Photos of the last few days

Andy and Hana playing in their backyard for the first time.
Hana after I tried to do her hair for the first time. Just taking out all of her ponies and tiny braids took over an hour! When it was all taken out and I brushed it, I felt like crying. Her head was one GIANT poof. I didn't know what I had gotten myself into and I didn't know how I was gonna get myself out of it. But here's what the end result was. Fortunately, you don't do black girls hair daily like you do with white girls.
The kids at the park for the first time.


Our first dinner together. Injera, Shiro Wat and Doro Wat. They liked it!
When some of our Ethiopian friends came for a visit.
Hana at the temple.
Andy giving a good effort at trying to tolerate the camera.
All of our beautiful children at the temple. Love all of these guys a ton. Great great kids.

Everything has honestly gone way better than we had expected so far. The kids are adjusting so well. Yesterday was Steve's first day back at work and I had the kids for 12 hours alone. It went surprisingly well. We had to go to the doctor because I thought Charity might be getting an ear infection. Turns out she was fine. Then we went to the Library which they loved. It was fun seeing them pick out books. We also went to the literacy center to meet their tutor and to the temple and to get ice cream. Today we went to a bounce house place that they loved. They all played hard. Andy came out of one of them with a bloody mouth, but didn't even seem upset. I washed him up and he was right back at it.

I have a lot to write about in my personal journal, but what exactly do you guys want to hear about? I don't want to bore you with pages of boring details.