Spring Break in New Jersey

Hi Loved Ones! It's been a long time since my last post.We've been  busy in 2015 so far and it's been hard to find time to blog. But we just got back from a wonderful week away as a family to New Jersey and I just had to post some of our favorite photos. Despite several days of rain, we got to do lots of fun things every day and enjoyed quality fun time with our two precious boys. Daniel is now 7 years old and Luke is 18 months old and they are both so wonderful and such a blessing. Here are our photos!

 

Day 1: Atlantic City beach and Hard Rock Cafe

 

 

 

Day 2: Smithville

Day 3: Carousel ride and playground at the Mall

 

Day 4: Cape May and Aviation Museum

 

Day 5: Mall and Smithville again

Aww, the brothers!

 

Day 6: Ocean City

Special kite was Daniel's birthday present from the Mains!

Daniel's first ever roller coster ride!

Happy New Year!

Happy 2015 loved ones!

On New Year's Day we had old friends from Sri-Lanka visit us and had a lovely time catching up with them. I have known my friend Jessica for 26 years; how special is that!

 

Photos of presentation in Zambia

I just received from colleagues in Zambia, photos from the dissemination event in Zambia that I presented at in early December. I thought it would be fun to post some of the photos on our blog, to remember the most  high-level event that I presented at in my career so far. Hopefully it will get easier from now on, cause it was quite a challenging experience getting ready for this one!  

 

 

Daniel having fun outdoors!

This year DanieI spent lots of time on his scooter and he got really good at it. Last couple of years he had said he wasn't interested but this year he asked for one and it's now one of his favorite things to do. He also loves to climb trees -- something I also loved to do when I was his age. 

Trip to Mt. Vernon!

Jonny took Daniel last week during winter break to Mt. Vernon, George Washington's home in Virgnia. Since Daniel loves history, it was a real treat for him and a special date day with papai!

 

 

 

 

Sweet cuddly moment!

The day I traveled to Zambia earlier this month, Jonny, Daniel and I cuddled up in bed while Luke was napping. And Daniel loved taking some silly photos. It was such a sweet fun moment!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daniel is loving to read!

In the last few months, Daniel has really improved in reading. We've been going to the library often and return home with lots of chapter books for him to read. This photo shows how he can really get into a book - taken while waiting for a table at a restaurant after visiting the library!

Sleeping toddler...

What a cute sight the other day at Target, just precious! 

 

Luke happy at Little Hands!

A huge blessing this past year has been that Luke is doing great at the family day care he goes to and is very happy there. We love the ladies who take care of him, they are very professional and loving at the same time. Here are some photos of him when I went to pick him up after work one afternoon:

 

Luke the climber!