Today we headed out to the beach and the land in Raymond we would like to buy. It’s a long story, but we just really feel like this is the place that we want to develop with new orphanages. Danny, Nick and I walked the land today pretty extensively. It was amazing. About ¼ of it is grassy beautifully flat land and the other ¾ is volcanic rock and very hilly. It’s beachfront and the two most beautiful place I have ever been (Basin Bleu being the other). Take a look at the pics.
http://picasaweb.google.com/ng.mangine/BeachlandDay
After that we went to the beach with the kids. The water was perfect and all our kids did great. Nico LOVED the ocean and didn’t even mind going under water. He was just so cute. After a while the kids from the Hands and Feet came by (they are all littler kids). Pretty dang cute. Our kids hung out with the little ones and we got some cute pics of them playing in the baby pool together—it will probably be easy to pick out Josiah and Nia in those pics… Speaking of our kids—they are really just rolling with it. They are awesome. We hardly ever see Nia because she’s playing with her new friends—usually Tina or Elinda. She loves washing clothes and always wants to be part of that. We hardly ever see Josiah because the girls here LOVE him, especially Diane and Lovelie. They always want to carry him around and give him bottles. The nannies are quite smitten with little J-man too. He’s just a really happy guy. I love that little kid. Nico is doing very well, too, but it is obvious he’s uncomfortable with his surroundings some time. We’re just trying to give him extra love and attention. (Which is why you will see him in the Mei Tai in all the photos of the land. Nick is such a trooper—but in all honesty I did think he was going to pass out by the end.)
