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Snow white days in Bassett Va

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So we have been in Bassett Virginia for 3 months and it has surly created such great bond and memory for our family and most importantly for our kids.

As we plan to start our year 2 of travelling in about 7days here are a few pictures of our families memories we created.

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Our beautiful daughter Aasha enjoying the snow

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Sisters bonding in the snow

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She is about to build something

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Our very own snowman

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Hot chocolate made by Destiny

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Drawing angels can be rewarding

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She still pose for the snow

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Time to slide

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Family rocks all the time…

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At the short pump mall

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A moment in our lives

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Marcus and his best friends

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Sisters taking care of sisters

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This is how we nap and wake up…

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Rocking her flat ironed afro

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They are sisters forever

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Family time just me and my kids

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My mother inlaw made this cherry pie…yummy

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Our beautiful family

Overall we have had the most memorable christmas ever and can’t wait for the upcoming one soon

Stay tuned as we start our next Journey coming up in 7days….

Bassett explorations about to put on hold for now…

South America explorations begins

On board

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We are on board our flight emirates airlines….

Super excited heading to Virginia to spend Christmas with love one and families..

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While checking in…

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Best friends for life

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Big hugs to our friend Sara….

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Mj and his best friend having a hugging moment

It was such a pleasure meeting all the beautiful people in malaysia

We will sure miss you all…

Malaysia Exploration on Pause…..

Our Last Night in Kuala Lumpur

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Wow…what an awesome experience of travelling as we complete the first year of our adventures.

Today is our last night to that twin towers view and also our new LLF’S  (Life Long Friends ).

We never say goodbye to them thanks to tango and whatsapp….LOL!!!

For our last night we spent it with our Malaysian friends Sara and her husband Sajad and their cute boy Razmiq who calls me mummy…

We will miss them all so much but with the Manns clan you never know when the wind will blow us back to Malaysia again so stay put and stay in touch.

Oh…and here is the funny thing…for our last supper my kids asked if we could have dinner at pizza Hut….such a weird thing to ask for since we are actually going to the land of pizza hut…lol!!!

Well their not so all the time request and wish was granted and we had a tasty crusty flaky pizza and enjoyed every single bite…

Well we say Goodnight Kuala Lumpur and Good afternoon Bassett Virginia.

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Great families we have made across the globe.

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Just a few of our 12 check in bags…for 1 year I think I have done very well not accumulating a whole lot….we started our trip with 10 bags and now we have 12….and 6 passengers…so not bad at all…LOL!!!!

Malaysia Exploration comes to an End….

See you on our next Journey…starting in February 2016..you will love this one…

Malaysia Exploration comes to an end….

It’s a spooky night in Malaysia

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So today at Bistari  condominium the management decided to have a Halloween party for the kids…it was really nice to be able to just have fun and kids make friends and laugh.

Some pictures below of how my kids looked like…they suppose to be spooky but they looked so cute…they said spooky beauty. ..lol!!!

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She is the beautiful good witch…lol…

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My nerd, Mt batman and my beautiful witch….

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The spooky family going down….

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Lol…at the hunted house…

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Not my choice of sweets…..

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It’s was a bug party with spooky kids all over the place….

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A Malaysian rice and coconut sweets….

Overall it was an awesome evening of just having a great time…

Malaysia Exploration Continues. ……

The Mines Mall….

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The countdown is really on as we prepare for our new adventure in Virginia….3 days before we get on our 21 hour flight….I don’t look forward to that at all….but I am excited about the destination where that 21 hour flight will take us all.

Well today we took a trip to the mines mall…it’s a 280 meters long man made lake that runs through a beautiful mall…

We got on our boat and jetted off to the mall….through a tunnel and shops all around us.

Some pictures below…

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Getting on the jetty

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The view while riding the jetty

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Family rock

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That’s my ticket less than $1

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The Mines

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Other jettys

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That’s the mall…

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Lovely ride

It’s a great day out here in the MINES

Malaysia Exploration Continues. ..

HOSPITAL!!!! WHAT FOR?

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Well let’s see how this story line will go…

Woke up early today because its one of the days we have to leave our apartment early for the weekly cleaning.
So got up and all prep up ready for what I consider an awesome upcoming day for the whole family. Going to play archery at timesquare mall.

Destiny our oldest decided today is not a day for her to be out so she wants to rest at home…I was not too excited about her decision but since she explained that she was just tired I felt I have to respect her decision.

So marcus and I and the rest of the bunches set off…all excited because marcus was taking Mj (our 6yr old boy) on his daddy date. Mj himself was super excited and even started teasing his sisters.

Got to the train station at PWTC platform all ready to board our train….just waiting on it to show up.

Then marcus and I sat down and the other kids found a spot to sit also while we wait on the train.

Then we heard a hit….and a scream and blood all over the ground….

It’s was our son…..Lord…I felt like my world just collapsed on me as I watch marcus run to him and said keep the head up….and blood just gushing out…I thought I lost my only son…

Then I remembered something that I have been practicing since having kids….stay calm the kids are watching how I react so they also decide how they act…so I took in deep breaths and just listen to instructions from marcus. Wish I took pictures of the blood but was so deep into figuring out what we have to do next.

So I run downstairs to get a first aid kit….which they don’t have so please stay out of danger while at the train station because no medical attention available.

After cleaning the blood and finally getting him calm from crying and scared of his own blood.

We rushed him to the nearest hospital to make sure that he does not need stitches.

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Blood all cleaned and trying to figure out if he can tell us what hurts….head, teeth, gum ect.

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Arrived at the hospital….he did not want to sit in the wheelchair…he was not excited about that at all…

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They checked him and said we have 2 options. Wait for a couple of days to see if it heals by itself with some antibiotics and pain killers or put him to sleep right away and stitch him up….well both the doctor and Marcus agree it’s not that urgent to stitch so just keep an eye on it for now…

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Getting it all cleaned up

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That’s how he looked swollen lip(a little cut inside) and bruised face….

Funny but after all this with our energy around him…he asked his daddy “can we still have our daddy date please?” So his wish was granted…

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He did get his wish….daddy date with laser tag and a movie and some ice cream…

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It could have been our worse nightmare but God is always watching over us….he is alright and playing all around like nothing happened…

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I got to get a pose in before we left him and marcus to have their father and son moment

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Well the girls and I decided to get into something fun…archery…

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She is on point…

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Ready to take over…

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I think I got this…lol!!

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Hey picture first…target later…

Over all our day was excellent with us having a super challenging but yet fun day…

Malaysia Exploration  Continues…

Malaysian Wedding experience

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It’s very very different starting from the moment I was invited to a Malay wedding by our Malaysian friend…

We first she said you can wear a jeans and a top…I was like what!!!…

You know how it is in Ghana and Africa…we get a new dress or bag or shoes just to attend a wedding….and my casual jeans is not one of my options at all…

We so I did wear jeans and my kids did too…

Some pictures below will give you an idea how our day went…

Now let’s go Malay

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Yeap that’s how I go to the wedding…

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And that’s how the kids dress to the Malay wedding

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Bride a groom pose

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That’s the bride in a Malay wedding

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Beautiful bride

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That’s how we all look…

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Brides family…

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They had a platform for posing so I had to try my poses…

Beautiful day it was…no stress on how you look kind of wedding…

Malaysia EXPLORATION continues. ….

#BlackFamilyTravelWorldwithKids

Some Facts about the Manns Clan

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Some facts about the Manns clan

Travelled for 11 months
From Accra Ghana and ends in roanoke VA. USA

We have flown on the plane for 26,227.9 miles

We have visited 5 new countries and 2 old ones so over all we have done 7 countries .

We have lived in 5 new homes where nothing in there belongs to us.

We have not driven our own car in 11 months….

We have been introduced to 4 new fruits we love
Rambutan
Mangosteen
Kiwi berries
Durian

We have consumed more fresh fruits in one country than our kids ever did in their existence
Fresh straberries
Grapes
Oranges
Kiwi
Plums
Peaches
Nectarine
All in capetown our fruit haven

By the time we land in ronoake we would have used 7 different currencies in our 11 months travels.

I personally have made around 10 life long friends whom I am constantly in contact with everyday or everyother day

We have had 3 major visits to the hospital since our 11 month travels (all worked out very well, no major issues)

Marcus and I have had 3 major aguements  in our 11 months of travel (sometimes a little challenge helps us all grow to be better 🙏🏽)

In our 11 months of travels Marcus and I have had 2
5 days trip alone.

In our 11 months travels we have celebrated 6 birthdays in 5 different countries

I hope you enjoy our Facts for the Manns clan

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We are the Manns Clan…

8 days more before we settle in the states for 3 months,  before our next travel adventure begin….hope you stay put since next year is going to be a whole new country and loads of surprises…

Malaysia EXPLORATION continues. ….

#BlackFamilyTravelWorldwithKids

Henna day at China Town

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Today we decided to enjoy a little bit of culture…the kids and I visited Chinatown and also Malaysia central market.

Chinatown was a little bit more than what we all Bargain for since it was very hot and humid.

And it was not such a pleasant smell…lol!!!

We also tried Henna….

Beautiful for a day…

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Aasha’s

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Such a beautiful moment to experience with my girls…

Malaysia EXPLORATION continues. ..

#BlackFamilyTravelWorldwithKids

Pre-birthday Daddy Date

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Today as we are all get excited for our 3rd daughters upcoming birthday celebration…IMAHKUS will be 11yrs old on sunday and anyone who knows her knows that she is a party kiddy…

She is already excited each day and looking forward to just being our little princess for the whole day and she get to cut her cake and just have a ball.

Today Marcus took her out on a date…shopping and also movie day. They went to watch Pan…

So grateful for a beautiful daughter and an amazing father to our kids…

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In their uber ride out…

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Check out that sunglasses…lol!!

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It’s theme park time after the movie…

Happy Pre-birthday baby girl…

Malaysia EXPLORATION continues. ….

#BlackFamilyTravelWorldwithKids