Jane's host family raises African pygmy hedgehogs. Here is a picture of their critter room and here is their website!

It snowed right after Jane arrived! On January 18th, we took a drive up to Olathe and Overland Park (1-1/2 hours to the north). Click here for pictures!

Here are some pictures of Jane's host family's home!

On January 25th, we went to see The Little Angels, a Korean dance troupe. See!

Jane gets to see newborn hedgehog babies! Wow!

On January 26th, we went to Stockton Lake, MO, to visit our friends for a Superbowl party!

Jane celebrated her 18th birthday on January 28th! Happy Birthday!

The AFS Wichita Winter Weekend was celebrated on February 1st and 2nd. See our photos from the trip by clicking here.

A lazy winter weekend, click here to see how we passed the time.

On Valentine's Day, Jane had the day off from school. Click here to see what she did instead!

Click here to see some of the things we do at home on chilly winter weekends.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Click here to see the snow that arrived on February 23rd!

A visit to Shipley Quarterhorses on March 9th.

Jane went to the Iola Hedgehog Fest on March 29th and 30th!

This page shows assorted family pictures from March!

On April 5th, we went to Kansas City to ship hedgehogs and found a Korean restaurant in Overland Park, KS! Look!

We went to the Kansas City Herpetological Society's annual Herp Expo, then to the Great Plains Mall on April 13, 2003. Click here.

We took advantage of the lovely spring weather for an evening  trip to the park on April 18th!

Click here to see how we spent our Easter!

A sunny summer weekend spent at home. Click here to see.

Here's our trip to the Sedgewick County Zoo, where we got to see all sorts of wondrous creatures.

See how tornado season opened this year: click here.

Click here to see Jane's before-the-unprom pictures!

On May 13, 2003, we went to see the Iola High School Art Show.

Click here to see Jane and Tig's visit to historic Fort Scott!

Pictures from our Saturday road trip (May 24, 2003).

On May 25th, we attended the Car Show at Yates Center Days!

Zury celebrated his third birthday on May 29, 2003.

To see pictures from Seph's dance recital, click here!

We had Zury's birthday party on May 31st, click here to see what a great time we all had!

June 7th- it's finally looking like summer around here!

See the Friday the 13th adventure to Yates Center and the Chanute Safari Museum.

Saturday the 14th was a full day of more adventures! Click here to see our trip that started with lunch in Fort Scott and ended with a civil war reenactment of the Burning of Humboldt.

We finally got the photos developed that Jane took on her last week of school! Click here to see!

We celebrated Father's Day, June 15th, with quite a road trip. Look here.

Francesca and Martina, AFS students who spent the 02/03 school year in the Wichita area, came to visit on June 21 & 22. See what we did while they were here.

Jane has been going to the weekly summer story time at the local library with Lance and the kids. Click here to see what that is like!

We took a weekend trip to Saint Louis. The first page of pictures, from Saturday, June 28th, is here.

The second page of Saint Louis pictures is here! These were taken on Sunday, June 29th.

The third and last page of St. Louis pictures, from Sunday the 29th and Monday the 30th of June, are here. 

See our 4th of July celebration!

We had a big summer hail storm come through on July 11th. Click here to see what that looked like!

On July 12th we attended the annual Hooked on Fishing Not on Drugs tournament that took place at Abbot's Pond in Iola. Look!

Click here too see some pictures we took when we went up to Kansas City for the KC Herp and Exotics Expo on July 13th.

Jane cooked Korean food and invited her friends over for dinner on July 14th. Click here to see those pictures!

On Monday, July 21st, Lance and Paul took Jane and the kids to see the Combat Air Museum in Topeka, KS. Click here for pictures.

On Wednesday, August 6th to Saturday, August 9th, Jane and Tig went to help with the fall AFS arrival orientation. Click here to see the excitement!

On Sunday, August 10th, we took a trip up to Kansas City and enjoyed trying Ethiopan food! See it here.

Jane cooked Korean food for her friends on August 18th. Click here to see!

Click here to see how we celebrated Kansas Outdoor Kids Day on September 6th!

We celebrated Seph's 5th birthday on Saturday, September 20th! Click here to see what we did.

The last weekend in September, we went to Denver, CO for the Mile High Hedgehog Show. Click here to see our first stop along the way.

Next we stopped to see the "giant prairie dog." Click here to see.

Enjoy our pictures of the Mile High Hedgehog Show.

These are our pictures of what we did on the way home from the show!

On October 4th, we went to Kansas City and enjoyed Mongolian Barbecue.

Jane enjoyed the homecoming festivities on October 9th and 10th. Click here to see she and her friends!

Jane got to run her first competition cross country race on October 18th. Click here to find out how she did!

Click here to enjoy the Farm City Days celebration on October 18th.

Southeast Kansas AFS (in other words, Tig and Jane) organized a Shocktober Fest Weekend on October 25th and 26th. Click here to see the fun!

Happy Halloween! Click here to see how we celebrated.

November passed quickly, and soon it was time for Thanksgiving. It is always the fourth Thursday in November. Click here to see our family celebration.

Since Jane would not be here for Christmas, click here to see how we celebrated Christmas on Thanksgiving!

We took the whole family out for Ethiopian food and had the most incredible experience! Click here to learn about that!