Hailey's Early Birthday party with friends

It is so nice having Geraldine (cake lady ) live right across from us. Hailey loved her cake. I know you are all going to say that her birthday is not until June. In order to have all her friends she picked March to have her party. It was a baking party so the kids make there movie snacks. Puppy chow, caramel popcorn and cupcakes. By the end of the party there was nothing left these kids were on a sugar high.

Caroline, Oliver, Serafine, Hailey and Freya

kids in the kitchen look out.

Sisimbo beach Resort

A little family fun

Here I am with Mission Director Jim Beaver who is also a client of mine. He is headed back to the USA to be with wife Barbra. Wish we had more time together just an amazing person.
 

Here we are having afternoon drinks with Jim and other Mission director Brad Wallach. Who also is a client of mine. Talk about two men who have seen and made differences in the world. Very lucky to call theses two people our friends.

Supper time. Hanging on the beach all day is a tough job

Ok after one night here then we headed off to the Slave Castle and Kakum National Park. When we returned for the second night here we had this whole place to ourselves. Nice but a very weird feeling.



Just hanging out and playing in the play ground. We have the resort all to ourselves.

Girls just wanna have fun.

Our Girls

Coconut Grove

After and intense morning at the Slave Castle we had a great afternoon at Coconut Grove Resort

Girls enjoying some chicken fingers and fries

Having fun on the rocks. Hannah said these rocks were great for playing mermaids.

Our little mermaids

Love this flinstone style weight set

Only in Ghana will you find horses back riders and golfers sharing the same greens.

Girls just having fun

Oh yah forgot the crocodiles as a hazard on the golf course as well.

 

 

 

 

Trip to Cape Coast in Ghana

Here we are at Kakum National Park. It is the only year round tour over a hanging bridge in the forest canopy level in all of Africa. Besides Kakum there are only 4 other round tours of this type. At over 40 meters in Height the canopy walkway passes over 7 bridges and runs over a length of 330 meters. Yes everyone I did it.

Hailey and Hannah our brave girls

We did it both girls nervous but glad they did all 7 bridges

Hannah very happy to see the end of the last bridge

Here we are at one of the platforms between bridges

I made it and did not cry for how high up I was. Maybe all these boys behind me had something to do with it. Cannot let them see a grown woman cry. So I just smiled big instead.



Anybody up for the #3 Pizza?

 

Here we are at Elmina Salve castle. This Castle was first established as a trade settlement, the castle later became one of the most important stops on the route of the Atlantic slave trade. The slaves were held capture in the castle before exiting through the  castles infamous "Door of No Return" to be transported and resold in newly colonized Brazil and other Portuguese colonies. Approx 7 million slaves went through this castle.

This was the Biggest female Salve Dungeon, up to 300 females in here at one time. No bathrooms and that door at the far end of the room was the ventilation.

When it was time to be shipped out they would push the girls down this door

 

They were pushed down here and then made there way onto the boats

This was the Dungeon were the freedom fighters were put. The Africans who tried to fight for there rights were put into this room, they only way you came out was when you died. There were usually 30 men in this very small room at a time.

This photo was taken looking out of the "Door of No Return" which is a fishing village. the salves would take a small boat over to the bigger boats

This was the "Door of No Return"  The width of this door was so small our girls could barley fit through. That is how starved and skinny the slaves were when they left. It is a very emotional place in the castle for a lot of people. Hailey even had a tough time being down there.