Garry took Ben up north with him today! They had great weather for flying and were able to spend some time at the location, walking the airstrip and discussing it. I think it was a good start!

We're thankful to have Ben and Suzy here and enjoyed having them for lunch yesterday. I've been looking for healthy food options and recently heard that native chickens are hormone-free and cheap. It sounded like a winning combination so I bought several. We baked some for lunch yesterday only to find out they were rather tough, stringy, and strong-tasting. Coincidence or is that how native chickens taste? We've yet to find out! I'll know it was really bad if Harts turn down our next lunch invitation:)! Despite the chicken fiasco, I enjoyed the chance to reconnect with Suzy a bit (we were neighbors for nearly 2 years in Arizona!) and get to know their two children a bit better.

Yesterday we also cleaned up the last of Kaleb's inventions in the living room. I think next week we'll put the Christmas tree away... we've enjoyed the lights many evening and so have been reluctant to pack it back up for another year. But alas, I think it's time now:)

The boys have been working hard at school this week and are actually finished a bit early-- what a nice feeling! Kevin is headed out to his garden now. He is planting lettuce directly into his beds instead of transplanting it this time, and so far it seems to be working very well. Kaleb is busy looking for rubber bands for ammunition.

Kaleb has lost several teeth recently and is trying to get his new ones. This is a rather short-lived time in a boy's life-- this time of missing teeth, so thought I'd post a picture! Yesterday he cut his head while working with weights at badminton training. We were thankful it wasn't any worse and that he didn't need stitches. Actually, it's neither deep nor long!