Mama back from Tanzania (September 6, 2010)!

We hugged for a long, long time...

Wow, my own suitcase and backpack from Amsterdam!

Liu in Tanzania (August 28-September 5, 2010)

Mama and baba, thank you so much for a wonderful visit and for being such great hosts to our friends from Seattle. I can't wait for Justin and I to bring Muhy home next time. Love, Liu

Cousin reunion, wa kina Newa's

Uncle Kuhanga!

Mama shija and her colleagues prepared a fantastic dinner to welcome Liu and her Seattle friends

Mama Pili, mama Fatuma, Ahmed, mama Shija, and mama Bahati

Watoto wenzake Muhy

Seattle group taking ferry ride to Zanzibar

With Aisha in Zanzibar

With cousin Cosmaya in Zanzibar

With baby Joe at Zanzibar airport

Baba and I at Kids Quest and UVillage while mama was in Tanzania

U Village!

Lunch break, yum

I love playing with the hamper!

Aunty Sha, uncle EG, and Vas visited from MN ~Labor Day weekend 2010

Mama's birthday, August 21st!

At the Seattle aquarium with baba ~August 2010

Just chillin' at home:-)

Breakfast and walk at Seward Park with aunty Karen and uncle Eddie ~August 2010

View of mt. Rainier from Seward Park

Play dates with my BFF Zach! Summer 2010

We went looking for star fish with Zach and his family during the lowest tide of the year, Edmonds Beach

Zachy, auntie Sonia, and uncle Ziad!
Following week, playdate at the Woodland park zoo!

Lunch break, yum! One of my favorite spots, baba's shoulders...

Carousel ride to end the zoo visit

pool time!

Mercer Island's annual summer festival and parade ~July 11, 2010