Tuesday in Ethiopia!

We hadn't heard from Ashley since Sunday evening and received this Tuesday, what a relief to finally hear from her!


The power has been down at Ritmo since Sunday evening. We finally got out to shop this afternoon and stopped by the Hilton to email. We miss you all terribly!!! We are doing great, the boys are absolutely wonderful...hyper, but awesome! They are attaching to us well we think. They call us mommy and daddy and when one of us walks out of the room they run looking for us. They are practicing Hunter and Graysen's names and are getting pretty good. Graysen is very hard for them to say. They are a bit smaller than Hunter is we think. We are taking lots of video and photos, but mostly soaking in the country and people.

We have Embassy tomorrow morning and then we are taking the boys and their class on a field trip swimming and maybe to ice cream on Thursday morning. The boys are very excited about their party at Layla on Friday and flying on an airplane to America.

Kara - they call you Sissy every time they see your picture, they really love you already! :0) It's very cute. They even told their Mom your name this morning when we gave her her photo album.

They don't like football very much, sorry Chad, but Lincoln has been working on playing catch with them. They are soccer PROS!!!! They will school ANYONE OF US!Monday we spent some time at Layla, and we went to the Leprocy Colony and the Silk Factory.

We have a wonderful driver, his name is Dawit and he's very helpful. He told us today that Illibubar (where the boys are from) is known for their coffee farms and is very green. That's about all the info we've been able to find out except that it takes 2 days by city bus or car. We will definitely go there our next trip back.

I feel like there's so much to tell, but we're pressed for time. Just keep Hugging Hunter and Graysen for us. We're starting to miss them very badly. We haven't slept very well at all the last two nights. We're ready to come home, but are really trying to soak this in, as we know we will be back and want to be prepared to answer all the questions the boys have between now and then. There are TONS of families staying at Ritmo with us, two others that we have become very close to. We love them and couldn't imagine this trip with anyone else. I know we'll stay in touch forever.

We can't say enough about the boys. I've been journaling and will fill you all in when we get home. Although we know you're all very excited to see them at the airport try to kneel down and let them come to you. I think they will be shy - especially Sintayehu...he is DEFINITELY a Daddy's boy!!!! He will probably hide behind Lincoln and Bizayehu laughs a lot when he's nervous, so be prepared for that.

We will email as soon as we can, keep sending us emails in the case that we can get on and read them. We miss you all and are looking forward to be united again!!!! :0) :0)

Love you,
Ashley