Pilanesberg South Africa

Started on the roof of the vehicle...then they told us we had to stay inside. Bummer. I guess they don't approve of feeding all the carnivorous beasts in the park.

 

 

BACON!!!!

Finding a snack in the back

 

Light Bulb Moment



Silas "Oooooh" Well...I guess the sooty, dirty water wasn't that bad



And a bath after getting all messy in the pot

And the best part of the whole trip - getting to spend time with two special people

The Orgeon Coast

This is the house we have been renting for the week. It is really nice, and you don't have to walk very far to the ocean.

 

Even though the water is extremely cold, the littles had a great time!

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Martin the Warrior

This is what happens when you let the hamster escape.

 

Jonathan and Josiah took Gillian's hamster downstairs. He ran away from them and found a way to get into the wall. Then he tortured Benjamin for two sleepless nights by making sounds inside his walls.



 

Benjamin had to bash several holes in the walls of his room in order to rescue the hamster, although I'm not sure a "rescue" was his motive. Don't these pictures make him look desperate?



 

   

He had to take his bed apart too.

 

By the time he got the hamster out of the wall, his room was atrocious.

 

This is Martin the Warrior. Gillian got him for her birthday and named him after her favorite warrior mouse in the Redwall series. We weren't so sure about the name at first, but now I think it fits him. (See pictures above for proof!)

 

 

 

Sometimes (rarely) he bites unexpectedly. (She was trying to hold him still for the picture.)

But, she loves her hamster.

 



 

 

Planning Tomorrow Night's Dinner... At the Dinner Table

 

 

Note: They are actually not hunting. We saw several elk on the mountain behind our house, and we were using the scope on the gun to see them. The gun is NOT loaded.