The Kennys from Calgary!

Great adventures with our family

visiting from Calgary, Alberta

Tristan and uncle Adam sporting their West African flare 

At the beginning of August, Aaron's brother Adam and his family visited for a week on their way their way to connect with Ivy's dad, Chris, and relatives in Ghana. It had been nearly ten years since we had seen Ivy, and our first time ever to meet our two beautiful nieces Livia and Laurel. We had a fun few days showing them around the city and a fun weekend camping in the Great Rift Valley. The time went by way too quickly, but here are a few snap shots of our time together.

 Erica and Ivy at the beautiful Mali Saba Camp, Nakuru

Mali Saba is an extinct volcanic crater in the rolling hill country beyond Nakuru. From our cliff side tents we watched plumes of steam rising from the black volcanic crater bed below. Although we didn't take in any of the hikes, the views from the rim were incredible. Another unexpected thrill was the plunge pool that one of our children stripped down for,... the dipper shall remain unnamed.

Mali Saba Crater

Baboon Cliff at Nakuru National Park

This was also our first time exploring Lake Nakuru. There has been such massive rains in the area, the Lake had actually flooded out most of the road. Our greatest challenges was making it through the park without getting stuck. We saw lots of baboons, buffalo, antelope, zebra and water bucks, along with an array of African bird life. The highlights were the Rothschild Giraffe and a pride of lions asleep in a tree near the lake -- probably grateful for some dry ground!

Uncle Aaron and Auntie Erica with Liam, Livia and Laurel

Playing in the gardens of Amani Ya Juu, Nairobi

Ava and Livia taking the helm

on a hippo safari on Lake Naivasha

Tristan and Emma ridding the lake of some of it's dread water hyacinth

Ivy and Liam on the look out for more hippos

We wish Adam, Ivy, Liam, Livia and Laurel

a great adventure as they continue their journey to West Africa

to visit with Ivy's relatives living in Ghana