normally we just carry our own groceries home... today we didn't feel like it because we bought a lot of them. so we paid about 2 bucks to leave it at the grocery store and have them bring them to our building, up the entry stairs, to the elevator, to our floor and into our house... we don't have a car so that we means we don't have a trunk to put them in... which means they're on our laps or in and around us on the seat. home delivery... how lovely!

This is a cute video of landon saying the blessing over dinner with us. One cute component is unfortunately missing.

First we have him say thank you (which he says in Arabic... sho-kran)... and after that we say everything that we are thankful God has provided for us... the food (he always points to the food), mommy, daddy, baby jo(siah), and for yeshua (to which he usually points skyward... this is the element that was missing tonight). Then he did something new tonight. he said something like "ana nane" which we think was his version of "in name." and then he says amen. how cute!



pretty cute, no?

Every day before we leave for daycare, we have Landon say goodbye to the one staying behind. He started screaming it which made us crack up... so here he is screaming goodbye to us. :)

Welcome to the newly redesigned Camel Riders Blog. I have wasted countless hours redesigning it to allow a side panel on each side. I hope to bring more content to you that will make it a nicer site to visit.




Some New Features:

• Flickr photos... on the right panel you will see that there are photos there to enjoy. They are small but if you click on them they will enlarge and you can even start a slideshow. The photos are high enough quality to order 4x6 photos. Just click on "all sizes" above the photo when it comes up, then click "download the large size" save it to your hard drive and take it wherever you want for processing. :)
• Comments! they are so much easier in this version of my blog. At the bottom of every post it says "Post your comment!!!". Just click that and post away!
  
• A lovely color scheme... that's right it's lovely.
  
• Streamlined design for a pleasant viewing experience.

Hey everyone... technology rules!!! I love being able to put these videos up here for you to watch. I will eventually make a link on the right to watch videos.

Anyways... many of you may recall a post i did on fetlah (click on that word to see the full post... or read the following excerpt...)

fetlah... so what it is is this: the guy takes a really long piece of dental floss type string and puts one end in between his teeth and then makes an intricate web of strings around his fingers. he then pulls it tight using his teeth so that all the little web holes close up... around the excess hairs on your face which rips them out with excrutiating force. my eyes were watering and on the verge of forming tears... especially when he did it around my ears. OUCH! after the fetlah and him trimming my nose hair, i feel all groomed up!

Well now that I have the ability to post video... I see it as my duty to bring you a video of my brother receiving the special treat of fetlah! Enjoy... you'll know that I did by how much I laughed in the background while filming it! haha...

Here is an awfully cute video of Landon and his friend, LeeAnna, jumping on the bed. This is our first video that we've uploaded on the blog... let me know your comments by clicking on the number next to the blog title and then leave a comment! We'd love to here from you...



This file is about 3.5 mb so anyone with DSL or better should download it in less than a minute.

Boys in pink... girls in blue... no problem! BUT what color will a mom not dress her child in?
Here are the results...


and the answer is yellow! we fooled most of y'all. only 3 of 24... that's 12.5% that guessed correctly. Black would be the obvious choice which is why I put it in there. They don't dress there kids in yellow here because it is the color of sickness. There ya have it.

so i just bought a sweet sony dsc-n1 camera with a phatty 3-inch touch screen. ohhh yeah... but... one accessory didn't make it to my frend in time for him to bring it back from america... the memory card. not important right? ack!












well it should be coming soon with another friend. the 26Mb of internal memory just doesn't cut it. have to offload every 15 pictures or so.

Landon's hair was getting pretty shaggy. I borrow from the naughty chair story pics to give you a glimpse at it from a good angle. At daycare in the afternoon they would always wet his hair and spike it up. It was cute... but it was time for another cut...

We really adore alabaster. They have some amazing alabaster creations here at the local bazaar. Yvonne and I went the other day to pick up a few things to decorate the house. These are 3 alabaster 'lamps' that can go inside each other.








This is the 'gorgeousness' that happens when you put tea lights in them and turn out the lights. mmm... nice.












This is an onyx vase type thingy. I don't know wha it is really for other than to sit on a shelf and look purty.



















This is a picture of one of the walls of the alabaster shop that I go to. He has about 5-6 times as much stuff total in the shop and another little room across the hall.