Here is the new tattoo idea. I'd like something in between these two. I want to see that there are stone pieces and the grout lines of the top one but perhaps a little more of the shape of the bottom one. The idea is a mosaic of the tree of life.

Sorry it's so late, but here are pics of Landon's birthday (September 8). He is 5 now and very proud of that fact. We had a small party at home, and we took cupcakes to Landon's school. They sang to him in English and Arabic, and he got to pass out the cupcakes to all his classmates. I think he felt pretty special. Isn't he a cutie!? Thanks Grandma and Grandpa and Nana and Papa for the fun gifts!


























































Here's a video of Landon at school when they sang him Happy Birthday in English and then in Arabic.

Here ya go mom... now get off my back!



















love those eyes!




























































































































Kenzy has always made this cackling noise when she is happy. It's kind of a laugh or... or something.


I don't know what precipitated this dancing session but these children are wild.

Hey everyone... sorry for the silence lately. We moved down to the coast about 6 weeks ago and only got decent internet about a week ago. Pics of the kids coming soon.

Here is the view from our sidewalk just up the steps from our apartment.

View of the Red Sea














View of the mountains right behind our house.

We have so many great ruins of ancient times here in the Middle East. While we were living in Egypt we got this great shot of Landon. We were at the Step-Pyramids and were allowed to touch pretty much anything. How cute is this? He was just over 2 years old, still in diapers, and playing on the ruins of 5,000 year-old Egyptian ruins!

In Rome, you can walk around and see the ruins... in our part of the world you can climb on them!

On our recent trip... ya know... the one where Josiah practiced his base jumping skillz... Landon was swimming and the owners of the hostel befriended him and made a pyramid in the pool with Landon being the top. Fun pic...

Whoa there Landon! Calm down!

































































This is Jojo in his "cowboy hat".

We've been using VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) with Vonage deal since April 2004. It worked when we brought it overseas and hooked it up to the DSL and everything! We've loved it and Vonage has always been great.




It was with hesitancy that I made the switch from Vonage to Ooma. Ooma is just like Vonage in that you hook a box up to high speed internet and hook a phone up and blam-o you have a US phone number. The difference is that with Ooma you pay a larger up front cost for the hardware (215 USD) and after that you can either use their basic services for no monthly payments or upgrade to the premiere service for 99 USD a year. I made the switch and even got to keep my phone number. One other thing I love about Ooma is that you can get your voicemail by email or online (like vonage) but there is also play controls right on the box with a speaker. Much easier!

Want to call us? Write me an email and I'll send you our phone number!