thank you!!!

thank you everyone:) ....we have really enjoyed all of your sweet pregnancy comments and encouraging words! we are both overly excited about the whole thing....and can't wait to find out everything! we go to the doc on the 29th but I'll probably go in before just to get a blood test....we took three at home and you should have seen us! I put the 1st one down right after the first line appeared and then cort picked it up and said wait..."there's another line!...but it's kinda far away from the other one!" (i know we're both crazy) ...so we called amy to get confirmation! it was so funny...we are both excited!!

yesterday amy and I took the kids to get some pics of them and I just thought i'd share....

guess what...

alright heather…here it goes….seven random crazy things about myself….sorry it's taken sooo long...i haven’t been on in ages….
1. well there usually isn’t at least one time (or more) in day where I find myself dreaming about what we could do next…or where we are going to move to….
2. I love to try new things, anything, and I am constantly working on something new….
3. hence the name project-x coined by my lovely husband whom not only calls me project-x but teek as well…don’t ask we are not even sure where it came from but we have been calling each other that for 7+ years…
4. I am never content…it is something I am in constant prayer about…it’s like a crazy, crazy thing that will probably never go away….well…hopfully someday!
5. I am having a difficult time adjusting to the real world of working again….but I do love my little second graders…they are so cute and they call cortney my wife! I love it!! (he really is my stay at home wife right now-ha ha)
6. well…um…let me see…I love love love traveling, as do most people, however I think I am addicted and I just can't stop thinking about it…EVER…we hope to go to turkey and greece…this summer….well maybe…
7.we’re still not sure about that because ummmmm…..

5 years ago....

june 22.2002....can't believe it's been 5 years...it has gone by too fast!



and us today...wow i am a lucky girl!





i ♥ you teek!!

we're home!!!

dress...check!
gameboy...check!
the cutest labradoodle in the world ready to pull me on a skateboard....check!






ahhhh....it's sooo nice to be home...we have missed everyone terribly....and although evrything of value was missing from our home when we arrived....it still feels good to be back in good ol' yuba duba!! ....and the best part is we have the whole summer off to play!:)

leaving africa.. :(

although we have thoroughly enjoyed the last 2 months of our life here....we can’t say that we are not excited to leave the cold & rainy winter and jump into the beautiful sunshine of kona hawaii! not to mention to sushi, the kona-coffee mudpie...yummm and the free-refills....with extra ice:)
it has been a beautiful stay with so many great memories and one day, hopefully soon, we will return again...
we will miss you terribly archie!!

wedding bells are ringing!!!

i really wish we could be there:(...

on our way to worcester!

we have been really busy finishing up the ministry here in muizenburg and we are ready to head off to worcester...where we are going to a game reserve and working with IT around the base....then we're leaving for j-bay on sat...pretty exciting!
...here are some more pics of the kids we have been working with:)

penguins, penguins, penguins!!

jack*%!# penguins, boulders beach, simon's town








yesterday cort & i had such a nice day....and let me just say I was a little more than excited to see the penguins! i have been waiting to see them for weeks and we were finally able to train into simon's town....which was a beautiful experience in itself...

us in south africa...

vergelegen winelands, somerset west, cape town



afro cafe, down town, cape town

easter in somerset west, cape town


well i usually don’t have much time to post...but so much to share!
my feelings for these people, this country and their struggles are so great...
with the apartheid only ending less than 15 years ago....resulting in a huge back-lock socially and economically between races it is amazing to see their passion for their heritage and country....i have heard before that you truly haven’t lived until you have been to africa and i believe it now....the world has so much to learn from and about these people...
and i don’t mean flying in and staying in a 5-star hotel....i mean living with the xhosa people and getting to know one of the most passionate and hospitable people groups i have ever been with...
this country has come a long way in the last decade but it is very difficult to undo the injustice that went on for 50 years...there is huge group of impoverished/uneducated people due to the fact they were denied education for years so this results in the high crime rate south africa is and has been facing for years.
but to clear the air about that....we heard so many horror stories from people that had friends shot over their car or had a knife held to their throat in down town cape town...but we have been here for a little over a month and we have not felt threatened in any way. they have security everywhere and they are really trying to get a handle on crime for the 2010 world cup...so all in all it is a beautiful country with beautiful people and although the flight may cost around 2500 per person the trip will be pretty inexpensive...i really hope you have the chance to experience what we have!