Sunday, October 31, 2010
We have a visitor! Stanley is back!
Stanley arrived a week ago, ready for the cold weather we've been having... He's visiting from Mansfield, Ohio, and will be staying with us for awhile, and making the move with us back to the States. We've had some fun showing him around Germany...He's been bowling with the Cub Scouts, attended a traditional Nigerian Baby Naming Ceremony, and even carved some pumpkins to get ready for Halloween. Tomorrow, he'll be trick-or-treating with the rest of the kids! Wait till' you see what costume he chose!
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Back to school... Soccer... Packing up...and a quick trip to Addis!
Since Jon returned home, it has been a whirlwind of reintegration and getting ready for the big move. I've been packing things and trying to tie up loose ends, and between school, work and all my little projects, I just haven't had time to sit down and upload pics, and post.... That, and my computer has been acting weird every time I log into Blogger.... not sure whats up there, but right now, I'm on Jon's!
I have some pics here for your viewing enjoyment, so enjoy!
The kids started back to school the first week of September, this pic is from day 2, since I was so busy on day 1, that I forgot to take a pic!
Its crazy having 4 kids, on 3 different buses... The girls are doing fairly well as Freshmen, and have maintained honor roll thus far! Leyton is enjoying 2nd grade, and is doing well, too... Thank God he got my spelling gene! Ava is really doing great in PSCD... she has made a bunch of friends, and continues to work on speaking! She has a great team of teachers, and we will miss them dearly, when we move.
After we finished packing up on the 22nd of September, I decided to purchase tickets, and make a quick trip to Layla House. I had been wanting to do it for a while, since so many changes are taking place down there at the moment... I really just wanted to check them out for myself, and see what I could do to help. It was a really quick trip, just one week... and you know that can't possibly be enough time, but it was worth it, and I'm so glad that I went!
I was especially glad to hang out with the kids, and visit with 'my loves'! A few shots from the trip!
It was great to catch up with my sponsorship kids, too! I always love seeing them, and can't believe how much they have grown in the past few years! They are great kids, and honestly, one of the best gifts you could give yourself for the holidays, is to sponsor one of these kids for $35-40 per month... and make a WORLD of difference in the life of a child. The money really gets to them... and it makes such a difference... I'm so glad that we do this!
I had a great time staying with my dear friend, Ivy.... She was so nice to open her house to me, and it was great to catch up with her! On my last night, we had a little going away party for another friend, Will... Will works with Mending Kids, and was there volunteering with Dr. Rick Hodes...
The kids are ALL busy with soccer! And all are doing well!
A week ago, I opened the blinds in the morning, to watch for the bus, and saw a boxer wearing a jacket, walking down the sidewalk down the street from our house. A short while later, when I went out to take Ava to German Kindergarten, the same dog was in the middle of the street in front of our house! She walked over to me, and followed me out to put the recycling away... and then sat by our door.... I was running late, so I put Ava in the car, and drove her to KG. When I returned about 20 mins later, the dog was walking in the middle of the street at the edge of town... Our road is beyond curvy and narrow, and cars fly through here. I didn't want her to get hit, and thought she belonged to an older woman in our town... so I opened the car door, and she came and climbed in. She laid down immediately and was fast asleep, before I got back in on the drivers side. I drove to the ladies house, and was assured that it wasn't her dog. I drove to a neighbors house, to see if she recognized her... but she didn't. She suggested we take her to the town mayor and let them deal with her... and also to see if she was reported missing.... We drove her down there, they took our name and called the pound, but got no answer... so I agreed to keep her at our house. I drove her home, but couldn't get her out of the car... she was dead asleep. She slept in the car, and I couldn't wake her, for almost 3 hours. When she did finally wake, I brought her inside, where she promptly found a cozy spot on Olivers bed, and went back to sleep. Later that afternoon, the lady from the pound called and came to get her. When she arrived at our house, she told Jon that she had been watching for the dog for a week.... It seems that the dog and her owner, were involved in a auto accident a week prior, in a city about 30 miles from here. The owner is still in the hospital, and the dog ran from the scene.... No wonder she was so tired... the poor thing had been walking for a week, with no food... Look at this sweet face.
A few random shots of Ava....
Selina celebrated her 15th birthday over the weekend....
We have already booked tickets for the move. We will leave our house on the first of November, and will be flying from Germany to Kansas on the 8th... We have a house lined up, and hopefully everything will work out, and we will have our stuff quickly. I can't believe how fast the time has gone, since Jon's been back. I'm not looking forward to the move... I will miss Germany so much, its our home... But hopefully something great will be waiting for us in the 'land of Ahh's!'
I have some pics here for your viewing enjoyment, so enjoy!
The kids started back to school the first week of September, this pic is from day 2, since I was so busy on day 1, that I forgot to take a pic!
Its crazy having 4 kids, on 3 different buses... The girls are doing fairly well as Freshmen, and have maintained honor roll thus far! Leyton is enjoying 2nd grade, and is doing well, too... Thank God he got my spelling gene! Ava is really doing great in PSCD... she has made a bunch of friends, and continues to work on speaking! She has a great team of teachers, and we will miss them dearly, when we move.
After we finished packing up on the 22nd of September, I decided to purchase tickets, and make a quick trip to Layla House. I had been wanting to do it for a while, since so many changes are taking place down there at the moment... I really just wanted to check them out for myself, and see what I could do to help. It was a really quick trip, just one week... and you know that can't possibly be enough time, but it was worth it, and I'm so glad that I went!
I was especially glad to hang out with the kids, and visit with 'my loves'! A few shots from the trip!
It was great to catch up with my sponsorship kids, too! I always love seeing them, and can't believe how much they have grown in the past few years! They are great kids, and honestly, one of the best gifts you could give yourself for the holidays, is to sponsor one of these kids for $35-40 per month... and make a WORLD of difference in the life of a child. The money really gets to them... and it makes such a difference... I'm so glad that we do this!
I had a great time staying with my dear friend, Ivy.... She was so nice to open her house to me, and it was great to catch up with her! On my last night, we had a little going away party for another friend, Will... Will works with Mending Kids, and was there volunteering with Dr. Rick Hodes...
The kids are ALL busy with soccer! And all are doing well!
A week ago, I opened the blinds in the morning, to watch for the bus, and saw a boxer wearing a jacket, walking down the sidewalk down the street from our house. A short while later, when I went out to take Ava to German Kindergarten, the same dog was in the middle of the street in front of our house! She walked over to me, and followed me out to put the recycling away... and then sat by our door.... I was running late, so I put Ava in the car, and drove her to KG. When I returned about 20 mins later, the dog was walking in the middle of the street at the edge of town... Our road is beyond curvy and narrow, and cars fly through here. I didn't want her to get hit, and thought she belonged to an older woman in our town... so I opened the car door, and she came and climbed in. She laid down immediately and was fast asleep, before I got back in on the drivers side. I drove to the ladies house, and was assured that it wasn't her dog. I drove to a neighbors house, to see if she recognized her... but she didn't. She suggested we take her to the town mayor and let them deal with her... and also to see if she was reported missing.... We drove her down there, they took our name and called the pound, but got no answer... so I agreed to keep her at our house. I drove her home, but couldn't get her out of the car... she was dead asleep. She slept in the car, and I couldn't wake her, for almost 3 hours. When she did finally wake, I brought her inside, where she promptly found a cozy spot on Olivers bed, and went back to sleep. Later that afternoon, the lady from the pound called and came to get her. When she arrived at our house, she told Jon that she had been watching for the dog for a week.... It seems that the dog and her owner, were involved in a auto accident a week prior, in a city about 30 miles from here. The owner is still in the hospital, and the dog ran from the scene.... No wonder she was so tired... the poor thing had been walking for a week, with no food... Look at this sweet face.
A few random shots of Ava....
Selina celebrated her 15th birthday over the weekend....
We have already booked tickets for the move. We will leave our house on the first of November, and will be flying from Germany to Kansas on the 8th... We have a house lined up, and hopefully everything will work out, and we will have our stuff quickly. I can't believe how fast the time has gone, since Jon's been back. I'm not looking forward to the move... I will miss Germany so much, its our home... But hopefully something great will be waiting for us in the 'land of Ahh's!'
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