Happy November!

Since I am so lame at blogging lately, I will at least leave you with this last video...maybe till January! We leave the 13th of December for Addis. (Note to mail thief: we have in-laws who now live here. Do not steal my Christmas cards this year!) Tsion and Sami will get to visit thier 4 month old sister, and we will be working on projects in Addis, as well as holding Young Life camp again.

One cute Tsion story. We found a pumpkin outfit on sale for $1. We grabbed it for her baby sister Eyrus. Sami was like "no, no way." Tsion looked at him in her semi-sweet and sassy way and said "I can decorate my sister however I want!!"

You can pray for our group and trip in December. We are dealing with some corruption in the orphanage we have been supporting the last year. The goverment in Ethiopia is involved, and we are not sure what will end up happening. More importantly, please pray for all 100 kids who are and are wrapped up in the mess.

Enjoy your family this Thanksgiving!

Ta-Da!

Did you notice? Sami got his contacts. It is so great not to have to worry about glasses and sports, and going to get the adjusted all the time cuz they are falling off!! His vision without glasses was around 20/2200. With glasses it was about 20/40. Now it is 20/25! Having the lens on his eyes helped that much. He is VERY exited about showing them off to his family and friends in Ethiopia!

Happy Halloween?

We did, I s'pose, have a "Happy Halloween." We have not celebrated Halloween for a few years, mostly because of my eldest. When he was around 8, the night started freaking him out. He has a discerning spirit, and he was asking "Why do we celebrate this night?"

So, while everyone is chatting about political flip-flopping, this year we flip-flopped on Halloween. The kids wanted to dress up, and hang out with their friends. We dug thru the Young Life bins, and came up with costumes....(except for Tsion, I had found her a cheerleading costume at Goodwill). Then, we did what everyone does...get in the car and drive to the "cool neighborhood." This neighborhood is almost completely blocked off, and cars have to park on the main road. There are kids EVERYWHERE! It was crazy. Will we do it next year? Maybe, but I would rather just buy a big bag of candy and stay home. ;) Zach did rename the night, he called it the "get-as-much-candy-as-you-can-night."

I happened to snap this as the smoke machine off!

Digging thru their stuff, they couldn't wait till they got home!

This was actually someones house! The yards here were decked out. You can see the ghost on the top right, he was going back and forth on a pulley system.

Pumpkin Party

This week we went to a pumpkin party at one of my friends house. She has the coolest set up for kids. They turned their garage into a "game room" with everything a kid could want! PS3, big screen, bean bags, 2 pin ball machines, a driving video game, and even a real Mrs. Pac-Man for us moms. ;) A great way to entice the high-school/middle school kids to hang out at YOUR house! (And yes, Sami is missing.....he was in HUGE trouble, and stayed at home with Lance's parents......)