are not football people, but lets just pretend he's cheering for his parents' hometown team (Seahawks)!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc02183.jpgDSC02183Empty hampers are awesome toys!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc02172.jpgDSC02172This is technically before Matthew left, but it was our first chance to play in the snow2014-01-24T10:24:09+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/01/08/100-outgoing-support/2014-01-09T00:30:26+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/01/20/10dop-day-10-our-needs/2014-01-08T21:48:59+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/01/19/10dop-day-9-the-congolese-people/2014-01-08T21:42:16+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/01/18/10dop-day-8-the-airplanes/2014-01-08T21:40:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/01/17/10dop-day-7-our-team-in-drc/2014-01-08T21:35:47+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/01/16/10dop-day-6-drc/2014-01-08T21:31:50+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/01/15/10dop-day-5-maf/2014-01-08T21:27:23+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/01/14/10dop-day-4-our-financial-supporters/2014-01-06T22:31:07+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/01/13/10dop-day-3-our-prayer-supporters/2014-01-04T19:27:59+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/01/12/10dop-day-2-the-kids/2014-01-04T19:22:29+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/01/11/10dop-day-1-matthew-lisa/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1560601_10152138710526368_1301185138_n.jpg1560601_10152138710526368_1301185138_nThe three MKshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/15342_199113821367_5181398_n.jpg15342_199113821367_5181398_nMarried! April 15, 2006https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/63757_10150097141896368_7064732_n.jpg63757_10150097141896368_7064732_nPre-children vacation, October 2008https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/253039_10151197305326368_1353243590_n.jpg253039_10151197305326368_1353243590_nAmelia's first birthday, in DRC Sept 2012 (third prayer card photo, by Jocelyn Frey)https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/156733_10151307036506368_1044493150_n.jpg156733_10151307036506368_1044493150_nSometime in 2005...before officially "coupling"https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/297496_509905904484_1232084302_n.jpg297496_509905904484_1232084302_nAmelia joined us Sept 2011 (second prayer card photo, by Jennifer Lind)https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/188597_506547514724_6387654_n.jpg188597_506547514724_6387654_nAccepted with MAF - first prayer card photo, by Jennifer Lindhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc02073-version-3.jpgDSC02073 - Version 3Axel joined us in November 20132014-01-04T19:11:23+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2014/01/04/10-days-of-prayer/2014-01-03T03:19:48+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/12/30/christmas-at-the-linds/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc02137.jpgDSC02137Amelia and Grandpa & Grandma's new puppy, Kody. Kody is just three months old...and already bigger than Amelia!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc02083.jpgDSC02083Cousins (and one auntie) on Christmashttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc02060.jpgDSC02060Seeing a nearby city lights displayhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc02056.jpgDSC02056Axel LOVES the bath - this is an understatementhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc02050.jpgDSC02050Amelia loves her little brother! She calls him "My Axel"2014-01-02T03:01:57+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/12/24/merry-christmas/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc02073-version-3.jpgDSC02073 - Version 32013-12-23T18:34:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/12/04/axels-weight-is/2013-12-05T03:37:29+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/12/03/some-thanks-and-some-giving/2013-12-03T23:20:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/11/24/photos-and-about-axels-name/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/axelbirth04.jpgAxelBirth04A few hours (and a nap and a shower for me) later...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/axelbirth03.jpgAxelBirth03Checking all of his vitals!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/axelbirth02.jpgAxelBirth02Supplies - the bags contain extra sheets, towels, baby stuff...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/axelbirth01.jpgAxelBirth01All set up for the home birth!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/axelbirth09.jpgAxelBirth09Grandpa and Grandma (Lisa's parents) checking out Axelhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/axelbirth08.jpgAxelBirth08Proud grandpa!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/axelbirth07.jpgAxelBirth07Sharing the projects Aunt Judy kept them busy with over the next few dayshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/axelbirth06.jpgAxelBirth06Big brother's turnhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/axelbirth05.jpgAxelBirth05First meeting big sister! She's mildly excited https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/axelbirth14.jpgAxelBirth14Reading to Axel2013-11-25T14:51:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/11/23/management-training-update/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/wpid-img_49229051637604.jpegwpid-IMG_49229051637604.jpegSleepy dude at 10 days old2013-11-23T22:57:09+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/11/19/one-week-old/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/wpid-img_231209649562257.jpegwpid-IMG_231209649562257.jpeg2013-11-20T01:51:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/11/18/axels-birth-story/2013-11-23T23:12:14+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/11/12/its-a-boy/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/wpid-img_20131112_082619.jpgwpid-IMG_20131112_082619.jpg2013-11-13T22:35:23+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/11/07/baby-what-baby-that-was-a-watermelon-seed/2013-11-08T16:24:15+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/10/30/still-waiting/2013-10-31T03:18:10+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/10/26/the-kitchen/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc01812.jpgDSC01812It says "1945 D.D."https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn3123.jpgDSCN3123Before...look at the floor. Just. look. at. it.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dscn3125.jpgDSCN3125Before...with the world's ugliest wall paper, right?https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/blog26oct2.jpgBlog26oct2Levi ready for the Grain Trainhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/blog26oct1.jpgBlog26oct1Riding the train. Amelia MAY still have some pork chop from dinner stuffed in her cheek.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/blog26oct5.jpgBlog26oct5This is a great picture of the after...Matthew took it with glee as he pointed out: "Look! Pregnant, barefoot, and in the kitchen!"https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/blog26oct4.jpgBlog26oct4They wouldn't stop laughing...Amelia is the one lying in front of Levi.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/blog26oct3.jpgBlog26oct3Then they were both laying down and bouncing. How they didn't get stepped on, I have no idea...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/blog26oct9.jpgBlog26oct9Just a few minutes ago we added the valance. I made these for our house in Alaska.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/blog26oct8.jpgBlog26oct8The after...so much better!2013-10-27T04:14:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/10/23/adoptions-in-drc-update/2013-10-25T01:46:17+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/10/21/preparations-begin/2013-10-23T20:05:12+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/10/17/end-of-orientation/2013-10-18T00:51:13+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/10/13/more-on-orientation-and-life/2013-10-13T23:42:10+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/10/07/orientation/2013-10-08T03:23:01+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/10/06/reminder-to-shop/2013-10-07T04:23:57+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/10/05/a-first-glimpse/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/wpid-img_20131005_223919.jpgwpid-IMG_20131005_223919.jpg2013-10-06T20:06:57+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/10/01/lemongrass-spa-fundraiser/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/lgs.jpgLGS2013-10-02T03:46:54+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/10/01/weekend-away-and-an-awesome-opportunity/2013-10-01T15:58:24+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/09/27/prayer-request/2013-09-30T20:26:22+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/09/27/mailroom/2013-09-27T17:49:41+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/09/25/curiosity-killed-the-timeline-and-other-such-adventures/2013-09-25T23:34:13+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/09/20/housework/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/wpid-img_20130920_155636.jpgwpid-IMG_20130920_155636.jpg2013-09-21T00:32:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/09/19/one-color-down/2013-09-23T17:33:45+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/09/17/prayer-request-list-and-an-update/2013-09-17T20:58:11+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/09/14/the-end-of-the-road-trip/2013-09-15T20:16:06+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/09/13/days-101-102-the-end/2013-09-14T20:05:40+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/09/11/days-98-100/2013-09-12T04:42:54+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/09/08/days-96-97/2013-09-09T04:05:35+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/09/06/day-95-pictures-and-a-birthday/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/day95-01.jpgDay95-01Daddy's borrowed ride for a day in Durango...and a few extra accessories, but only for the picture, of course!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/day95-06.jpgDay95-06One of our presentations in CO - watching the MAF Africa video.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/day95-05.jpgDay95-05Another way of encouragement - local coffee!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/day95-04.jpgDay95-04How to encourage people to come to your missions presentation!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/day95-03.jpgDay95-03So, there was a tarantula in the driveway next door in Durango, CO...this is the only picture I got of it. I did not realize Amelia was attempting to step on it (it was already dead and the ants were starting in)...but there are its legs!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/day95-02.jpgDay95-02Levi was given this tiny skateboard by neighbors of our hosts in Durango...and he loves it. We are in a trouble now...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/day95-08.jpgDay95-08Daddy and the kiddos watching the cool thing to do. (We also have video evidence that Daddy did it!!)https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/day95-07.jpgDay95-07The view from the hot springs in Ouray, CO.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/day95-13.jpgDay95-13A bit of the four-wheeling adventure up the mountain...the rest of the pictures just don't do it justice...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/day95-12.jpgDay95-12Every playground should have this view...2013-09-07T03:04:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/09/05/days-92-94/2013-09-06T05:13:11+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/09/03/days-90-91/2013-09-04T04:32:28+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/08/31/day-89-pictures/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/augpics01.jpgAugPics01Ducks in OKChttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/augpics05.jpgAugPics05Levi colored this by himself and was quite proudhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/augpics04.jpgAugPics04Hanging out in Wagoner, OKhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/augpics03.jpgAugPics03Seeing some of the destruction in Moore, OKhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/augpics02.jpgAugPics02I love this one of the kids...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/augpics10.jpgAugPics10She loves her hoop earrings!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/augpics09.jpgAugPics09Nope, that's not it.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/augpics08.jpgAugPics08Grilling with a viewhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/augpics07.jpgAugPics07Levi, that's a cactus...those spikes hurt, don't they, if they go in your toe. Yes, that happened.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/augpics11.jpgAugPics11Levi in a mine in Colorado2013-08-31T16:18:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/08/30/days-84-88-buena-vista-co/2013-08-31T02:57:19+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/08/25/days-81-83-done-in-ok/2013-08-27T23:10:17+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/08/23/days-79-80/2013-08-23T14:09:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/08/20/day-78-28-weeks-down-10-14-to-go/2013-08-27T01:52:54+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/08/19/days-74-77-oklahoma/2013-08-20T03:34:48+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/08/15/days-71-73-nw-arkansas/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ar-cottage2.jpgAR Cottage2Looking into the dining areahttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ar-cottage1.jpgAR Cottage1Master bedroomhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ar-cottage04.jpgAR Cottage04Upstairs loft living space - games and the all-important routerhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ar-cottage03.jpgAR Cottage03Looking down from the loft into the gorgeous living roomhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ar-cottage02.jpgAR Cottage02Upstairs half bathhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ar-cottage01.jpgAR Cottage01Upstairs bedroom - Levi slept here all by himself, not sharing a room with his sister for the first time since last fall!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ar-cottage08.jpgAR Cottage08Sweet little toucheshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ar-cottage07.jpgAR Cottage07The kitchen was amazingly well stocked by beautiful pieceshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ar-cottage06.jpgAR Cottage06Front sitting areahttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ar-cottage05.jpgAR Cottage05Entry way2013-08-16T03:08:37+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/08/12/day-69-70/2013-08-12T21:30:33+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/08/11/day-69-ish-pictures/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/1095023_10200340645065064_1855199236_n.jpg1095023_10200340645065064_1855199236_nThis was the amazing turn out at our Dallas get together with adopting families to share about our mission in the DRC. So fun! And about five minutes later, it was pouring down rain.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_0453.jpgIMG_0453Amelia loves animals...see the excitement? https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_0449.jpgIMG_0449Joel Osteen's building...whatever your opinion of him or his teachings, the Houston building was massive.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_0448.jpgIMG_0448Just around the corner from our host's house in Houston - George & Barbara's house! (As in the 41st president, no big deal.)https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc01377.jpgDSC01377What?? We didn't take this exit, though...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_0446.jpgIMG_0446Not a picture of our speed (I promise, that was about the speed limit), but rather that the truck passed 150,000 miles! When we started this trip, it was only 141,000, give or take!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc01347.jpgDSC01347Levi & Amelia rocking the two-person swing in Nashville2013-08-10T21:19:23+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/08/10/days-67-68/2013-08-10T15:40:15+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/08/08/days-64-66/2013-08-09T04:58:17+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/08/06/days-62-63/2013-08-06T13:03:38+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/08/03/day-61/2013-08-04T02:57:04+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/08/02/days-59-60/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/spanns1.jpgSpanns1See? Talking shop...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/spanns3.jpgSpanns3The Congo-bound kiddoshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/spanns2.jpgSpanns2Tasha and I...2013-08-02T22:33:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/07/31/days-55-58/2013-08-01T02:37:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/07/28/pampered-chef-party-48-hours-remaining/2013-07-29T03:46:03+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/07/27/day-54-stone-mountain/2013-07-28T04:05:34+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/07/26/days-51-53/2013-07-27T02:16:38+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/07/23/day-50/2013-07-23T22:45:20+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/07/22/days-48-49/2013-07-22T17:02:05+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/07/20/days-45-46-47-florida-to-georgia-and-pictures/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/july-182.jpgJuly 182St. Augustine, FLhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/july-181.jpgJuly 181Levi's new past time - making a dino mouth and roaring. Amelia...she's still getting the point.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/july-184.jpgJuly 184At Check E Cheese, feeding hungry frogshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/july-183.jpgJuly 183Satellite Beach - sandy kids2013-07-20T19:04:04+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/07/19/what-day-is-this/2013-07-20T03:28:26+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/07/17/days-43-44-florida-sun/2013-07-18T03:03:13+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/07/15/days-40-42-levi-turns-4/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/july1406.jpgJuly1406Amelia loves airplaneshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/july1405.jpgJuly1405Whales!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/july1404.jpgJuly1404This was in Ghana, but it is so similar to DRC - cassava, tomatoes, garlic, and pili pili.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/july1403.jpgJuly1403Dinos!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/july1402.jpgJuly1402Drive by...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/july1401.jpgJuly1401Some mild excitement, can't you tell?https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/july1411.jpgJuly1411Amelia tackles Chipotlehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/july1410.jpgJuly1410Opening presents from Auntie Jenny and Grandmomhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/july1409.jpgJuly1409Lind kids on the Lind pianohttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/july1408.jpgJuly1408Fitting in a quick nap on the drive2013-07-17T11:50:09+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/07/13/pampered-chef-show/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/screen-shot-2013-07-13-at-8-57-01-pm.pngScreen Shot 2013-07-13 at 8.57.01 PM2013-07-17T20:53:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/07/12/days-38-39-heading-south/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc01188.jpgDSC01188Levi is really into writing - we spell out the word at his request. In this case, he labeled an entire placemat.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc01183.jpgDSC01183Amelia at the Maritime Museum...2013-07-13T02:06:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/07/10/day-37-nyc-continued/2013-07-11T01:12:31+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/07/09/days-35-36-me-nyc/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/nyc3.jpgNYC3Manhattan from the boathttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/nyc2.jpgNYC2Amelia gazes at the "lady," as she called ithttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/nyc1.jpgNYC1Getting ready to go on the ferryhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/nyc7.jpgNYC7Times Square!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/nyc6.jpgNYC6Matthew and Levi atop Belvedere's castle https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/nyc5.jpgNYC5The Safari playground...just like Africahttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/nyc4.jpgNYC4Levi overlooking the reservoir at Central Parkhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/me1.jpgME1By Bow, NH - so old, so awesome!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/me3.jpgME3At the beach in Mainehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/me2.jpgME2Fleeing the Atlantic! While your little sister laughs at you...2014-09-04T19:19:48+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/07/07/day-34-the-rest-of-nh/2013-07-08T02:40:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/07/06/days-31-32-33-ma-northward/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ma05.jpgMA05This helicopter and his buddies were our constant companions throughout the dayhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ma04.jpgMA04The USS Constitution was out on the water - this is a zoomed in pic, hence the fuzzinesshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ma03.jpgMA03Staring at Boston's harbor...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ma02.jpgMA02Two Levis!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ma01.jpgMA01The Dads help with some teeter-totter competitions.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ma08.jpgMA08https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ma07.jpgMA07https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ma06.jpgMA06Guess who wasn't enjoying herself...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ma12.jpgMA12Aahhhhhhhhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ma11.jpgMA11Ooooooo2013-07-07T02:50:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/07/03/day-30-road-trip-photos/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc01047.jpgDSC01047The George Washington Bridge was gorgeous! Welcome to Manhattan!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc01044.jpgDSC01044Drive by shooting...of the NYC skylinehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc01039.jpgDSC01039Amelia's hotel antics...she's a climber!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc01036.jpgDSC01036Levi, Amelia, and Independence Hallhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc01022.jpgDSC01022The kids could not get enough horse viewing timehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc01021.jpgDSC01021Amish fueling station during the markethttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc00996.jpgDSC00996Chowder night!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc00986.jpgDSC00986Amelia likes the sprinklerhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc00982.jpgDSC00982Matthew, Grandma, Aunt Gloria, cousin Allison, and Uncle Bill watch the kids antics...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc00981.jpgDSC00981In KY, the kids beat the heat in the sprinkler. I call this photo "Sprinkler Harlem Shake"2013-07-03T01:34:40+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/07/02/days-27-28-and-29-philadelphia-pt-2/2013-07-03T05:29:16+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/06/29/days-26-27-philadelphia-pt-1/2013-07-03T00:49:27+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/06/27/days-23-24-moving-along-to-pa/2013-06-28T02:29:28+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/06/26/20-weeks/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/wpid-img_20130626_181305.jpgwpid-IMG_20130626_181305.jpg2013-06-26T22:16:42+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/06/25/days-21-22/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/screen-shot-2013-06-25-at-11-51-07-am.pngScreen Shot 2013-06-25 at 11.51.07 AMThis Week's Travels2013-06-25T15:58:02+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/06/25/day-22-photo/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/wpid-img_20130625_104546.jpgwpid-IMG_20130625_104546.jpg2013-06-25T14:49:58+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/06/23/days-19-20-indy-and-cincinnati/2013-06-24T02:23:09+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/06/21/days-17-18-photos/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/screen-shot-2013-06-21-at-10-18-38-pm.pngScreen Shot 2013-06-21 at 10.18.38 PMLevi in St. Louis - 18 months apart...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc00957.jpgDSC00957Small town diner in Chesterton, IN that makes French toast robots. Amelia already stole the leg before I could get the picture...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc00956.jpgDSC00956Chicago skyline through our dirty windshield...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc00954.jpgDSC00954Illinois, especially downtown Chicago, wins the highest gas prices on our travels thus far...even beating Alaska!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc00953.jpgDSC00953My (Lisa's) dear friend, Andree, at the park in Chicago - where's Amelia?https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc00951.jpgDSC00951And here he is 30 seconds later...bloody lip and a smile!@https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc00950.jpgDSC00950Levi shows off his scooter skills...but there is a "hidden" pole under that slide...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc00949.jpgDSC00949Amelia shows off her strength at a park in Chicago.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc00944.jpgDSC00944My aunt Judy - we stayed with her - and my other cousin and her daughters (her husband was playing photographer).https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc00939.jpgDSC00939The four of us and my cousin and his family in Milwaukee.2013-06-22T03:04:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/06/20/days-15-16-milwaukee-ish/2013-06-20T15:20:16+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/06/19/photo-19-june/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/wpid-img_20130619_154359.jpgwpid-IMG_20130619_154359.jpg2013-06-19T20:46:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/06/17/day-14/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/screen-shot-2013-06-17-at-10-25-59-pm.pngScreen Shot 2013-06-17 at 10.25.59 PMOur last week...2013-06-18T03:41:37+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/06/16/day-13-st-louis/2013-06-17T03:51:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/06/15/days-11-12-missouri/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc00895.jpgDSC00895Levi liked the horse, but didn't want to touch it...2013-06-16T02:59:10+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/06/13/days-9-10-moving-east/2013-06-14T05:23:03+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/06/11/day-8-continued/2013-06-12T03:39:31+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/06/11/day-8/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/wpid-img_20130611_095859.jpgwpid-IMG_20130611_095859.jpg2013-06-11T21:44:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/06/10/days-5-6-goodbye-yellow-truck/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_0390.jpgIMG_0390Amelia enjoys accessorizinghttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_0389.jpgIMG_0389Levi and his buddy Finnhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_0386.jpgIMG_0386Matthew's Uncle Bruce with his nephew and great-nephewhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_0383.jpgIMG_0383Amelia is addicted to slides - and her great aunt Edie takes a picture.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/185900_10151112412371368_1936770946_n.jpg185900_10151112412371368_1936770946_n1986 GMC2013-06-10T20:13:42+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/06/08/days-3-4/2013-06-09T01:23:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/06/05/days-1-2-the-longest-drive/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_20130604_193147.jpgIMG_20130604_193147Levi poses perched on a rock while Amelia decides she wants to hitchhike.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_20130605_153103.jpgIMG_20130605_153103This wooden climbing toy from my childhood is now on its second generation!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_20130604_193355.jpgIMG_20130604_193355Levi and me (and baby bump)https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_20130604_122732.jpgIMG_20130604_122732Passed out and loving his monkey neck pillowhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_20130604_192901.jpgIMG_20130604_192901Cheeky monkey!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_20130604_192709.jpgIMG_20130604_192709Surveying the Oregon farmland at sunset2013-06-06T03:14:16+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/06/04/road-trip-the-start/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/wpid-img_20130604_103528.jpgwpid-IMG_20130604_103528.jpg2013-06-04T17:40:34+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/06/02/how-not-to-make-an-impression/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dscn3048.jpgDSCN3048At the second service - kid-free and Matthew is cracking jokes with the pastor about caterpillars (eating them)...also, glimpse the almost-17 week baby bump!2013-06-03T04:41:32+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/06/01/50/2013-06-01T14:44:28+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/05/30/playing-catch-up-the-dentist/2013-05-31T02:54:38+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/05/29/reverse-culture-shock/2013-05-31T03:20:29+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/05/24/date-in-seattle/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0373.jpgIMG_0373Space Needle-ness2013-05-25T04:42:13+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/05/23/welcome-back-to-wa/2013-05-23T16:52:33+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/05/20/alaska-days-12-14/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0370.jpgIMG_0370Just around the corner from our hosts' house in Palmer. Beautiful!2013-05-21T02:20:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/05/20/photo-20-may/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/wpid-photogrid_1369086786077.jpgwpid-PhotoGrid_1369086786077.jpg2013-05-20T21:57:17+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/05/18/photo-may-18/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/wpid-img_20130518_153258.jpgwpid-IMG_20130518_153258.jpg2013-05-18T23:36:37+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/05/17/alaska-day-11/2013-05-18T05:48:55+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/05/16/alaska-days-9-10/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0362.jpgIMG_0362Amelia and Levi sit on the Alaska Pipeline2013-05-17T06:35:31+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/05/15/photo-may-15/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/wpid-img_20130515_222714.jpgwpid-IMG_20130515_222714.JPG2013-05-16T13:26:22+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/05/14/alaska-days-7-8/2013-05-15T06:05:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/05/13/alaska-days-5-6/2013-05-13T06:46:24+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/05/11/photo-11-may/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/wpid-img_20130511_090235.jpgwpid-IMG_20130511_090235.JPG2013-05-11T17:14:03+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/05/10/alaska-day-3-4/2013-05-11T06:42:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/05/09/photo-9-may/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/wpid-img_20130509_133205.jpgwpid-IMG_20130509_133205.JPG2013-05-09T21:36:27+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/05/09/alaska-day-2/2013-05-09T16:23:19+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/05/07/back-in-the-frozen-north/2013-05-08T00:19:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/05/08/interim-goal-you-in/2013-05-07T23:53:06+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/05/06/heading-north/2013-05-06T16:23:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/05/01/quick-recovery/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/wpid-img_20130501_154337.jpgwpid-IMG_20130501_154337.jpg2013-05-01T22:46:58+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/05/01/summer-plans-part-1/2013-05-01T02:59:24+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/04/30/12-weeks/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/wpid-img_20130430_193853.jpgwpid-IMG_20130430_193853.JPG2013-05-01T03:15:05+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/04/29/the-rest-of-last-week/2013-04-30T04:51:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/04/28/seriously-tacoma/2013-04-29T04:16:16+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/04/25/photo-25-apr/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/wpid-img_20130424_115414.jpgwpid-IMG_20130424_115414.jpg2013-04-25T22:38:59+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/04/23/some-tiny-news/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/photo-on-4-23-13-at-10-19-pm.jpgPhoto on 4-23-13 at 10.19 PM2013-04-25T04:23:55+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/04/22/the-work-begins/2013-04-23T04:49:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/04/13/the-pause-before-the-beginning/2013-04-14T13:16:22+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/04/12/acceptance/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/wpid-img_20130412_1124581.jpgwpid-IMG_20130412_112458.jpg2013-04-23T04:00:46+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/04/09/our-first-week-back/2013-04-09T20:59:24+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/04/05/we-have-returned/2013-04-05T19:38:13+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/04/01/europe-amsterdam-date/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/amelia-and-toon-swing.jpgAmelia and Toon SwingToon (pronounced Tone) and Amelia share a moment in the swinghttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/leviwatchesfish.jpgLeviWatchesFishLevi studies the fishhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/zoowothsoethofs.jpgZooWothSoethofsZoo Day! 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It was our first day here that it didn't snow!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/europe316.jpgEurope316The Nemo is an interactive science museumhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/europe315.jpgEurope315A three-story bike parking garage - holds 2500 bikes!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/europe314.jpgEurope314How to transport a Dutch babyhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/europe313.jpgEurope313The Anne Frank house, from the boat2013-04-01T19:56:47+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/03/31/europe-resurrection-rest/2013-03-31T20:09:30+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/03/30/europe-chilly-dutch-history/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/europe217.jpgEurope217Just a little fun...hee heehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/europe216.jpgEurope216Levi getting the full Dutch experiencehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/europe215.jpgEurope215A village in the style of North Holland, a province in The Netherlandshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/europe214.jpgEurope214Matthew in a windmill!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/europe213.jpgEurope213You can't really tell, but look closely at that window...and see the next picture.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/europe212.jpgEurope212Mazehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/europe211.jpgEurope211The sheep had just finished kissing Amelia - she loved it!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/europe210.jpgEurope210Levi and a goat!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/europe209.jpgEurope209Levi and Hanna - future farmers?https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/europe208.jpgEurope208Dutch milk maid!2013-03-30T22:52:48+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/03/29/europe-dutch-y-ness/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wpid-img_20130329_205818.jpgwpid-IMG_20130329_205818.JPG2013-03-29T20:26:38+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/03/28/europe-getting-there/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/europe113.jpgEurope113This is all CHEESE, because we love cheese and we're in The Netherlands...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/europe112.jpgEurope112And then...a happy moment for Mom and Dadhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/europe111.jpgEurope111Millie, having a happy moment on the trainhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/europe110.jpgEurope110Matthew got a fancy waffle with REAL whipping cream, also a first in a year!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/europe109.jpgEurope109Waffles!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/europe108.jpgEurope108Levi very seriously watching the Belgian countrysidehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/europe106.jpgEurope106Amelia looks gorgeous in a puffy parkahttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/europe105.jpgEurope105SNOW!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/europe104.jpgEurope104The church sits in the center of townhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/europe103.jpgEurope103One of the many canals - this one would take you to Paris - in Belgium.2013-03-29T13:49:50+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/03/27/photo-27-mar/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wpid-img_20130327_172538.jpgwpid-IMG_20130327_172538.jpg2013-03-27T17:22:05+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/03/26/au-revoir/2013-03-26T07:49:55+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/03/23/saying-goodbye-a-cultural-education/2013-03-24T12:56:58+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/03/20/photo-20-mar/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wpid-img_20130320_083823.jpgwpid-IMG_20130320_083823.jpg2013-03-20T07:41:38+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/03/17/fete/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc00467.jpgDSC00467Since the original day for the party was 3.14, it was pie themed, but chaotic schedules had it moved to St. Patty's Day, but keeping the pie theme, of course.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc00446.jpgDSC00446At church yesterday, she wanted to sit next to someone else...this is her new smile-on-commandhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc00439.jpgDSC00439Posing2013-03-18T19:47:58+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/03/16/the-wedding/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wedding23.jpgWedding23Saying their vows, on their kneeshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wedding22.jpgWedding22Presenting the couple to the attendeeshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wedding21.jpgWedding21Children participated in the ceremony as wellhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wedding9.jpgWedding9Michele and Sylvie, getting some roast pighttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wedding8.jpgWedding8The freezer and oven - and you can see the two women carrying the microwave. At the upper right are the bridesmaid, in the hats.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wedding7.jpgWedding7Presenting the gifts and greeting the bride and groomhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wedding6.jpgWedding6Matthew appreciated the sponsor for the tableshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wedding5.jpgWedding5The groomsmen lookin' stylish and dancinghttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wedding4.jpgWedding4The bride and groom enter the receptionhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wedding3.jpgWedding3We were some of the first people who had arrived, even though we were 15 minutes late2013-03-16T16:09:15+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/03/13/photo-13-march/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wpid-img_20130313_181240.jpgwpid-IMG_20130313_181240.jpg2013-03-13T17:15:58+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/03/11/the-long-layover/2013-03-18T20:14:11+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/03/11/photo-11-march/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wpid-img_20130311_082934.jpgwpid-IMG_20130311_082934.JPG2013-03-11T07:33:37+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/03/09/faustin-and-my-addiction/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/faustin.jpgFaustinFaustin and I, in a dress he created from a terrible hand drawing I did.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/faustin-8.jpgFaustin - 8I think I'm up to five bags, all copied from a bag I got from Target. Combining two of my favorite things!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/faustin-7.jpgFaustin - 7My Congolese style dress with high quality fabric was my birthday present last summer form Matthew.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/faustin-6.jpgFaustin - 6Matching bag!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/faustin-5.jpgFaustin - 5Amelia was napping, plus it's still a little big for her, but imagine the cuteness.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/faustin-4.jpgFaustin - 4A tiered skirt - love.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/faustin-3.jpgFaustin - 3Matthew and I got a set just for us.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/faustin-2.jpgFaustin - 2Levi and I in our "fan" clothes, as he calls them. These are the ones featured in our profile picture.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/faustin-1.jpgFaustin - 1Amelia really didn't want her picture taken - it's a good thing she's good at covering up her displeasure, though.2013-03-09T18:10:09+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/03/08/photo-9-march/2013-03-09T07:58:30+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/03/04/our-furry-friends/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/serenity.jpgSerenitySerenityhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/a-shuga.jpgA & ShUGAShUGA2013-03-04T15:42:41+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/03/02/hop-on-pop/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wpid-img_20130302_165504.jpgwpid-IMG_20130302_165504.jpg2013-03-02T15:58:01+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/02/24/scattered-update/2013-02-24T15:37:22+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/02/21/fire/2013-02-21T19:36:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/02/18/photos-from-girls-weekend/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/girlskikongo40.jpgGirlsKikongo40A typical street in Kinshasahttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/girlskikongo39.jpgGirlsKikongo39Kinshasa skylinehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/girlskikongo38.jpgGirlsKikongo38Jim Smith after clearing the goats off the runway and telling pilot David Francis we were good to go!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/girlskikongo37.jpgGirlsKikongo37Sara and I ready to go home!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/girlskikongo36.jpgGirlsKikongo36The truck with all the supplies followed us up to the their house (where they invited us for lunch!) and the singing continued!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/girlskikongo35.jpgGirlsKikongo35Nancy Smith's warm reception back to the village after many months away - if only you could have heard the singing!!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/girlskikongo34.jpgGirlsKikongo34My Vanga pineapple had its own seathttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/girlskikongo33.jpgGirlsKikongo33A small village we landed in on our way back - the building in the back in a Catholic hospitalhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/girlskikongo32.jpgGirlsKikongo32OSHA not approvedhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/girlskikongo31.jpgGirlsKikongo31Me and the lab technicians2013-02-19T16:04:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/02/07/girls-weekend/2013-02-18T11:49:37+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/02/05/photo-5-feb/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/wpid-img_20130205_155536.jpgwpid-IMG_20130205_155536.JPG2013-02-05T16:58:05+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/02/02/photo-2-feb/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/wpid-img_20130202_172309.jpgwpid-IMG_20130202_172309.JPG2013-02-02T16:27:47+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/02/02/tickets/2013-02-02T08:37:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/02/01/adopting-part-2/2013-02-02T07:37:01+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/01/25/its-just-a-flesh-wound/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/wpid-img_20130126_063245.jpgwpid-IMG_20130126_063245.jpghttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/wpid-img-20130125-00848.jpgwpid-IMG-20130125-00848.jpghttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/wpid-img_20130125_192142.jpgwpid-IMG_20130125_192142.jpghttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/wpid-img_20130125_171813.jpgwpid-IMG_20130125_171813.jpg2013-01-26T16:16:38+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/01/28/whos-on-first/2013-01-29T01:08:52+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/01/27/our-first-visitor/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/tripletts-and-us.jpgTripletts and UsSean & Sara, with us, at the 2006 clinic Christmas partyhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/door-contest.jpgDoor contestTessa, Sara and I by our prize-winning Christmas door in front of the lab, 20072013-01-28T16:49:06+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/01/25/a-challenge-dear-blog-readers/2013-01-25T18:04:29+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/01/22/congolese-food/2013-05-06T12:24:54+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/01/22/photo-22-jan/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/wpid-img_20130122_131332.jpgwpid-IMG_20130122_131332.JPG2013-01-22T12:18:34+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/01/20/75-by-25-march-campaign-kickoff/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/final-logo.png2013-01-20T18:13:21+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/01/16/picture-post-christmas-and-beyond/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/christmas12_01.jpgChristmas12_01Opening her first gift on Christmas Even morning...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/christmas12_15.jpgChristmas12_15"BABY!"https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/christmas12_13.jpgChristmas12_13Amelia thought this wrapping paper indicated crackers...to the point where she was not coping well with the disappointment that it was NOT crackers, hence the crackerhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/christmas12_12.jpgChristmas12_12Opening a gift from Grandmama Lindhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/christmas12_10.jpgChristmas12_10Levi LOVES his Tintin car, from Jocelynhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/christmas12_09.jpgChristmas12_09Ummm, ShUGA...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/christmas12_07.jpgChristmas12_07My only Christmas picture...and boy do I look tired! Ah well...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/christmas12_06.jpgChristmas12_06Starting to open presents...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/christmas12_05.jpgChristmas12_05Making 7 quarts of spaghetti sauce...out of the tiniest, Congolese-style tomato paste cans...because it's what I already had.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/christmas12_04.jpgChristmas12_04ShUGA and Amelia were best buds2013-01-18T02:29:26+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/01/14/macele/2013-01-16T01:53:30+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/01/11/our-loss/2013-01-15T02:26:30+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/01/07/photo-post-matthews-iphone/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/iphone-post-104.jpgiPhone Post 104"Gobble the Wobble" What?https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/iphone-post-103.jpgiPhone Post 103The old kitchen counters - with a few more tiles removedhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/iphone-post-102.jpgiPhone Post 102Sleeping Milliehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/iphone-post-101.jpgiPhone Post 101Amelia chatting up Master Krulish (there were some definite sparks of interest)https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/iphone-post-129.jpgiPhone Post 129Next to the river in Vangahttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/iphone-post-128.jpgiPhone Post 128New fuel pump battery in Vanga - a trifle boringhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/iphone-post-125.jpgiPhone Post 125Ritzy house barges next to the acclaimed Yacht Club de Kinshasa - yes, those are the new "direct flush" toiletshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/iphone-post-127.jpgiPhone Post 127Old battery rackhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/iphone-post-126.jpgiPhone Post 126Old batteries in Vanga - RIP https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/iphone-post-124.jpgiPhone Post 124My little dude driving a boat at 35mph on the CONGO RIVER2013-01-07T18:35:41+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/01/06/regularly-scheduled-ness/2013-01-06T19:53:27+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2013/01/02/new-years-review/2013-01-04T16:45:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/12/30/christmas-y-update/2012-12-30T16:18:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/12/25/merry-christmas-from-the-lind-family-5/2013-01-03T06:27:11+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/12/18/photo-18-dec/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/wpid-img_20121218_090859.jpgwpid-IMG_20121218_090859.jpg2012-12-18T08:13:17+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/12/16/photo-17-dec/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/wpid-img_20121217_085228.jpgwpid-IMG_20121217_085228.jpg2012-12-17T07:57:35+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/12/14/helpful-reminders/2012-12-14T14:23:52+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/12/14/photo-14-dec-2/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/wpid-img_20121214_134256.jpgwpid-IMG_20121214_134256.jpg2012-12-16T03:02:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/12/13/christmas-festivities-in-new-places/2012-12-18T03:59:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/12/10/lind-future-faq/2012-12-11T02:29:28+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/12/09/photo-9-dec/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/wpid-img_20121209_122833.jpgwpid-IMG_20121209_122833.jpg2012-12-09T11:31:47+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/12/08/adopting-no-we-are-not/2012-12-12T04:34:40+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/12/07/fun-fact/2012-12-07T19:02:31+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/12/06/announcement-lind-future/2012-12-06T19:40:47+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/12/03/photo-2-dec/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/wpid-img_20121202_191327.jpgwpid-IMG_20121202_191327.jpg2012-12-03T09:38:33+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/12/02/an-ex-pat-life/2012-12-06T06:07:38+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/12/02/shameless-self-promotion/2012-12-02T08:53:22+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/30/revolving-door/2012-11-30T15:15:04+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/29/giving-tuesday-success/2012-11-29T15:00:48+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/28/bringing-home-the-bacon-the-hangers/2014-01-20T20:55:06+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/27/birthday-presents/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pj-pants.jpgPJ PantsSo muh awesome, it can't be contained2012-11-27T16:49:53+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/27/happy-giving-tuesday/2012-11-27T15:44:59+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/26/1-day-until-giving-tuesday/2012-11-26T18:17:24+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/25/2-days-until-giving-tuesday/2012-11-26T07:45:17+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/24/3-days-until-giving-tuesday/2012-11-24T17:14:53+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/23/happy-birthday-matthew/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wpid-photogrid_1353703390167.pngwpid-PhotoGrid_1353703390167.png2012-11-27T00:17:07+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/23/4-days-until-giving-tuesday/2012-11-27T00:02:45+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/blog/2012-11-23T15:58:37+00:00weekly0.6https://lindfamily.org/2012/11/22/5-days-until-giving-tuesday/2012-11-22T21:19:38+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/22/violence-in-east-drc/2012-11-22T09:12:53+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/21/6-days-until-giving-tuesday/2012-11-21T19:16:57+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/20/giving-tuesday-give-to-maf/2012-11-20T16:13:30+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/17/fun-with-police/2012-11-18T08:17:05+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/15/vision-trip-part-4-photos/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/into-the-congo-310.jpgInto the Congo-310Our helpers - those backpacks are ours!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/into-the-congo-305.jpgInto the Congo-305Glen and Rita Chapman - missionaries to Kikongohttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/into-the-congo-303.jpgInto the Congo-303Our scorpion friendhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/into-the-congo-301.jpgInto the Congo-301Rita and her clawless otterhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/into-the-congo-298.jpgInto the Congo-298Frey family photohttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/into-the-congo-297.jpgInto the Congo-297See? Excitement on my face!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/into-the-congo-294.jpgInto the Congo-294Sooooo readyhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/into-the-congo-293.jpgInto the Congo-293https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/into-the-congo-290.jpgInto the Congo-290The village kids love to help with the prarchute planhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/into-the-congo-281.jpgInto the Congo-281Ready for the flight2012-11-15T21:14:57+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/14/vision-trip-part-3/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt315.jpgVT_Pt315The post-jungle kit: worm meds for the kids, malaria cure, and a malaria test. So far, so good...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt314.jpgVT_Pt314Super Dadhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt313.jpgVT_Pt313Goodbye Kikongo! The neat row of houses and palms was part of the pastoral school that Rita's grandfather builthttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt312.jpgVT_Pt312The choir was amazinghttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt311.jpgVT_Pt311Walking to churchhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt310.jpgVT_Pt310I took the camera with me, though most of my shots were blurry, a few came out ok. This is Kikongo from the air.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt309.jpgVT_Pt309Matthew went for two laps around the villagehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt308.jpgVT_Pt308Levi and his new buddieshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt307.jpgVT_Pt307During the parachute plane flights, we got to experience the crowding of the children, like all good African missionaries seen on TVhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt306.jpgVT_Pt306Classic African game2012-11-20T06:17:35+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/13/vision-trip-part-2/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt217.jpgVT_Pt217One of the coolest flowers I've ever seenhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt216.jpgVT_Pt216Glen and Rita's househttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt215.jpgVT_Pt215Our neighbors made this arch to welcome ushttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt214.jpgVT_Pt214This billy goat lived behind our guest househttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt213.jpgVT_Pt213Kikongohttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt212.jpgVT_Pt212Amelia had a young gentleman callerhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt211.jpgVT_Pt211Fueling station! (essence = gas)https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt210.jpgVT_Pt210Rita coming out of the food markethttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt209.jpgVT_Pt209They had a radio playing in the market...and this was its powerhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt208.jpgVT_Pt208The market in Kikongo2012-11-13T18:03:48+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/12/correction/2012-11-13T06:17:54+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/12/vision-trip-part-1/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt129.jpgVT_Pt129Overlooking the river on the outskirts of Vangahttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt128.jpgVT_Pt128The market in Vangahttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt127.jpgVT_Pt127Traditional housing in Vangahttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt126.jpgVT_Pt126A road in Vangahttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt125.jpgVT_Pt125Heinrich's shophttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt124.jpgVT_Pt124I love this. These ladies are tough!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt123.jpgVT_Pt123Drying the gloves. Yep.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt122.jpgVT_Pt122This is the guy who designs the hospital's supplies and prosthetics. He was pretty proud of his leg brace.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt121.jpgVT_Pt121A wheel chair!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/vt_pt120.jpgVT_Pt120The linens for the hospital2012-11-12T22:04:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/12/photo-12-nov/2012-11-12T15:48:12+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/07/adventures-in-kinshasa/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wpid-img_3923.jpgwpid-IMG_3923.jpg2012-11-08T20:07:25+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/06/photo-6-nov/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wpid-img_20121106_130918.jpgwpid-IMG_20121106_130918.jpg2012-11-06T16:52:12+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/06/election-day/2012-11-07T13:00:54+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/04/photo-4-nov/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wpid-img_20121104_145002.jpgwpid-IMG_20121104_145002.jpg2012-11-04T13:57:01+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/03/psa-daylight-savings/2012-11-03T11:37:58+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/11/02/photo-2-nov/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wpid-img_20121102_083305.jpgwpid-IMG_20121102_083305.jpg2012-11-02T07:37:14+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/10/28/happy-reformation-day/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/wpid-img_20121028_190127.jpgwpid-IMG_20121028_190127.jpg2012-10-30T02:07:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/10/26/photo-26-oct/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/wpid-photogrid_1351264121713.jpgwpid-PhotoGrid_1351264121713.jpg2012-10-26T19:44:28+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/10/24/holy-belated-update-batman/2012-10-24T16:56:30+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/10/17/photo-17-oct/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/wpid-img_20121017_171024.jpgwpid-IMG_20121017_171024.jpg2012-10-17T16:15:57+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/10/16/photo-16-oct/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/wpid-img_20121016_222945.jpgwpid-IMG_20121016_222945.jpg2012-10-16T21:36:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/10/14/photo-14-oct/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/wpid-img_20121014_164514.jpgwpid-IMG_20121014_164514.jpg2012-10-14T16:13:38+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/10/14/the-nanny/2012-10-14T16:17:18+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/10/09/photo-9-oct/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/wpid-img_20121009_103745.jpgwpid-IMG_20121009_103745.jpg2012-10-14T20:39:29+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/10/07/david-harsh/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/tsoh_cover_high_res.jpgbooklet_v7.inddhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cd_release_poster_tsoh_thumbnail.jpgCD_release_poster_TSOH_THUMBNAIL2012-10-14T20:43:02+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/10/07/photo-7-oct/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/wpid-img_20121007_171003.jpgwpid-IMG_20121007_171003.jpg2012-10-14T20:44:54+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/10/02/writers-block-updates-from-an-empty-head/2012-10-14T20:54:54+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/10/01/photo-1-oct/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/wpid-img_20121001_140506.jpgwpid-IMG_20121001_140506.jpg2012-10-01T15:01:04+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/09/28/photo-28-sept/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wpid-img_20120928_211201.jpgwpid-IMG_20120928_211201.jpg2012-10-14T20:58:29+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/09/27/photo-27-sept/2012-09-27T12:01:26+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/09/25/photo-26-sept/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wpid-img_20120926_0703551.jpgwpid-IMG_20120926_070355.jpg2012-09-26T06:10:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/09/24/photo-24-sept/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wpid-img_20120922_103641.jpgwpid-IMG_20120922_103641.jpg2012-10-14T21:00:24+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/07/31/food-grocery-shopping/2012-09-21T12:36:07+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/09/21/food-imports-and-costs/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/food21-97.jpgFood21-97From left to right: Africa's Choice is a local brand that sells many products, mostly dairy or snacks - this is evaporated milk; Shoprite has it's own store brand and the packaging is so horrid - it cracks me up! Belle Hollandaise is our favorite powdered milk so far. It tastes almost like the real thing!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/food21-96.jpgFood21-96Another Everday brand product. They are labeled in French on one side and Dutch on the other. Any guesses as to what this is? (My dear friend, Nicolien, and anyone using Google translate, not invited to participate.)https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/food21-95.jpgFood21-95Everday is the "store brand," but it's found in almost every store. This is a can of naked tuna.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/food21-94.jpgFood21-94Carrots!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/food21-98.jpgFood21-98The french fry bag: directions in over 20 languages!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/food21-93.jpgFood21-93Cabbage!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/food21-92.jpgFood21-92The typical size for a can of tomato paste...I estimate it to be about 2oz.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/food21-91.jpgFood21-91A tiny green bell pepper. When they're not in season, this is as big as they get!2012-09-21T19:09:58+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/09/18/photo-18-sept-try-2/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wpid-img_20120918_193548.jpgwpid-IMG_20120918_193548.jpg2012-09-19T05:49:34+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/09/18/photo-18-sept/2012-09-18T23:49:46+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/09/16/attacked-in-the-night-sort-of/2012-09-16T18:25:30+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/09/16/photo-16-sept/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wpid-img_20120916_190046.jpgwpid-IMG_20120916_190046.jpg2012-09-16T18:04:10+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/09/15/up-she-goes/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_7354_small.jpgIMG_7354_smallHappy Amelia; cringing grandmas everywhere2012-10-14T21:09:08+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/09/14/update/2012-09-14T18:23:07+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/09/11/it-annex-build/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/pic-l1.jpgPic L1Boring picture, but this is one of the sweet 12v led lights we can get here in town. Equivalent to a 60W incandescent and only consumes around 1 amp!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/pic-k2.jpgPic K2Oh that? That is just for my satellite TV...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/pic-k1.jpgPic K1Not too shabbyhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/pic-i4.jpgPic I4Door finished and paintedhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/pic-h3.jpgPic H3Door ready for rivetshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/pic-h2.jpgPic H2Threshold, anchors, and tile floorhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/pic-h1.jpgPic H1Framed door openinghttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/pic-g.jpgPic GHiding in the banana treeshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/pic-f2.jpgPic F2Ceiling grid with hangarshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/pic-f1.jpgPic F1The cripsage layer2012-09-12T20:43:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/09/10/lind-family-farm/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/familyfarm11.jpgFamilyFarm11Braised, then roasted in cast iron with onions, apples, and sweet potatoes. https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/familyfarm10.jpgFamilyFarm10Leg - looks like chicken!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/familyfarm09.jpgFamilyFarm09Cutting up the meathttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/familyfarm08.jpgFamilyFarm08Bunny feet!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/familyfarm07.jpgFamilyFarm07Beginning the skinning processhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/familyfarm06.jpgFamilyFarm06Draining is importanthttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/familyfarm05.jpgFamilyFarm05Papa Bunny, saying good byehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/familyfarm04.jpgFamilyFarm04Circa 2010 in Alaska, two grouse wandered down our driveway. We ate them.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/familyfarm03.jpgFamilyFarm03Walt & Irmahttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/familyfarm02.jpgFamilyFarm02Sunshine the Cat; Levi calls him Sunny Shiny2012-09-13T13:17:29+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/09/09/photo-9-sept/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wpid-img_20120909_180706.jpgwpid-IMG_20120909_180706.jpg2012-09-10T03:05:01+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/09/08/amelia-turns-one/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ameliaone13.jpgAmeliaOne13Ruth's Dad, Nick, an MAF pilot and our IT guru, hanging out with Rue and Milliehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ameliaone12.jpgAmeliaOne12Amelia offering to share...she did not get that trait from ushttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ameliaone11.jpgAmeliaOne11Levi and his lady friends, Lydia, Emily, and Annahttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ameliaone10.jpgAmeliaOne10Ruth admiring her cakes...she is two months oldhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ameliaone09.jpgAmeliaOne09She was super tired and not smiling much, so Daddy is actually tickling her legshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ameliaone08.jpgAmeliaOne08The fun begins!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ameliaone07.jpgAmeliaOne07Made by Ruth's Mama...mmmm, red velvethttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ameliaone06.jpgAmeliaOne06Amelia celebrated one and Ruth celebrated her entrance into the DR Congohttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ameliaone05.jpgAmeliaOne05Weeeeeeee!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/ameliaone04.jpgAmeliaOne04Hanging on by herself2012-09-12T17:25:25+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/09/05/photo-5-sept/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wpid-img_20120905_160724.jpgwpid-IMG_20120905_160724.jpg2012-09-07T04:51:13+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/09/04/photo-4-sept/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wpid-img_20120904_130143.jpgwpid-IMG_20120904_130143.jpg2012-09-07T07:36:09+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/08/31/august-photo-blog/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/augphotoblog21.jpgAugPhotoBlog21Lychee/lichi fruit...tasty. And odd-looking.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/augphotoblog20.jpgAugPhotoBlog20Since I am letting Matthew display his own pictures in his own blog post about his construction project, I can't show you the rest of the beautiful new IT shack (seen as white in the background), but here is an adorable of his landscaping helper. Flip flops and Carhartts are how it's done in Congo, by the way.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/augphotoblog19.jpgAugPhotoBlog19Levi also loves to open the gate for people...sentinel petit.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/augphotoblog18.jpgAugPhotoBlog18Laughshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/augphotoblog17.jpgAugPhotoBlog17Amelia learning to use a spoonhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/augphotoblog16.jpgAugPhotoBlog16Levi helped every single day for two weeks while the leaves poured off the tree. He loved it.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/augphotoblog15.jpgAugPhotoBlog15A bird was hungry enough to get into our bunny cagehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/augphotoblog14.jpgAugPhotoBlog14Just our resident praying mantishttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/augphotoblog13.jpgAugPhotoBlog13Only missionaries get so excited about being brought parmesan cheese (from TARGET) that they take pictures of their bountyhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/augphotoblog12.jpgAugPhotoBlog12Amelia, the TOYS go on the shelf, not the baby...(she did this herself, no posed picture, of course)2012-08-31T13:08:58+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/08/30/offline/2012-08-30T18:04:55+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/08/29/photo-29-aug/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/wpid-img_20120829_110301-1.jpgwpid-IMG_20120829_110301-1.jpg2012-08-29T11:33:11+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/08/28/photo-28-aug-try-2/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/wpid-img_20120827_072346.jpgwpid-IMG_20120827_072346.jpg2012-08-29T15:59:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/08/28/photo-28-aug/2012-08-29T01:06:38+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/08/27/our-new-ministry/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/boys10.jpgBoys10Heading out to catch taxis home just outside the gate on our street (you can see a sliver of our wall, the dark gray, on the left)https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/boys09.jpgBoys09Most of the boys (and girls) of the center currentlyhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/boys08.jpgBoys08The aftermath of getting the chiggers and their egg sacks outhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/boys07.jpgBoys07Orelick, Lee and Becky's older adopted son, shows the younger kids his baby bunnieshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/boys06.jpgBoys06Paul, Lee and Becky's adopted son, helps out with the haircuts on the new boyshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/boys05.jpgBoys05Here is the gate, one of the few properties in this neighborhood with razor wire - this is considered good here.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/boys04.jpgBoys04The meal prep area entrance on the left, and the sleeping quarters entrance on the right. The courtyard is entirely visible, and the bathroom are on the right side of the picture.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/boys03.jpgBoys03These are where the boys go to the bathroom. They are just holes in the ground, but it's private at least.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/boys02.jpgBoys02Levi and Amelia were on display...Amelia loved the attention.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/boys01.jpgBoys01Levi and Amelia playing in the truck after church. It's totally normal to put your baby on the hood of a truck.2012-08-30T00:55:13+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/08/16/new-church-new-friends-but-not-at-the-same-time/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/aug163.jpgAug163My contraband picture of them hefting the empty spool into the truck after work tonight. I think OSHA would be proud.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/aug162.jpgAug162SNEL's conduit and signs stored in our front yardhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/aug161.jpgAug161Pepe carrying Amelia back to the car after church2012-08-17T03:33:41+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/08/11/lisas-birthday/2012-08-21T04:28:37+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/08/06/hey-look-an-update/2012-08-06T09:28:20+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/08/01/julys-photo-blog/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/picblog7-3112.jpgPicBlog7-3112Can you see him smiling? He drew those "A's" himself!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/picblog7-3111.jpgPicBlog7-3111She reads with passion.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/picblog7-3110.jpgPicBlog7-3110Millie-beanhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/picblog7-3109.jpgPicBlog7-3109Matthew was gone for one night and we have our first cockroach in weeks. It was also the biggest I've seen. See? Ew.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/picblog7-3108.jpgPicBlog7-3108This awesome beetle was hiking around our backyard. I used my flip flop for a size reference and Levi wanted his car to be in the picture, too (you can also see his toes).https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/picblog7-3107.jpgPicBlog7-3107Amelia is so proud that she can so easily pull herself up and cruise on anything...walking will come any day.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/picblog7-3106.jpgPicBlog7-3106According to this, they expect somewhere in the range of $1600-1700 for back payment. See? 1998. Ridiculous.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/picblog7-3105.jpgPicBlog7-3105This is the notice from SNEL, with all of the "unpaid" charges they want to collect. I'm not sure why I used the dinos to represent its size.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/picblog7-3104.jpgPicBlog7-3104African sunset, beautiful, thanks mostly to Kinshasa's terrible pollution https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/picblog7-3103.jpgPicBlog7-3103So proud of herself for eating her oats!2012-07-31T13:34:06+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/07/29/prayer-requests-while-we-wait/2012-08-02T01:50:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/07/23/snupdate-snel-update/2012-07-24T20:16:27+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/07/17/snel-goes-on-a-power-trip/2012-07-18T19:01:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/07/15/levi-is-3/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/levi3rd30.jpgLevi3rd30Party #2 with Orelik, Joy and Pepe on our newly-repaired, lit, and painted verandahttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/levi3rd29.jpgLevi3rd29Leftover pancakes for dinner outside, yes please! And Amelia's face is priceless!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/levi3rd28.jpgLevi3rd28Finally, Pepe and Levi shared a birthday moment!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/levi3rd27.jpgLevi3rd27Amelia learned to climb the stairs. Not dangerous at all.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/levi3rd26.jpgLevi3rd26July 14, 2012https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/levi3rd25.jpgLevi3rd25Over the course of the day we went through a case and a half of Cokes. Good thing they're cheap here!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/levi3rd24.jpgLevi3rd24Papa Willy's daughter was excited to hold Amelia (Greene's, is this Bethany or Nina?)https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/levi3rd23.jpgLevi3rd23Me and Celestine, Mosengo's wifehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/levi3rd22.jpgLevi3rd22Mama Valerie and Mama Sandy were helping Levi swing. Little Sarah, Papa Mosengo's daughter, was next in line...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/levi3rd21.jpgLevi3rd21Papa Willy's son, Benjamin, spent most of the time with this tire2012-07-16T00:20:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/07/06/june-in-pictures/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/photoblog7-617.jpgPhotoBlog7-617Amelia's new earringshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/photoblog7-616.jpgPhotoBlog7-616Mama Victorine, from whom I buy much of my produce, loves to hang out with Ameliahttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/photoblog7-615.jpgPhotoBlog7-615Bonus giraffe picture from Kenya!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/photoblog7-614.jpgPhotoBlog7-614Levi and Serenity (the apartment cat) love each other tons, can't you tell?https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/photoblog7-613.jpgPhotoBlog7-613Levi, struttin' his stuff!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/photoblog7-612.jpgPhotoBlog7-612The most attractive picture of Amelia ever. That girl loves to eat!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/photoblog7-611.jpgPhotoBlog7-611Mosengo making fufuhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/photoblog7-610.jpgPhotoBlog7-610How do you quickly fix a broken spigot of a huge water tank? Congo-style: with a stick!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/photoblog7-609.jpgPhotoBlog7-609Levi and his kingdomhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/photoblog7-608.jpgPhotoBlog7-608Our papa bunny...we have three mamas for him2012-07-07T18:10:29+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/07/05/random-project-pics/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc07497.jpgBug TrailsYou can see the bug trails on the back of the old tile!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc07496_2.jpgAnt Nest CloseHard to see, but this is one of the several ant nests built under the loose counter tiles - there were lots of centipedes as well.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc07494.jpgBefore CloseYikes! (I ended up peeling off most of the edge tiles as well - they were very loose)https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc07492.jpgCounter Before 1All those tiles weren't fully missing, just broken and loosehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/toilet-demo-2.jpgToilet Demo 2Now that is just nasty!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/tile-layout-2.jpgTile Layout 2Getting ready for adhesivehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/tile-layout-1.jpgTile Layout 1Laying out the tilehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/tile-in-place-2.jpgTile in Place 2Looking nice!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/tile-in-place-1.jpgTile in Place 1Glued down!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ready-for-replacement-e1341254512921.jpgReady for ReplacementFully removed and ready for replacement2012-07-06T12:31:15+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/07/03/jambo/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/picture-8.pngPicture 8A helpful maphttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/kenyatrip08.jpgKenyaTrip08You can almost see my skirt matches Levi's shirt - I had just gotten my fabric returned in the forms of several outfits...more pictures to come later...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/kenyatrip07.jpgKenyaTrip07Matthew said the rash felt reptilian. Again, awesome.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/kenyatrip06.jpgKenyaTrip06The rash crept onto my palms and the bottoms of my feet, making them itchy. So awesome.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/kenyatrip05.jpgKenyaTrip05Nightly at the resort, there were local shows. This is a traditional wedding dance.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/kenyatrip04.jpgKenyaTrip04We were warned that the monkeys have been known to break into the rooms if you leave your porch door open...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/kenyatrip03.jpgKenyaTrip03See the corn? And the goat?https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/kenyatrip02.jpgKenyaTrip02Taken from a moving vehicle, the roofs are thatched grass "panels" but are also water-resistant and very tropical-looking.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/kenyatrip01.jpgKenyaTrip01This is one thing Kenyans have in common with Congolese - luggage racks are used. A lot. And those are our bins and our stroller.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/kenya5.jpgKenya5Pumbaa!2012-07-05T00:38:21+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/07/02/the-pylon/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/223823_10151002185751368_1667651588_n.jpgTarzanLisa wants to see me doing this in a loin cloth...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ant7.jpgDavid WeldingCut to length, file to fit, paint to match...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ant6-e1341247829738.jpgTripodNot easy fitting...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ant5.jpgBirds mouthFabbing the pivot - 75% of welding is fitting...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ant4.jpgOne TrussLate in the process, but note the jigs...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ant3.jpgReady to WeldThanks to David for his massive arsenal of vise grips!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ant2.jpgPaintingThe top coat was airbrushed - this primer was nice and thick, but took way too long to apply!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ant1.jpgTrussingAfter we tacked it all down, David spent a loooong time finishing and dressing all the welds - cheap metal and poor rod makes for a lot of work!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ant-i.jpgCorner ShotFlight control pulleys turned block and tacklehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ant-h.jpgFinal fitWhy are we all looking up roof?2012-07-07T01:18:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/06/21/the-one-where-i-get-a-mosquito-borne-illness-before-leaving-for-kenya/2012-06-30T06:40:31+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/06/19/temporary-shelter-in-a-construction-storm/2012-06-22T06:59:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/06/15/week-of-the-workers/2012-06-19T17:08:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/06/11/food-procuring-produce-and-other-tasty-treats/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/food-11-64.jpgfood 11-64Coke and the local beer, Primus, which is obtained the same way.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/food-11-63.jpgfood 11-63Catch the mango!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/food-11-62.jpgfood 11-62Breaking up the bulk frozen chicken, all thigh/leg pieces, into meal-sized portions. You can see the HUGE box of butter in the back, too.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/food-11-61.jpgfood 11-61Papaya and a couple of our mangoes2012-06-13T19:57:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/06/06/what-language-barrier/2012-06-08T18:40:22+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/06/05/prayer-letter-and-a-psa/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/obama-bag.jpgObama BagHello, Mr. President2012-06-08T20:02:31+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/05/30/photos-and-facebook-updates/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-blog-5-3011.jpgPhoto Blog 5-3011https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-blog-5-3010.jpgPhoto Blog 5-3010Most of our walks end in a nap for Ameliahttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-blog-5-3009.jpgPhoto Blog 5-3009See the muddy river in our front yard? That's a lot of rain.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-blog-5-3008.jpgPhoto Blog 5-3008"Why, yes, I did get into your flower bucket, Mommy!"https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-blog-5-3007.jpgPhoto Blog 5-3007https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-blog-5-3006.jpgPhoto Blog 5-3006https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-blog-5-3005.jpgPhoto Blog 5-3005I think this is generator soothttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-blog-5-3004.jpgPhoto Blog 5-3004A token photo of me...it's a rare thinghttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-blog-5-3003.jpgPhoto Blog 5-3003Trying to take a picture of Sunshine all snuggled up against Matthew...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-blog-5-3002.jpgPhoto Blog 5-3002Siblings!2012-06-03T05:45:17+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/05/29/the-dreaded-mango-fly-babies/2014-01-20T20:49:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/05/27/memorial-day-weekend/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/memorial-day2.jpgMemorial Day2Nsango Na Bomoi's songbook is in Lingala, like the rest of the service.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/memorial-day1.jpgMemorial Day1The colors being presented. I overheard these guys talking later that they are only in their uniform long enough to do this, but otherwise it's so hot the uniforms actually start to deteriorate. Awesome.2012-05-30T12:47:19+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/05/25/current-currency/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/francs3.jpgFrancs3This is $200 worth of Congolese Francshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/francs2.jpgFrancs2200, 100, & 50 FC noteshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/francs1.jpgFrancs1These are all 500FC notes. The top two are the same...despite their pickiness with USD, their money can be very worn, used, and dirty and still be accepted. The bottom note is a celebratory edition for 50 years of independence in 2010.2012-05-25T12:37:46+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/05/22/for-the-love-of-bugs-part-trois-in-pictures/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bugs6.jpgBugs6At least he was tame.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bugs5.jpgBugs5I caught him myself just for this picture and to show Levi. https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bugs4.jpgBugs4Their black and red coloring just add to their creepy-ness.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bugs3.jpgBugs3He's pretty awesome!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bugs2.jpgBugs2Ready. Set. Jump!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bugs1.jpgBugs1Pretty fly2012-05-22T13:42:02+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/05/18/alex-et-mosengo/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/guards3.jpgGuards3This is a close-up of a previously posted picture from when we went to Nsango Na Bamoi - those girls are three of Mosengo's daughters.2012-06-05T06:03:34+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/05/14/so-you-want-to-take-a-trip-to-congo/2012-05-15T04:51:54+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/05/12/shopping-in-kinshasa/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/shopping11.jpgShopping1Day and evening sceneshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/shopping6.jpgShopping6Now...to make some skirts!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/shopping5.jpgShopping5Fish bottle opener - the Cokes here are all glass bottle with caps. Very old school and requires a bottle opener. Why not a fish?https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/shopping4.jpgShopping4Okapi and giraffe. Haven't yet seen the okapi? Google image - go!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/shopping3.jpgShopping3Slightly larger painting, with a lot of colorhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/shopping2.jpgShopping2Sunset on the Congo River2017-09-04T22:06:41+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/05/10/ps-french-as-a-second-language/2012-05-13T04:03:02+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/05/09/death-to-the-iphonefrench-as-a-second-language/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-58.jpgPhoto 58Tragic2012-05-13T07:46:17+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/05/07/random-picture-post/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/blog-may-712.jpgBlog May 712Levi watching a cool beetle walk around my basil.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/blog-may-711.jpgBlog May 711Levi reading a bedtime story to Sunshine.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/blog-may-710.jpgBlog May 710You know those pillow pets that are so popular in the states? Sunshine is Levi's pillow pet.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/blog-may-709.jpgBlog May 709Nick, a pilot and defacto IT guy, fixing our internet while it was down last week. It was a good week for Nick, can't you tell?https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/blog-may-708.jpgBlog May 708Sunset before they took down the palm (see previous post).https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/blog-may-707.jpgBlog May 707The gecko that lives on our kitchen window. He still needs a name.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/blog-may-706.jpgBlog May 706The last Battle of the Roaches. So far, we are winning (see previous post).https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/blog-may-705.jpgBlog May 705I'm not sure she could smile any biggerhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/blog-may-704.jpgBlog May 704Levi at the park on the TASOK campus. Doesn't every kid's park have a bamboo forest behind it?https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/blog-may-703.jpgBlog May 703Our anniversary flowers.2012-06-02T22:39:59+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/05/05/were-back/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/palm2.jpgPalm2Two ropes and one machete...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/palm1.jpgPalm1whooosh2012-06-02T22:34:04+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/04/30/please-stand-by/2012-04-30T10:14:05+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/04/26/nsango-na-bomoi/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/gringschurch3.jpgGringsChurch3Levi attempting to make new friends. "M'bote!" (Hello in Lingala)https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/gringschurch2.jpgGringsChurch2The baptismal - in the back ground, under the roof, you can see the blue chairs for churchhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/gringschurch1.jpgGringsChurch1Just before the baptisms2012-04-27T05:58:50+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/04/24/100/2012-04-26T02:43:26+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/04/20/for-the-love-of-bugs-part-deux/2012-04-22T20:12:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/04/17/getting-down-to-business/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/maf-projects7.jpgMAF Projects7Blown fuse...wrap it with wire? Yumm, melty!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/maf-projects6.jpgMAF Projects6I'll see you your 5m and raise you 5!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/maf-projects5.jpgMAF Projects5Blown fuse... wrap it with wire? Yumm, melty!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/maf-projects4.jpgMAF Projects4Under the Black Tape of DOOOOOOOM!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/maf-projects3.jpgMAF Projects3New 12v light in Pilot Officehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/maf-projects2.jpgMAF Projects2Very "artsy", people... nice creativity... I love you for who you are...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/maf-projects1.jpgMAF Projects1Epic and prolific dust!2012-05-25T02:20:26+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/04/17/bread-for-relationships/2012-05-25T02:23:15+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/04/15/easter-and-beyond-pictures/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/easter-week7.jpgEaster Week7And then there's this...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/easter-week6.jpgEaster Week6These flowers came down during a storm one night...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/easter-week5.jpgEaster Week5Levi and Mosengo are best buddies (post about Mosengo coming soon!)https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/easter-week4.jpgEaster Week4Forget finding the eggs, Levi goes right to the source...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/easter-week3.jpgEaster Week3Meanwhile, Jocelyn and Amelia are having a good time...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/easter-week2.jpgEaster Week2Easter egg hunting pro!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/easter-week1.jpgEaster Week1Amelia's friend on Easter Sunday...2012-04-17T01:10:53+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/04/15/six-years-later/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/anniversary2.jpgAnniversary2Poulet and Cokahttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/anniversary1.jpgAnniversary1Easter 20122012-04-15T21:36:50+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/04/14/recap-of-our-week/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/picture-21.pngPicture 21Matthew and Nick take flight!2012-04-15T12:06:23+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/04/10/for-the-love-of-bugs/2012-04-11T03:35:08+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/04/08/our-travels-and-first-day-in-pictures/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/travels17.jpgTravels17Levi in our front yard...loving it.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/travels16.jpgTravels16Warm welcomehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/travels15.jpgTravels15My first kills...this picture makes them look tiny, but I assure you, they are not.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/travels14.jpgTravels14Food coloring test on our water filter (go Berkey!)https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/travels13.jpgTravels13Kinshasa!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/travels12.jpgTravels12The moon somewhere over Africahttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/travels11.jpgTravels11Lookin' good...nope, just tired.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/travels10.jpgTravels10Final leg!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/travels09.jpgTravels09The "Africa terminal" at the Brussels airport - it goes on forever!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/travels08.jpgTravels08Sleepy girl2012-04-11T03:09:39+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/04/06/bonjour/2012-04-08T01:43:34+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/03/31/mini-blessing/2012-04-01T02:50:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/03/31/haircuts/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc07378.jpgDSC07378AFTER! Excited for Africa much?https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/photo-10.jpgPhoto 10https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc07309.jpgDSC073092012-04-01T18:50:33+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/03/30/the-friday-before-good-friday/2012-04-03T04:36:53+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/03/27/sweet-levi/2012-03-27T20:03:03+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/03/26/packing-day/2012-03-27T05:45:23+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/03/24/post-it-note-rather-a-note-about-post-or-a-post-about-notes/2012-03-24T23:24:10+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/03/22/visas/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/photo-21.jpgPhoto 212012-03-22T18:08:51+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/03/20/drumroll-please/2012-03-21T06:32:20+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/03/19/somebody-has-a-case-of-the-mondays/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc07218.jpgDSC07218Bath time!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc07217.jpgDSC07217Reading with Daddy!2012-03-20T00:31:32+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/03/16/non-update/2012-03-17T21:18:20+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/03/15/waiting/2012-03-16T09:18:43+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/03/12/ticketing/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/visa-etc.jpgVisa etcVisas, Yellow Fever Vaccination cards, and passports2012-03-13T06:25:20+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/03/10/a-brief-update/2012-03-11T11:17:20+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/03/04/congo-in-the-headlines/2012-03-05T13:39:38+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/03/03/weeeeeeekend/2012-03-04T05:09:02+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/02/29/eww-gross-11/2012-02-29T22:31:09+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/02/28/bins/2012-02-29T19:04:35+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/02/28/pictures/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc07089.jpgDSC07089Capcity testinghttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc07086.jpgDSC07086Our bins - that's it!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06981.jpgDSC06981Through Snoqualmie Pass - the last picture of our road triphttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06968.jpgDSC06968Hi Amelia!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06965.jpgDSC06965Standing, nearly on her own!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06962.jpgDSC06962Lisa's chicken...it's super adorable!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06956.jpgDSC06956Levi helped Daddy pick out Mommy's Valentine's Day present - a chicken!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06955.jpgDSC06955Siblings watching a movie while we help our friends move2012-02-29T07:53:28+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/02/27/on-packing-and-packages/2012-02-29T19:37:35+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/02/22/tweet-tweet/2012-02-23T04:05:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/02/21/day-38-the-end/2012-02-23T01:51:27+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/02/18/day-36-37/2012-02-19T00:38:45+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/02/16/day-34-35/2012-02-17T06:22:27+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/02/14/day-32-33/2012-02-14T23:05:31+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/02/12/day-31/2012-02-13T07:10:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/02/11/day-30/2012-02-12T04:30:19+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/02/10/day-29/2012-02-11T06:24:59+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/02/10/good-news/2012-02-13T02:41:07+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/02/09/day-28-pictures/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06813.jpgDSC06813The whole roomhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06792.jpgDSC06792She found that rope and held on to it the entire time she was in the poolhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06749.jpgDSC06749The road into New Mexicohttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06815.jpgDSC06815Amelia has her little play area - and she loves it!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06803.jpgDSC06803Our room for four nights in Santa Fehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06755.jpgDSC06755Oh, so sweet and normal...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06811.jpgDSC06811Even the bathroom is adorablehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06809.jpgDSC06809Still with helpful amenitieshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06806.jpgDSC06806Really awesome table and chairshttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06804.jpgDSC06804Our room is themed with "Raw Hide" decor2012-02-10T15:57:35+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/02/09/day-28/2012-02-10T04:33:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/02/08/day-26-27/2012-02-09T05:25:54+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/02/08/please-pray-good-stuff-shameless-plug/2012-02-09T02:22:27+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/02/06/day-232425/2012-02-06T21:47:03+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/02/03/day-22/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06683.jpgDSC06683Matthew and his grandpa, who is holding Ameliahttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06629.jpgDSC06629Molly is my (Lisa's) hero...it would take a long time to explain why...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06685.jpgDSC06685Levi on yet another cannon, this one at Fort Gibsonhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06684.jpgDSC06684At the fort...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06632.jpgDSC06632Levi and Asher hanging out...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06609.jpgDSC06609On the way to see the Arch in St. Louishttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06586.jpgDSC06586The church in St. Louis where we presented our ministry in the morning...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06662.jpgDSC06662Levi in front of the Miami, OK courthouse (Miami pronounced my-aa-mah)https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06639.jpgDSC06639Naked baby in the driver's seat!!!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc06616.jpgDSC06616Levi showing his sister the Arch2012-02-05T07:11:41+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/02/02/day-21/2012-02-03T04:57:21+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/02/01/day-20/2012-02-02T06:46:31+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/01/31/day-18-19/2012-02-01T15:09:25+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/01/29/day-17/2012-01-30T03:52:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/01/28/day-16/2012-01-29T04:51:11+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/01/27/day-1415/2012-01-28T16:51:45+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/01/25/day-13-pictures/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06515.jpgDSC06515Saying goodbye to Great Grandma Grace (Lisa's grandma)https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06531.jpgDSC06531But a face full? Not so much...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06502.jpgDSC06502Princess on her thronehttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06530.jpgDSC06530She loved putting he hand under the waterhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06500.jpgDSC06500Aunt Gloria helping Levi read a story. Also note their new mail on the table - hopefully many of you received it as well!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06519.jpgDSC06519Bath time! Also, tasting the water...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06497.jpgDSC06497He handed Mommy the camera, stepped back, and smiled...who could refuse?https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06516.jpgDSC06516Saying goodbye!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06490.jpgDSC06490So handy...and handsome!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06493.jpgDSC06493Matthew & Uncle Bill working on the car2012-01-26T04:49:55+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/01/25/day-13/2012-01-26T14:19:23+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/01/24/day-12/2012-01-25T09:58:15+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/01/23/day-11/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06483.jpgDSC06483More studious-ness...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06485.jpgDSC06485Allison and Ameliahttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06477.jpgDSC06477Lisa's grandma (now called: Great Grandma Grace), feeding Ameliahttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06482.jpgDSC06482So studious...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06474.jpgDSC06474Levi and cousin Allison with his new Mr. Potato Head2012-01-24T16:33:00+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/01/22/day-10/2012-01-23T21:16:05+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/01/21/day-9/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06458.jpgDSC06458Andree and Amelia - bonding!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06464.jpgDSC06464Lisa at Second City Theater...and Amelia's head sticking out from my coathttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06460.jpgDSC06460Portillo's Hot Dog "Stand" - fantastic place!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06470.jpgDSC06470Amelia the princess, commanding her kingdomhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06467.jpgDSC06467Girl friends!2012-01-21T21:34:27+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/01/21/day-7-8/2012-01-21T14:26:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/01/18/day-6/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06423.jpgDSC06423Amelia's first swim (sorry, it was warm in there, thus the steam)https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06421.jpgDSC06421Amelia LOVED the exersaucer...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06452.jpgDSC06452My cousin Johnhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06447.jpgDSC06447Levi and Grant...cousins' kids makes them...third cousins?https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06446.jpgDSC06446Aunt Judy (our host in Wisconsin) helping Amelia fall asleephttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06435.jpgDSC06435Amelia fell over, and Levi thought it was funny enough to copy.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06432.jpgDSC06432"Oh, Meerkat...I'm so tired."2012-01-19T03:09:30+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/01/18/brief-interruption/2012-01-18T23:25:36+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/01/17/day-5/2012-01-18T06:26:07+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/01/16/day-4/2012-01-17T05:24:02+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/01/15/day-3/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06401.jpgDSC06401Sunset just outside Walla Wallahttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06392.jpgDSC06392iPod, iPod to radio connector, GPS, phone...one big, necessary messhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06395.jpgDSC06395Studhttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc06399.jpgDSC06399The Columbia River in Eastern Washington2012-01-16T04:13:05+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/01/14/day-2/2012-01-15T04:21:07+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/01/13/day-1/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mail1.jpegmailOur trunk. It closed. That's all that matters.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mail-3.jpegmail-3The backseat. Amelia was happy as long as she had her meerkat.https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mail-5.jpegmail-5On the road!https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mail-4.jpegmail-4"Congo or Bust"https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mail-2.jpegmail-2Levi and his toy tray...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mail-1.jpegmail-1That last minute stuff...https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mail.jpegmailOur trunk. It closed. That's all that mattered.2012-01-19T04:08:32+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/01/13/all-aboard/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/98_ford_taurus.jpgFord Taurus2012-01-13T20:34:20+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/01/05/road-trip-update/2012-01-06T01:25:45+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2012/01/03/road-trippin/2012-01-04T01:37:27+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2011/04/24/easter/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dsc05078.jpgEaster 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Levihttps://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/amelia1.jpgAmelia1Daddy and one-day-old Amelia2011-09-14T16:38:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2011/08/28/together-again/2011-09-14T16:46:21+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2011/08/22/random-update/2011-08-22T23:18:44+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2011/08/11/training-and-our-summer/2011-08-12T13:53:56+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2011/07/17/training-week-one/2011-08-06T02:34:16+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2011/07/08/july-happenings/2011-07-08T21:28:49+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2011/06/30/mud/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/muddy-levi.jpgMuddy Levi2011-07-01T07:35:11+00:00monthlyhttps://lindfamily.org/2011/06/24/arctic-circle/https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/arctic-circle3.jpgArctic Circle3https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/arctic-circle2.jpgArctic Circle2https://lindfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/arctic-circle1.jpgArctic Circle1Levi at the 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