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Joyrneys

Joyrneys

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We’ve been from mountains to sea as the girls had a month off of school and Arianna had two weeks to recover from the long year.  These are some pictures from our joyrneys (a joyrney is a joyous journey) and of Christmas in Kijabe.

Above is the volcano outside our window with a Christmas present (2x converter) from my brother that makes it much easier to photograph!

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Tea country near the Aberdares.  We stayed in little bandas that looked out over the beautiful valley, did lots of biking, eating, and card-playing.

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Madeline and her leaf umbrella

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Beautiful and very cold river flowing out of the mountains.

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Christmas Pics

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At the coast – crabs at low tide would create sand-ball art.  These ones made Africa and a Palmetto tree, pretty clever!

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Belle, soon to have front teeth again!  Below, hunting for shells to play turtle attack (a shirk-created board game) in a huge coral cave.

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