Accident prone

Last week I was walking to the store. Walking the normal way I always do. Sure enough I found myself in a hole on the ground.  

A couple days later I was walking through town and I slipped on a rotten mango trying to cross the street. (only in kenya) 

That night while walking to the boys dorm to give one of the boys his medication I trip over the only log (of course) in my walking path. 

The next night while making dinner I burnt my wrist with oil. 

Then a couple days ago I was play with the boys on the marry-go-round. (I do not know what we call it in the US but it is this thing where the kids sit in it then you push it around. haha go figure) To get it going EXTRA super duper fast you run around in the middle holding the sides, well little known science fact if you get something going fast enough you get pulled to the edge of it. hens the nice little bruise on my leg. 

All of this in a week and a half. Oh how excited I am to see what the rest of the trip brings. 

This is Africa

I forgot my carry on in the airport. I put it down to grab the other bags and put them on the trolley as Megan exchanged our money. That night once we got to our house I realized it was not around. I called our taxi driver and asked him if we left it in the car. He stopped and looked...it was not there. The next day I called the airport asking them if they had found it. No they did not and really did not understand what I was talking about. Only thing left to do was go and look for it myself. So we call up our taxi driver John and we go back to the airport to find it. I go into the security office, they check me in and then go to baggage claim to ask for help. After talking to the guy and looking at all of the KSL 'yet to be picked up bags' it was no where to be found. The man helping me said I could look around so you know how your mom teaches you, look first where you last had it. So that I did and it was RIGHT THERE! Right under the stair case...2 days later right where I left it. The worker asked me do you believe in luck? because you sure a lucky one! It was a blessing that is for sure! Only in Africa.

As we were leaving the airport which is kind of in the middle of no where. Down this log road with a ton of pot holes in it, Juhn (john) our diver stopped the car right in an area that says "NO STOPPING ALLOWED" and opened his door and said look there is a giraffe. No freaking way. There is NO way there can be a giraffe just chilling right there (as in right there it was out in the distance). And yes there were. Not only one but three. Oh my. I died. A giraffe in the wild. Just chilling in the field by the airport, shoot we were not even out of the check point for the airport. Best thing ever. Only in Africa would this ever happen.

Blessings

Let me tell you a story, FOR reals a BLESSING in my life! So today we went to visit the mormon orphanage. its like a good I don't know hour and a half away to 3 hours away depending on traffic, how many stops you make, how fast you walk, and if you can find where you need to be going...but they just moved from where they were to this new place (duh what else do you do when you move...anyways) and it is not easy to get to. we had to go all the way into Nairobi to find station OTC to get onto 1960 matatu (taxi) then to ask them to drop us off at Bee Center where the boys would pick us up for a 15-20 minute walk to the new center easy right? #1 Nairobi is bleeping HUGE #2 Nobody has time to stop and help...okay not really we are white and lets be honest everyone(males) LOVE to help the white girls. #3 we asked 2 people where OTC is...and we get way way different answers. This is where the blessing comes in. After we turn around from asking the second person where this station is BAM there is my friend Dan, just waiting for us to notice him and more then willing to go WAY WAY WAY out of his way to help us! For reals!(where we needed to go was WICKED far from where we were...there is NO way we would have ever found it with out him.) For sure the lord is watching out for Megan and I! The last 2 times we have been lost in Nairobi someone from church that we know has randomly bumped into us and helped us. Random? i think not. Needless to say we got to the orphanage safely thanks to Dan, Oscar and Gabby.

Bergh Family

I was asked to do a photo shoot for a family in my home ward. This was my first family photo shoot ever. It finally decided to stop raining so we could schedule a shoot that worked for both of us. Here is a few of my favorites.

Ties and white shirts

If you or your son, husband, brothers, or best friend have any extra ties or white button down church/work shirts that do not fit anymore or simply do not want anymore, I WANT THEM FOR THESE BOYS!

I  am going to take them to Kenya with me and give them to the cute boys at Eternal Hope Childrens Home. (click there to see more info on the orphanage) Its on orphanage of about 35 boys and girls who share the same beliefs as I do and attend church every Sunday!

Stunners

I went on a trip to Utah. I took some glasses that my friend left at my house that I had yet to return. It might have been one of the best things ever. I fell in love with those babies. But now I have unfortunately given them back to the rightful owner. Here are some pictures of our adventure together. 

(might have been a fail on my part, but its hard holding a camera and putting a finger to your lips at the same time.)

(kissing the bride to be)

Well we did a lot more things together then I got pictures of. I also love KeiLani M. Hatch a lot.

Grateful

One time in Young Women's (a church youth group) we had guest speaker. I remember said that she would 'fall in love' with different parts of her life and just want to stay in that moment for the rest of time. But fortunately, yet unfortunately at the same time, life would move on and she would find herself 'falling in love' with another stage of life and wishing it would stay in that moment for ever.
I had no idea what she was talking about. I was just a teenager hating high school and wishing to be older. Now that I am older (just a bit) I totally know what she is talking about. I have had many moments in my life that I just want it to FREEZE and stay like that forever or maybe just an extra hour or day or week just to soak everything up that is going on. But as we all know that is not the case and life just rushes on by.
Right now I am grateful for cameras. This might sound silly, but think about it! When we take a picture it is like to are freezing that moment in time. A moment we want to keep for ever will always be remembered.