At one of our pediatric appts for Abi Mulu and Addis our nurse, Cathy (a family friend), mentioned that an Ethiopian couple comes in every now and then. She wondered if it was possible would I like to have contact with them. Would I ever!!!
This week or last they must have went in for a visit because I got the call that she had given them our phone number! A few days ago I got THAT call!! He was very, very nice and told me if we needed him for any reason to call him. I asked him if he would talk to the girls and see if there was anything they wanted to tell me. He willingly did so and it was quite comical on our end since the girls have never used a phone and didn't know that a voice especially one speaking Amharic comes out of it.
He told me after talking to each of them that they are happy and are doing fine. They had nothing they needed to tell us. He thanked me for taking in children from Ethiopia. He couldn't believe it when I told him we had also eight bio children. We're hoping to have him and his family over for dinner soon.
Oh, I also told him that we took them out for Ethiopian food last week and he thought that was wonderful. Apparently he used to own an Ethiopian restaurant called The Blue Nile here in the San Diego area. Someday I or the girls or all of us may get a cooking lesson or two!
Thank you, Lord for helping us in this way!
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
Update for the week
Sorry I haven't been posting as regular as I usually do. I've been so busy and then when I do sit down to write it seems so boring.
I forgot to post that last weekend Joe played in a soccer tournament. His last game was played at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista. It gave us a reason to frantically get someplace after church with seven hungry children. We got there just before half-time. It took longer to drive there and back then it did to watch. Oh well.
Tuesday we had piano. I took some tops back to Sears that I had bought before going to Ethiopia. I didn't realize that they were only $10 each. I thought I had gold or something in my bag. Twenty bucks is twenty bucks though, and it came in handy when we went to In & Out Burger the next day.
Wednesday Addis, Mulu and Joel all had dental appts. I took the girls and Jesse took Joel. We use two different dentists and their appts. were the same time. Joel's adult tooth is growing in and pushing his baby teeth which caused the filling to fall out and a cavity was found: that was why his tooth was hurting. They fixed it and warned us that it could fall out again. At least this time we know to look for it.
Addis and Mulu's dentist said it was the first time he had an emotional reaction from them. Between the sounds of the equipment and the work they were doing he could tell by a tear here and there and their body expressions that they weren't handling it well.
The good news is that Mulu is done, but Addis needs one more treatment. His panoramic x-ray shows Abi Mulu to be about six and Addis he aged at ten. Yikes!!! Her bone scan shows 8.10 years and her teeth 9-11. I think we'll go with nine, but here birth certificate shows a February 2008 birthday. Not sure if we're changing it or not.
After all that we went to In & Out for burgers. The girls don't especially like meat it seems, but they eat what we eat, so burgers it was. Their mouths were a little sore so I showed them how to eat little bites.
Speaking of bites I've been teaching them to eat with their mouths closed. One of my major pet peeves is when you can see what a person is eating. No thank you! They make sure and show me when they remember on their own that they are eating with their mouths closed. :-)
Wednesday night was our Awana awards night. Joel received two book awards as well as two book review patches. He technically has verses to say to finish book one so we'll work on it over the summer. Because he was in first grade he had to go on to the first grade book instead of reviewing the first book. John, Addis & Abi received participation ribbons and James received a first book award for T & T. One of my leaders bought me a cute picture that says, "Choose you this day Whom you will serve. But as for me and my house We will serve The Lord. It is so stinkin' cute. I just love it!!!
Yesterday was a normal at home day. I made chicken and rice for dinner with corn on the cob. We had a cake mix/cherry pie filling dessert. That was pretty yummy! Jared & Miranda came over for a while. They both had the afternoon off which was nice for them. They're such a cute couple. :-)
Oh my goodness! Did you watch Lost? Freaky ending!!! Could we have expected anything less from Sawyer? Jumping out of a helicopter after giving Kate a great big smooch. WOW! Poor Sun! Jin was so close yet so far away.........
Joel has really taken off on his reading this week. He curled up in bed with his A Beka reader last night. Oh My Lanta!! I've never had a boy do that!!! He is also such a good piano player that Jared couldn't believe it when he heard him yesterday. He's a lot like Jesse. A little brainiac.
I'm taking back over as the California blogger for The Old Schoolhouse Magazines Home School Nations. I stopped doing it in Feb, but noticed that it's not getting updated so I offered to take it back over. It was met with a hearty, "Yes!" Now, we're just trying to figure out the userid so I can login.
My doctor called earlier this week to tell me I have a 3.2 x 3.3 cyst on my right ovary. I have to go back in eight weeks for another sono to see if it has shrunk, stayed the same or grown. Please pray that it goes away, please!
This week has had me on edge a little. The noise level in the house has really been grating on my nerves. The constant playing of the piano, the voices that rise louder and louder to be heard, screams of little girls because they're not getting their way or someone is bothering them. Sometimes it's a little much. Thank God for 7pm/8pm bedtimes!! Steve and I then retreat into our kid-free room and nearly collapse from exhaustion. We can do this job God has given us though. We just have to rely on Him. Always.
I forgot to post that last weekend Joe played in a soccer tournament. His last game was played at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista. It gave us a reason to frantically get someplace after church with seven hungry children. We got there just before half-time. It took longer to drive there and back then it did to watch. Oh well.
Tuesday we had piano. I took some tops back to Sears that I had bought before going to Ethiopia. I didn't realize that they were only $10 each. I thought I had gold or something in my bag. Twenty bucks is twenty bucks though, and it came in handy when we went to In & Out Burger the next day.
Wednesday Addis, Mulu and Joel all had dental appts. I took the girls and Jesse took Joel. We use two different dentists and their appts. were the same time. Joel's adult tooth is growing in and pushing his baby teeth which caused the filling to fall out and a cavity was found: that was why his tooth was hurting. They fixed it and warned us that it could fall out again. At least this time we know to look for it.
Addis and Mulu's dentist said it was the first time he had an emotional reaction from them. Between the sounds of the equipment and the work they were doing he could tell by a tear here and there and their body expressions that they weren't handling it well.
The good news is that Mulu is done, but Addis needs one more treatment. His panoramic x-ray shows Abi Mulu to be about six and Addis he aged at ten. Yikes!!! Her bone scan shows 8.10 years and her teeth 9-11. I think we'll go with nine, but here birth certificate shows a February 2008 birthday. Not sure if we're changing it or not.
After all that we went to In & Out for burgers. The girls don't especially like meat it seems, but they eat what we eat, so burgers it was. Their mouths were a little sore so I showed them how to eat little bites.
Speaking of bites I've been teaching them to eat with their mouths closed. One of my major pet peeves is when you can see what a person is eating. No thank you! They make sure and show me when they remember on their own that they are eating with their mouths closed. :-)
Wednesday night was our Awana awards night. Joel received two book awards as well as two book review patches. He technically has verses to say to finish book one so we'll work on it over the summer. Because he was in first grade he had to go on to the first grade book instead of reviewing the first book. John, Addis & Abi received participation ribbons and James received a first book award for T & T. One of my leaders bought me a cute picture that says, "Choose you this day Whom you will serve. But as for me and my house We will serve The Lord. It is so stinkin' cute. I just love it!!!
Yesterday was a normal at home day. I made chicken and rice for dinner with corn on the cob. We had a cake mix/cherry pie filling dessert. That was pretty yummy! Jared & Miranda came over for a while. They both had the afternoon off which was nice for them. They're such a cute couple. :-)
Oh my goodness! Did you watch Lost? Freaky ending!!! Could we have expected anything less from Sawyer? Jumping out of a helicopter after giving Kate a great big smooch. WOW! Poor Sun! Jin was so close yet so far away.........
Joel has really taken off on his reading this week. He curled up in bed with his A Beka reader last night. Oh My Lanta!! I've never had a boy do that!!! He is also such a good piano player that Jared couldn't believe it when he heard him yesterday. He's a lot like Jesse. A little brainiac.
I'm taking back over as the California blogger for The Old Schoolhouse Magazines Home School Nations. I stopped doing it in Feb, but noticed that it's not getting updated so I offered to take it back over. It was met with a hearty, "Yes!" Now, we're just trying to figure out the userid so I can login.
My doctor called earlier this week to tell me I have a 3.2 x 3.3 cyst on my right ovary. I have to go back in eight weeks for another sono to see if it has shrunk, stayed the same or grown. Please pray that it goes away, please!
This week has had me on edge a little. The noise level in the house has really been grating on my nerves. The constant playing of the piano, the voices that rise louder and louder to be heard, screams of little girls because they're not getting their way or someone is bothering them. Sometimes it's a little much. Thank God for 7pm/8pm bedtimes!! Steve and I then retreat into our kid-free room and nearly collapse from exhaustion. We can do this job God has given us though. We just have to rely on Him. Always.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Memorial Day
Yesterday we lounged around in the morning. After we got ready for the day we headed to the cemetary to visit my uncle and my grandparents grave. They are one in the same. He was their youngest child and is laid to rest between them. Although he was laid to rest first due to his death in the Vietnam war. He was only twenty-two. We go each year to remember the sacrifice, decorate their gravestone with red, white and blue flowers, and to pray for our family and other families affected by war. James placed two American flags where Uncle Ronnie lies. He then placed a white carnation on top of the gravestone.
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