Happy St. Patty's Day!

I found these Green bagels at the Market today! Yum :)

Yes, we are Alive!!

I promise, I did have good intentions on updating about our trip. I had frantically called my sweet sis-in-law from the airport, so I could post to wordpress from Addis. Even with a computer and internet in our guest house (Addis Kidane Guest House, it was great!) the snails pace dial up barely let us check our e-mail.

We had a great trip, and if you want to be facebook friends :) you can see a good portion of our photos. I will choose some highlights in the near future (haha!) and tell about a couple fun things we came across. And to be a bit honest, after spending 6 weeks in Addis in the last 2 years, I am pretty burned out by what I have experienced and seen....which is another reason I have not blogged. As I look back now, the frustrating experiences are fading and I am remembering the good things!

Since we have been back, we have:

*taken my ET son Sami from school
*Sami has a possible Kidney Stone? TBD at Children's Hospital next month.
*went to Silver Mtn. in Idaho on a YL ski trip, not to ski but to play at their amazing water park!! And btw, it is a gorgeous resort!
*3 kids in indoor soccer
*4 kids starting baseball, luckily 3 are on the same team!
*went from homeschooling 1 kid in the fall, to hsing 2.5 this spring.
*working my butt off at the gym, gone from running 1 mile to 7 miles in 2 months.
*Lance will be on reduced salary after this month (I know, join the club!) Pray for fundraising!
*I got "reading glasses" Guess that comes with being 38. I was told to wear them only when I was reading or on the computer "working" for an extended period of time. I asked if blogging and facebook counted?? ;)
*We will celebrate our 14th Anniversary this Wednesday.
*Leaving to visit family in SoCal on Saturday.

I will post some pics, and hopefully i will blogging poolside next week. :)