saturday bbq

This Saturday was our last possible day to have the long-talked about BBQ with our friends Anna & Ryan.  They're from Australia, and got connected to CURE not long after I came to Kenya.  Anna began volunteering in the PT department, and then became the first Africa Regional Manager for the CURE Clubfoot Worldwide program, so we worked together a bit on that. Ryan is a pilot with Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) and does a lot of flying to northern Kenya/Southern Sudan.  I've enjoyed their friendship over the years.

We've also talked about going on Safari somewhere with them.  They're big campers and are often out in the wilds of Kenya, and always have amazing stories to tell. (Like the one where they were preparing dinner at night and Ryan shined his flashlight around the campsite and watched four lionesses walk by.)  Dexter and I, when we go on safari, do not have amazing stories to tell. Our stories are more like: we got lost for 5 hours in the Mara- oh and we saw no lions, or elephants or anything overly interesting. Sigh.

Here is just a small glimpse into why we might want to go camping with them.

 get outta my way!!

a kill!

sorry for the R-rated photo

 (all photos copyright Ryan & Anna Cuthel - and shamelessly stolen from Facebook!)

Somehow, and sadly, we never made a camping trip happen -- even though Dexter & I were prepared with our six-man tent! Instead of a camping adventure they came up for a small BBQ Saturday afternoon.

 It was nice to put our yard to use, too.

 Dexter, manning the grill, as usual

 Luka - 21 months

It was a lovely afternoon, though too short, of course.  We had grilled chicken with mango & pineapple salsa, and grilled sweet potatoes and zucchini.   Anna made a strawberry apple crumble for dessert, and we topped that off with ice cream.  I'd say this was a nice way to say goodbye...though we do hope we'll see them one more time before we go.

Anna & Ryan are actually leaving Kenya in April just a few weeks after us. They're seeking new adventure back home in Australia.  Perhaps some day we'll go camping with them Down Under?  A girl can dream!

And as usual, I wanted to get a lot more photos, but taking care of food, catching up, chasing Kyalo around, etc, make it very hard to remember to get pictures. Fortunately, I did get this nice photo of the Cuthels as they were heading out.

Kyalo had a great time, too. He found this stick to keep him occupied for a long time:

He really does love to be outside. I hope we can find places to be outside in Newark . . .