The Latest and Greatest

Okay – I don’t actually have the time to write a detailed post right now, but I wanted to share that our homestudy is complete and in my hands! I just need one last document and I can submit our application with immigration (USCIS). It’s exciting! I am hopeful that we will be on trip one to meet our son this summer. And I’m praying he will be home before the end of 2017. We will see.

I have a bunch of great family photos and I’ll be putting them up soon. Hmm… let me see if I can just upload them really quick before somebody needs me for something….

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Here is Hurya doing a friend's hair, Ethiopian style!

Here is Hurya doing a friend’s hair, Ethiopian style!

My family, my life.

My family, my life.

Outside.

Outside.

Sooooooo pretty!

Sooooooo pretty!

Darling girl.

Darling girl.

I love the rosy cheeks on my cheeky four-year-old!

I love the rosy cheeks on my cheeky four-year-old!

The first snow.... it was quite cold and too powdery to build a snowman.... or even to sled properly, but we tried!

The first snow…. it was quite cold and too powdery to build a snowman…. or even to sled properly, but we tried!

So pretty!

So pretty!

The chickens didn't leave their roosting area much.

The chickens didn’t leave their roosting area much.

Even our steep little hill needed a pull to get moving.

Even our steep little hill needed a pull to get moving.

Anna and her friend acting like preteens.

Anna and her friend acting like preteens.

One night, Brian applied the necessary energy to make the powdered snow into a snowman. It was just a little warmer this night and it worked! Until the dogs ate the nose and chewed off his arms, poor fella.

One night, Brian applied the necessary energy to make the powdered snow into a snowman. It was just a little warmer this night and it worked! Until the dogs ate the nose and chewed off his arms, poor fella.

A friend invited us to sled on their hill! So we put on chains and headed over twice!

A friend invited us to sled on their hill! So we put on chains and headed over twice!

Fun!

Fun!

Fast!

Fast!

More friends.

More friends.

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She went SOOOooo fast and I laughed so hard at her breathless, afraid, but having fun face the first few runs.

She went SOOOooo fast and I laughed so hard at her breathless, afraid, but having fun face the first few runs.

Wheee!

Wheee!

It was good we had chains. It is a steep, windy, packed snow AND ice road to get there.

It was good we had chains. It is a steep, windy, packed snow AND ice road to get there.

The sledding hill.

The sledding hill.

Off course!

Off course!

Knocking snow off the branches

Knocking snow off the branches

Yippeeee!

Yippeeee!

Flying!

Flying!

Sledding videos!

First day sledding:

Blast off!

Maggie….. then Carrie!

Elli and Anna over the jumps:

Easily my favorite video…. Maggie…. jumps… she said the second jump hurt. I was not at all surprised!

Brody and Carrie:

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  1. gramC

    Woo-hoo! Looks like tons of fun!

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