Mombasa Day 1.

What a blessing to be able to all get together for Christmas. This might be the last one for a while with all of my side of the family. Both brothers (Kevin and Kent) and families arrived the day before us. Krista and Caleb were with mom for a few days before all got in. It was really great to meet Caleb and to see Krista so very happy.

Arrival day, Michelle and I.


The above ground pool in the yard that Kevin brought. The kids loved it! They had so much fun jumping off the trampoline into the pool.


flipping, very thankful they did not get hurt, they so loved it.


Whirl pool. All 8 of the cousins.


Presenting the presents of the week to the kids. This year for Christmas we decided to spend our money on things to do together instead of on toys or things. For the different activities we did theme presents... so for bowling- Christmas socks. Snorkeling- bath sea gels and crackers to feed the fish. Movies- candy from America. Water slides-ring pops and twisty straws. Tubing in the boat- life saver candy. Day at a pool- Boxes of American cereal to tie them over. They were happy with the presents. Then later that week we did our traditional Christmas gift exchange. Our 5-10 dollar gifts.