Back in Kenya!

I arrived back in Kenya on September 18th to join JR, who had been here since June to start his Nairobi based job studying malaria. Pickle and I made the journey over in September and now, back together as a family, we are building our home and lives here now for the next few years. 

To say this first few months here has been a bit wild would be a pretty big understatement.

The first few days were fairly uneventful - ran some errands, got aqcuainted with our surroundings and just enjoyed being all together as a family again.

Things became quite eventful a few days after my arrival when there was a terrorist attack on Westgate Mall , which is right down the road from our house (less than half a mile).  This event made getting settled a little bumpier than anticipated. Nevertheless,  I have been delinquent in starting up my blog again - but now there are no longer any good excuses!

SO, now that we have had some time to settle, it's time to start sharing again....

First things first, our home:

Here is the view of the front of our house.

Another angle,

Yes, our house have a name...

Here are the front doors.

This is the view right after you walk into the house.

 
WELCOME TO OUR LIVING ROOM (our most 'put-together' room in our house):

 

 Another angle of the living room...

ON TO THE KITCHEN:

 Here is our 'breakfast nook.'

 Our pantry:

The outdoor room off our kitchen:

The dog washing area:

Outside off the back kitchen:

THIS WILL BECOME OUR DINING ROOM, BUT CURRENTLY HOUSES PICKLE'S KENNEL:

 Off of what will be our dining room is a little yard.

Here is the bathroom on the first floor of the house:

 This is yet another empty room on the base floor of the house:

 
This is my luxurious office:

Upstairs we have 3 bedrooms, the first is our guestroom (where John occasionally takes a Sunday afternoon nap):

Our second bedroom, which is currently empty

The patio off our back bedrooms

 

 

Our Master Bedroom:

 

 

The closet between our bedroom and bathroom



The master bathroom

 

 

Hallway between our bedroom and the walk-in closet

The walk-in closet:

 

Our car:

The garden:

Ibises:

Mingos in the garden: