here we are at High Park. The kids are enjoying themselves in the wading pool, filling up water balloons and just jumping around and having fun. After that we had a big picnic lunch, including french fries, putina (that’s fried potato chips with cheese and barbeque sauce).  High Park is a huge park including a small zoo, several playgrounds, a lake for fishing, an out-door swimming pool, a trackless train, and more.

The kids loved the animals, especially because they got to see them up close.  Here are some pics.

Brian and the goat are having a stare contest.

Here the kids were trying to feed the emu some grass. Shawn got a bit scared as the emu tried to nibble on his finger as well.

Our two babies. We had bought this wagon because we could carry two kids in it instead of just one in the baby buggy. For a couple weeks, Nessi legs were really paining her, to the point that she couldn’t walk properly on them. At first we thought she had just hurt her leg while out one day, so we waited for a couple of days. But it kept getting worse. So we sent out a prayer request to all our friends asking them to pray for her, as well as made an appointment at the doctor. But the God, the greatest doctor of all, healed her before the appointment came around, and a few days after we sent out the prayer request, she was walking much better, and now it’s perfectly fine again. Thanks for your prayers, and all glory to God and the power of prayer!

here is the main “High Park” playground. It was designed by the kids and parents of the community. The kids had loads of fun running through the castle and going down the slides, etc. The funnest thing for them though, was the tire swing. the kids kept wanting us to swing them faster and higher. It couldn’t get fast enough for them (at least that’s what they said, although David and I have my doubts, as they were hanging on for dear life a few times.)

Well, here they all are on the swing. Of course we had to do a few slow swings, as Brian and Nessi wanted to get in on the fun, too.

Sing (to Mom and Dad): “We are the kings of the castle, and you’re the little rascles!”

And Shawn had a great birthday at High Park. We continued it the next day at the local park opposite our house, with games, relay races, football, etc. with his friends. The highlight of his birthday, were the presents (of course). He received a big blue , remote-controlled, race truck. Thanks a lot, Robert and Jay, for getting it for him. He enjoyed every minute driving it around in the park.