She loves food!!!

We gave her some corn on the cobb - but the corn was already eaten by mom and dad. She was in heaven, nawing on the cobb for about 20 minutes.




Look at that smile!

Kyra enjoying one of the best things in life...food!

The kids having fun

Matt and a neighbor girl.

Matt with old neighborhood boys who moved to Aberdeen a year ago. The boys share the same birthday. They came over to play and enjoy a BBQ lunch.

Kyra getting ready to go running with mom!

Chambers Garden

We had a wonderful garden this year. But, I've also had lots of opportunity to work on it, while on maternity leave.


Apple tree


Raspberries - still harvesting in October!

Tomatoes and peppers.

Scenic Vietnam Photos

Getting ready to go fishing

A huge tree at the Zoo in HCMC

View of Phan Tiet from the Cham ruins.

A couple that was getting wedding photos taken at the Cham ruins we visited.

Xuan at a Cham ruin

Snails for dinner... we also ate frog and pig intestines (which were horrible.)

Matthew learning how to eat Vietnamese style with his cousin Nhu

Marty and Xuan, one of the wedding ceremonies

Visiting Vietnam

This August we traveled to southern Vietnam to take part in Margee's brothers wedding. We visited Ho Chi Mihn City (Siagon), Ben Hoa, Vung Tao, and Phan Tiet/Mu Ne beach. Fun trip, but much too short for all of the traveling. The kids had a great time. Here are some photos of the adventure.

Margee and Kyra on the waterfront in Vung Tao - it's seven in the morning and HOT!

Uncle Marty with Kyra - on the way to the brides parents home in Ben Woa for the night before the wedding dinner.

The building with the red and gold decorations in the upper left corner is Xuan's house and when some of the wedding ceremonies and party will take place. Following tradition, the grooms wedding party had to parade down the very busy street to the wedding. We're just trying to get the peole organized to form a parade when this picture was taken of Matthew.

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Matt and his cousin Nu at the wedding in the traditional Vietnamese "wedding attire" Ao Dai.

Marty and Xaun at the Cao Dai temple.

Kyra playing with Curt's tie at the wedding reception.

A produce stand at a market in Siagon. It's too bad markets like this don't exist in the US - they are quite an experience!

First Feeding!

Yesterday Kyra ate her first solid food. We had to wait until after the Vietnam trip to introduce to the wonderful world of food - and she loved it. She's been wanting to eat the last couple of months, but with her allergy's and our travel plans, we opted to wait until she was 6 months old, just as we did with Matthew.

6-month Check-up

Kyra is long and lean. At het 6-mo. doctors appointment today, she weighed 13#8oz. (8th percentile) and was 26" long (60th percentile.) Look at that funny face - I don't think she liked the taste of mom's goggles!