Creation 2007

We spent last weekend at Creation at the Gorge in Eastern Washington. We took along our friend Sarah, (who you will see in the pix) and all had a great time. It was over 100 degrees every day, and we cooled off going to the Columbia River to swim during the day. This was S and T's first time swimming in a lake, and after the initial fear of fish and crocodiles, they did great! The highlight for the boys was playing cards with their friends and The David Crowder Band. Tsion's favorite part (she slept thru all the concerts) was having "girl time" with Sarah. :)

ET Cousins at YL Camp

Above: Melish, Rediet and Helen

We recently recieved this update from Peter in Addis. We were able to send Sami and Tsion's 3 cousins to a YL camp for 4 days, and it looks like they had a great time! We are planning on going back to Addis in December to help out at another camp. Sami and Tsion love these updates from Peter. :)

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"We had really wonderful time together in every day at the camp and here in the town. We went to cultural restaurant and they were enjoying it very much. At the end of the day the teamhad shopping and we also had great celebration withall volunteer leaders and staffs and US team. Webought the sheep and one of the team members killed the sheep and we roasted it and have a big dinner with various food items at young life house and we stayed until 9:00 in the night and then after the volunteer leaders left we start to talk and hangout each other. A lot of fun, no body sleeps. Tomorrow the 3rd team will arrive here for the 4th camp. Here is some pictures attachment bellows Helen,redietand melish at the camp place pixs. Enjoy with it. Peter."

The Million Dollar Mouth

That is what Tsion has. Upon arrival at home, she had 6 extractions, and 6 crowns. We maxed out her dental immediately (thank God for insurance!) and now are above and beyond. When we go to the dentist in Bellevue, (a two hour trip) people look at me funny, and now I have a good excuse. My response is now "Tsion has a high-maintenance mouth". :) A couple weeks ago we had an emergency visit to our dentist (local) cuz a crown came off. Last week we had a spacer put in on the top, cemented on two crowned molars (the only molars she has) who know how long that will last. Almost makes me want to go to Thailand!

P.S. The braids are courtesy of my friends daughter...I am "no good" at braiding. ;)

Happy "Day We Picked You Up" Day!

6 Months ago today we picked up Sami and Tsion from the orphange. How far we have all come!

They are swimming like fish, and we spent the day with grandparents in the pool. We also recieved an explanation why Sami was so quiet the first 10 days we were together. He told us that he was afraid that we would bring him back. So he stayed quiet and VERY mellow. It is funny to see him and his true personality now, and how he must have been suffering those 10 days, keeping so quiet! :)

On to Soccer!

Zach's baseball team won their first two , and lost thier last two. We are at a loss with all this free time on our hands! Not for long...we will have 4 kids on 4 teams!

All-Star Baseball

A big win for NK today at the ball park! We celebrated afterwards at pizza with great-grandpa....

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