A week ago we drove for an overnight (which turned into two nights away) in Vancouver. We visited my BF, went to the aquarium, ate Ethiopian food, shopped at IKEA, and showed the girls the ocean.
Every day since one of our daily reading selections (we read about 4 books a day) has been Baby Beluga! [...]
We spend a little time in rural Ethiopia - outside of Addis, around Adama and around Lake Langano. I think future trips will probably include more venturing outside of the cities… now that we are more comfortable with the country and how it works.
To give you a sense of the places we went, in the rainy [...]
We’ve been looking forward to doing this post, as I think it was both Jrock and I’s favorite part of our trip to Ethiopia.
For five days, we stayed at Bishangari Lodge, on the shores of Lake Langano. The lodge is a 5+ hour drive from Addis, south of Adama, but well worth the travel distance. [...]
At first when we arrived, I was determined to cook at our hotel. After all, there was a hotplate, and I love to cook. Things I didn’t take into account: electricity (therefore cooking power) only once every two days; eating out being so darned cheap; and a complete inability to leave kids while taking off [...]
I thought I would write about something lighter… A story that starts in Ethiopia and continues to this day
When you are thinking of adopting transracially, girls’ hair can be intimidating. Try twins on for size! Anyway, I jumped in with two feet and am really enjoying doing the girls’ hair.
What works for us: [...]
Flying to Ethiopia the way we did, we were so afraid that 1. our kids would be dispersed to other orphanages and 2. that they would run out of food.
Well, if the Women’s Ministry hadn’t been in a training seminar for two weeks at that time, the transition home may well have been “reorganized” and [...]
For those of you who have never been to Ethiopia, here are some pictures that will give you a taste of the captial, Addis Ababa. For those that have been, you will also remember the sounds
horns honking, donkeys braying, children laughing, machiato cups clinking, blind ladies begging, diesel trucks roaring, friends greeting
and the smells
coffee roasting, [...]
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Thank goodness! It sure is nice to be back.
I just want to start by thanking everyone who was so kind and helped us out during the difficult time - from my mom jumping on a plane with 6 hours notice, to my sister posting this stuff up, to my friend T helping me pack, to [...]
Here are a few of my favourite pictures from Gramma’s camera. They aren’t necessarily the best pictures, but the ones that made me pause…that show my sis being a mom (so cool), that show a little about the girls’ personalities, and that just made me go “Awwww….”. I can’t wait to see the pictures of [...]
Howdy to all our Canadian friends!! A big thanks to K and M&D who sent Jrock some pics, and K - I got your CD. Thanks so much! R in the Nth Ok - we dropped off your package and it got into he right hands
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So Jrock arrived 2 nights ago - and boy [...]
We keep on putting off vacation… it’s this hope that “any month now” we will be whisking off to Ethiopia. So when Jrock had a couple of days between the end of one job and the beginning of the next, we left my visiting father in Kelowna and took off down south. We stayed at [...]
Two weeks ago I made my annual trip up north.Â
Officially, I go up there to work - but really, I could do everything from home. The real reason is to see my family - my parents still live up there and my brother and sister-in-law are living up there for two years as well. It’s also [...]
This past weekend we sure put on the miles - 2400 km to be a bit more precise. We took two days to drive out to Saskatchewan, had two days there, and then drove two days back again.
I think I need a vacation from our vacation!
But we did get to see a lot of people [...]
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Finger Puppets - an essential tool for international toddler travel!
I bought a set for my secret pal (what seems like eons ago, now - ) for bringing her 2 and 4 year olds home… and she said they were great. So Jrock and I were out shopping and we picked out an “under the sea” [...]
Last weekend was great to get away!
We met up with our friends K (male) and K (female) in Revelstoke - they’re from Calgary so it’s sort of in between. K (male) is Jrock’s best friend from when they were literally babies, and we always have some good fun together.
I don’t have any pictures from skiing [...]
