The Bridge

Pretty much everyday, we make a walk to the University. Sometimes we are meeting Kevin for lunch, sometimes checking e-mail or just for a walk. It is only about a 15-20 walk. However, it does involve trekking over "the train bridge". I have to pack up the double stroller and carry it up and over the bridge, somehow managing to get my 2 children across as well!! I think I might be sick of the bridge in a few weeks!!

Pictures uploaded!

We finally found a computer with a card reader in it so now we can upload some pictures! I'll just start with a few general ones and do some more later. The attention span of the kids in the computer lab is quite limited before they start climbing all over the computers and disrupting all the other students!

Obviously, this is us on the plane. We had a spare seat for Owen which was great!


This is a pretty typical street in Klaipeda. There are lots of trees and nice wide sidewalks.



Our two little kiddies, posing for a picture. Kendra is realizing that we have the camera out a little more often now and is always asking, "Can you take a picture of me?" and after it is done she asks, "Is that a good one, mom?"


Usually it is Kevin who is taking the pictures so I thought I better get one of him. This is sitting on one of the 117 sculptures in "Sculpture Park".

That's all for now. I'll put up some more pictures later of the school, our apartment, etc. I gotta save something to do for tomorrow!!

School begins today

It is Monday morning and Kevin is teaching his first class. He has 31 students registered so the class is very full. He spent quite a bit of time this weekend getting ready for class. We interrupted his class this morning to get his office key and the students thought Kendra was pretty cute walking right in and giving her daddy a hug! I am still hoping to be able to do some work in the library here. We have some students who are interested in babysiting so once we get that figured out, I'll try to do some work too.

The weekend here was beautiful. We spent yesterday morning walking around the old part of Klaipeda. Lots of old buildings and rough cobblestone streets. Much of the city has a strong Soviet feel to it, with old rough looking buildings. However, slowly the city is building new, more modern buildings. We walked along quite a busy shopping street too. I may have to return there on my own and do a little exploring!!

The kids are both doing very well here. Yesterday they slept until 6:00am and this morning was 7:30 am!! Thats a better sleep than we get in Canada!!! We're hoping that continues. They are getting used to walking everywhere and Kendra doesn't ask where our van is as often anymore!! We live up on the third floor of our building so we are also getting used to packing up the kids and the double stroller and hiking it up and down the stairs! Maybe I'll develop some arm muscles before we go home again!

Arrival in Lithuania!

Well, after 24 hours we finally arrived at our apartment in Klaipeda, Lithuania! It was a long trip but the kids both did quite well. We are now adjusting to life in a different country where we can't read anything or understand what people are saying. This makes things like grocery shopping very interesting. The first day we ended up with a bag of buttermilk instead of regular milk - not a hit with the kids, or with us either!!

The weather here has been beautiful so far so we have been able to do some walking around town. We have spent some time at the college already, as Kevin gets ready for his course starting on Monday. It is only about a 15 minute walk to school.

We are quite happy with the apartment that they found for us. It is quite spacious with lots of room for the kids to run around in. They are learning to find different things to do to keep themselves busy. We are also still adjusting to the time differences. Right now, the kids seem to think that 4:00am is a good time to be up for the day! Hopefully we can get that adjusted very soon as it makes for a very long day!!

Sorry there are no pictures with this post. We have to figure out yet how to get them off our camera using the computers here.

Thanks for your prayers - we appreciate them!!

Fun in the Sun!

Saturday was a beautiful day and so we broke out the sprinkler and the pool! Kendra was very excited but once the sprinkler was going she was a little hesitant! Owen, on the other hand, was in his glory! He loved the sprinkling water and thought dumping water from the bucket over his head was great fun!

"Mom, my bathing suit is stuck!" Now that there are no more diapers, this was Kendra's first experience with the bathing suit wedgie!!

Happy Birthday Kevin!

This weekend we celebrated Kevin's 40th birthday! It was great to have some family and friends over to help us celebrate. Kendra had fun helping me make Daddy's birthday cake and blowing out the candles with him. She loves to draw and colour and was also quite excited to make him a picture for him!

Just a few things . . .

I haven't posted for a while but we haven't really done anything "postable" in the last little while. Just kinda doing regular days! Owen did chip his front tooth, although we don't know when or where he did it, Kendra is pretty well finally potty trained so that is a blessing and I had a very nice Mother's day yesterday. So, I thought I would post a few new pictures, just for fun!


Me and my kiddies!


This was the scence before we finally got both kids looking at the camera. Quite a chore to get these 2 to sit still and smile at the same time!!




Just bein' goofy!



Kendra's latest artisic creation. She first drew the sunflower with a pencil and then painted it. We had done one together a few days before but this one she did completely on her own!


Owen, just being his goofy self! His hairdo is thanks to applesauce smeared all through it!