Jensen and Riley Moment

Happy 6th Birthday Riley!

Energy, spunk, zest, indefatigable . . . for starters.

From the Roof...Mostly

This mosque pic is interesting. I know that you are supposed to divide the composition into thirds but I thought it worked. What do you think? This is on our roof facing the west.




This shot was taken when Riley needed a bit of time out for playing monkey on the roof of a 6 storied building after being told it was dangerous. I love the stairs and the contrasting wall color around the corner. I took the saturation down to emphasize the light rather than the color. Comments?




Having worked on a construction crew for a summer, I am always fascinated by construction in Bangladesh. These bamboo props are holding up the floor of the next story. I just designed some batik pillow covers inspired by this structure. I will post a pic of them in the future.




Our sons have made the transition from home-school to convention school with grace. Grace International School is great. Pruitt's teacher has this class monkey whose name is Marti, pronounced "Mati" because she is British. Of course "mati" is also the word for "clay" in Bangla and he/she is clay colored. Anyway, each day one of the students gets the privilege of taking Marti home with them. Pruitt's turn just happened to be over the weekend. He was elated and showed him off to everyone. It was quite hilarious. Marti also has a diary where Pruitt had to write what he did and put a picture in it. I had fun with the photo shoot!

Water Boys

My sons . . . I am speechless.

Pirates Three

Jensen: "Arrgh! How far do you think this baby could take us Matey's?"



Pruitt: "If I turn the wheel and get this baby spinning fast enough maybe it would take off like a helicopter."



Riley: "How fast does this baby go, Mateys?"

My Fun-ctional Family (because it's mine)

On our long trip south to Agaljhara, Barisal, Jensen got bored and put on my shirt. Needless to say it was too hot for one shirt, much less two. Then, he proceeded to make his best super hero pose. Not bad if you ask me.





Upon our arrival at one of the job creation partners that I will be working with, our whole family was presented with these flower garlands. Jensen, Pruitt, and Riley weren't quite sure how to act.




Pruitt and Riley pretend that they are firemen outside of the guest house in Agailjhara, Barisal.





The best for last! Here is my beautiful wife, Marita with our youngest son Riley whose orneriness definitely was passed down through the Stutzman genes.

The Younger Two

This is my "mejho" (middle) son Pruitt. A little man after my own heart. He has his hands in clay. After trekking down to the river the boys had a blast splashing around and collecting mud. This is the first time they have been able to swim since they've arrived. They were in little boy heaven.



This is Riley in one of his rare quiet moments.