Vacation
All By Ourselves
Monday, August 23rd, 2010On Saturday Bill and I escaped calmly walked out from our house and left Grammy in charge of the kids. We left and spent the time together at the Arizona Biltmore. The Biltmore is a very lovely hotel and one we had been meaning to spend some time at but never got around to. When [...]
Cabin Fever
Friday, July 24th, 2009On Wednesday of this week we drove up to Silver Creek, Arizona. It is about a 3.5 hour drive from our home. My cousin was up there with her kids and she asked if we wanted to come along for a day. I thought that sounded like fun so we packed up and went. The [...]
The last day
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009Each morning the children loved to open up the shades and say “Hello Seattle.” When they opened up the drape today they were surprised to find that fog was covering the city. They couldn’t see the space needle and were sad. We got up and headed down to the Top Pot for our coffee and [...]
Meeting friends and pouring rain
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009This morning we decided to venture out to the Top Pot coffee and donut shop. I wish we had heard about it before that day, although I am sure it is good that we didn’t, I fear I would consumed far too much of their goodness. The coffee was amazing, I haven’t had such great [...]
Science Museum
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009We took a lazy morning in the hotel today and hung out for a while. The kids are really enjoying the cable tv, and since it is vacation we are allowing them the indulgence. Later we headed out to get lunch and go to the Science Museum. The museum was a lot of fun and [...]
Space Needle
Saturday, March 21st, 2009Today was the day we were finally going to go up the space needle. The kids had been admiring it from our hotel room since we had arrived. They were so excited when we got there. I am not sure what they were expecting but Annie said, “Mom we aren’t on the very top of [...]
Seattle it is
Monday, January 26th, 2009We were looking around at all the cities that were given to us as ideas and we honestly loved every single one of them. I know that over time we will make it out to those cities and I can’t wait to meet you all. Unfortunately we had to make a choice and when we [...]
Color me happy
Sunday, December 14th, 2008My suitcase arrived yesterday!!!! There is still only one bag missing. We are waiting a bit longer to see if it turns up. The good news is if it doesn’t United will claim it as lost – finally. Several tips for families traveling someday. 1. Make sure your bags are checked all the way through. [...]
Bartering Experts
Thursday, December 11th, 2008*Written 12/6/2008 This morning we went to the market to purchase scarves, Ethiopian dress for our family, and other souveiners. It was amazing the craftsmanship that went into each item. Here was a man sitting outside his shop working on weaving the scarf. All the scarves are hand woven and the clothes were handmade of [...]
Hanging out
Thursday, December 11th, 2008*written 12/5/2008 We had to reschedule because two children were ill at the orphanage and had to be brought to the hospital. We will be going tomorrow. We spent most the day at the HOH guest house. We played in the courtyard with the older children, spent time in the toddler room with Paul’s friends [...]
Phone calls
Thursday, December 11th, 2008*Written 12/4/2008 I am not sure if phone calls are good or bad. I love to hear from the Girls but inevitably I begin crying. Tonight Kimberly was telling me all about how she has the sharing bag and how excited she is to be bringing her ornament to share with the kids. Annie was [...]
Embassy Day!
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008*Written on 12/4/2008 We didn’t get our luggage yet so Sunday best was not the case for us as we dressed for our embassy appointment. I wore my three day old jeans and a new t-shirt from Addis while Bill wore his new khaki pants that don’t fit that well because the size of the [...]
Going to Brussels
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008*Written on 12/3/2008 Unfortunately my Mother got the call last night (midnight ugh!, sorry about that Mom) that one of our bags landed in Brussels. I have no idea why it is there or even how it would have gotten routed there. The good news is that we bought the travelers insurance. The bad news [...]
Shopping and Local Color
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008*Written 12/3/2008 After sightseeing we went out to try to get some shampoo, diapers, and a change of clothes for each of us. Ephrim was giving us a tour of the city and it was quite interesting how the people live. I cannot imagine living like that. People are everywhere, I mean EVERYWHERE. I know [...]
Our First Night as a Family
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008*Written on 12/2/2008 Ambase did well for his first night considering that we didn’t know him and he didn’t know us. Several times in the night he awoke and cried for no reason but was easily consoled. They have been feeding him from an open cup and we tried that. It was so very awkward [...]
Highway 191
Sunday, September 7th, 2008This past weekend Bill and I went on an overnight trip in the Mini Cooper. We left early Saturday morning and drove up to Pinetop Arizona, through some beautiful country. Bill had never been that way before so that was nice. We drove out to Hawley Lake before going to dinner. It was such a [...]