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Where should i begin….

It has been quite a trip!  It was great seeing my family. My dad, little sister and uncle picked us up from Kilimanjaro airport and we had a  2-3 hr drive to Kikelelwa where my parents live. Oh man. It was absolute beautiful, just the way i pictured it. It had just rained and the air  was extremely fresh. It could never get cleaner than that. It was green, everywhere!

The corn fields were full, my moms grass was green, the coffee beans were green, the backyard was full of avacados and mango trees fully packed of fruits. The bananas were hanging loaded with every kind of banana you can imagine. The photos that i will upload am telling cannot do this place any justice.

I am truly in love with this area, my little hometown, Kikelelwa sitting down below the slopes of mt Kilimanjaro. I call this place, my parents home. I cried with joy. My mother and my father still looked the same except just a little older. My baby sister looks very different she has grown into this beautiful, mature, and wise young woman. I love her.

Oh man.

So… With all that beauty. I couldn’t get to enjoy all that this first week. Eli fell sick. Eli caught Malaria, then had a reaction to some of the drugs and had a series of diarrhea, and now he has bronchilitis, and did i mention no sleep? But he is getting better now, and he is finally sleeping.

Julian.

Julian loved it in Kilimanjaro. He loved chasing my moms cats around, he loved the outdoors. He loved talking to the cows and goats, and pigs… but most of all playing and chasing the poor chickens around. By the way, his cousin taught him how to pee outdoors, so just a fair warning to his dad. Don’t be surprised if Julian just pulls his pants down on the soccer field and just water the grass.. lol. That is what he is saying, ” i have to water the grass, so it can grow or i have to feed the chickens” By the way we do have restrooms, it is just ways for him to get back in the house, if he was already playing outside.

So, Julian misses his dad so much. He cried the other day and told me he missed his dad. He won’t let me out of his site, i think he is scared i won’t come back for him. But he has been having a blast though. It has been awesome!

We are in Dar-es-Salaam this week to meet with his dad’s side of the family. I am sitting here with my sister while both boys sleep, and i am like relieved. This is the second time Eli has really slept well since we arrived. I feel bad for him, but i am glad we were able to take this trip.

I took lots of photos will upload soon.

The nyama chomas …mmmh. can’t have enough!

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