I went to the store today.

Dear all my friends that read my blog,

I hope you're having a great day. And I want to tell you that I went to the store with my dad today. The store is very fun. The store that I went to is smallish big... middle. It's a little different than the US. It's different because people speak different languages. We got some cake mix, we got some bread, we got some laughing cow cheese, (and some milk cheese-- which is pretty much the same thing as laughing cow cheese but less expensive, but almost the same taste and is the same color) and we got some chocolate for mommy. But she won't share it with us. I am sad about that.

I had a Haitian lunch today. It was good. It was rice with beans and sauce. It had coconut in it too. It also had hot dog in it. And then later I had some macaroni and cheese for a snack. But for the other kids, it was their lunch because mommy and daddy and I ate all the rice and beans while they were napping.

We got our internet phone hooked up today and I got to talk to Nana and to Grandma. Let me know if you'd like me to call you because now I can because it's free.

I am having fun today.

L0ve,
Nia

Some of Nia's pics...

We didn't have internet before and now that we do she is sleeping... so I thought I would put them up so you (her blog-reading friends) can see... check back later... perhaps she will wish to edit with comments...

EDITED TO ADD: Nia is up and wanted to name her pics... so here you go.

A kid at the beach doing a handstand

Josiah standing on the sand at the beach

The beach: Water, land, a view

Water and sky and part of a broken boat.

Grandma, I want to show you this picture. Because I know that you made this shirt for the boys. We gave this shirt to the neighbor boy, Farfar, when we were here last November, and he passed it down to his sister, Micheline. She was wearing it today. Cool, huh?

No pictures today.

Dear all my friends that read my blog,

I want to say that I don't have any pictures today.  But I am blogging today.  I will take some tomorrow.  It's been a very good day today.  I played in the rain with my bathing suit on.  It was so fun.

Elinda is one of my friends here.  And Tina.  And Vania.  And Riann. And Slendia.  And also all of the Haitian Children's Home.

Sorry I haven't been able to make phone calls.  Hopefully I can call some of you soon!

Love,

Nia

This is Haiti.

My mom unpacked my camera. Some of the pictures on it were old. Some of the pictures were from MTI in Colorado. Some were from my trip to Haiti with my mom and Nana and Auntie Gretchen and Auntie Kristi. It's VERY fun moving here. I took some new pictures.

I am learning how to speak Creole. You know what? Elinda is learning how to speak English. We're teaching each other.

I am going to church tonight but my brothers aren't going. Because Nico got a bite and it's swollen so he had to take Benadryl. Josiah isn't going because he's a baby and he is a little sleepy.

The thing that's interesting is that everyone that is in the Haitian Children's Home (not so much everybody but some of the kids in the Haitian Children's Home) let me take pictures of them whenever I want. I will share some of those soon.

For now here are some other pictures.

Love,
Nia

This is the gate at the Haitian Children's Home.

This is mommy smiling with makeup on when we're going to church. She is beautiful.

This is my diary when I was talking about moving to Haiti. It is really cool.

This is me starting my diary.

This is Daddy and Josiah sitting on the plane.

This is me in headphones and sitting in my seat on the plane when we were flying. My mom took this one.

This is Fatina's shop at the beach. It sells a lot of really pretty stuff.

This is Nixon and me in Jacmel.

This is all the jewelry at Fatina's shop. Not all of it, but I just couldn't make the picture big enough.

This is Josiah picking his nose

Josiah picking his nose.

Josiah showing me his booger.

He is gross.

Five pictures to share

Dear friends that read my blog,

I hope you enjoy these pictures. These are my mom's pictures because my camera isn't unpacked yet. So my mom took these pictures.

I hope you enjoy.

Love,
Nia

Life group picture. (This is in the US.) These are my life group friends.

Me and grandma and Nico and Josiah and Daddy. We are talking on the computer. This is before I left.

Me writing in my diary. I was talking about my feelings yesterday.

My new house in Haiti.

This is my new room in my new house. It is pinkish peach.

I moved to Haiti

Hello friends,

I just moved to Haiti.  I can't wait to visit.

Today I went to the beach.  I ate there too.  I ate salad, french fries, ketchup, and had some tomatoes in my salad.  I didn't eat my salad though because I didn't care for it.  Or my tomatoes.  So I just ate french fries and ketchup.  And there was a sandwich.  It was ham and cheese.  I didn't eat the bread because it had tomato juice on it.  And remember, I don't care for tomatoes.

This afternoon I am going to take a little rest, write in my diary (I got a new diary yesterday-- it locks and everything!).

Our family got a new truck.  It is gold colored.  I got to ride in the back of the truck yesterday with my mom.  It was fun.

We also have a new house and I have my own room.  It is pinkish peach.  I like the color. I love my room.

Now that we moved here to Haiti, we are going to try to update you every day.  I am sorry I haven't written in so long.  My mom got really busy and wouldn't help me.  I will take pictures too to show you our new life.

Bye bye for now.

Love,

Nia