We are going off-line!!

Just thought I'd add an update. We haven't posted anything for a long time, since I (Becky) have found a new addiction--Facebook. Although, I don't know how that should really be affecting the blog, since it's Mark that keeps it up to date! Oh yeah, he was busy studying for the GRE.

We are on the downward slide for this adventure in Africa. We will be heading back to the States at the end of June and will be in the DC area for at least two years. Mark will be working on his Master's Degree while I finish my BA.

Our internet has been shut off in preparation to have our computer shipped home, so this post will be our fond farewell from Pretoria!! We are going to miss living here! This has been such a dream come true! What a beautiful place to live and wonderful people to know. Love to all!

Om Shanti Om

We had a Bollywood party Friday night. We had several friends over and watched my favorite Bollywood film Om Shanti Om and ate Indian food. It was a lot of fun. Here is a picture of us with some friends the Nortjie's from that night. You can watch the whole movie on google video's only without the subtitles at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7669710006682036696.

RULES: IT'S HARDER THAN IT LOOKS! ERASE MY ANSWERS AND ENTER YOURS. USE THE 1st LETTER OF YOUR NAME TO ANSWER EACH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. THEY HAVE TO BE REAL PLACES, NAMES, AND THINGS. NOTHING MADE UP! TRY TO USE DIFFERENT ANSWERS IF THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU HAD THE SAME 1st INITIAL. YOU CAN'T USE YOUR NAME FOR THE BOY/GIRL NAME QUESTION. I TAG YOU ALL!!

1. What is your name: Max
2. A 4 Letter Word: More
3. A Boys Name: Mork
4. A Girls Name: Mindy
5. An Occupation: Mason
6. A Color: Maroon
7. Something you wear: My little pony underwear
8. Name of a sport: Mud wrestling
9. A Food: Marzipan
10. Something found in the bathroom: Maxwell's socks
11. A place: Molepolole
12. A Reason for being late: Mom
13. Something you shout: Money

One Seriously Cool Bunch

Elephant sanctuary

Abbey's class went to the elephant sanctuary on a field trip this week and Mom went along. They learned all about elephants and their anatomy. They got to pet them, but they didn't get to ride them.

The Easy Bake

Abbey finally got her last Christmas present in the mail--her Easy Bake. Needless to say she is having loads of fun with it. So far we have eaten cookies, cake, and pizza, all made in the easy bake.

Sometimes Nature is a Bit Gross

So, Mark found a dead bird in the garage the other day. It smelled so terrible, and the feathers were all off it, but it was moving-- it's head was going side to side and it wings were moving up and down. But it was dead!! So, I got down on my hands and knees, and saw HUGE maggots eating it up from the inside! Mark left me to clean it up, which was fine, because I don't know if he would have gotten up all the juices left on the garage floor...

Another yucky thing: there have been moths in my pantry! I found caterpillars on the ceiling and moth eggs on a few things, so I had to empty out all the boxes & bags to get those little buggers out of there! They were able to climb into tins and they ate up the almonds. I used a lot of cleaner and put everything into boxes with lids, although I'm afraid they'll find a way in! The pantry was cleaned out only last month, so this has all happened in the last few weeks! Isn't that just extra protein? --Becky

Vic Falls

We had to cross the Chobe river on the Kazangula ferry. This is the only place in the world where 4 countries all touch each other -- Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana. Crossing the ferry was a bit of a mission but an adventure and well worth it to see Victoria Falls which was simply amazing.

Chobe Game Reserve

There's a male lion hiding under the tree in the first picture.
Mark and Max saw a laughing hyena on their morning game drive.

Hippos and Crocs!!!

Never have we seen so many hippos and crocs as we did going down the Chobe river. Groups of easy 40 hippos.

The Woodlands

We stayed here on our way out to Chobe and back. It is just outside Francistown, Botswana.

LOOK OUT!!!

Christmas morning