Praise God!!!

Our long-awaited days have arrived!!! We're leaving for Ethiopia tomorrow night and picking up Sol a few days later! Our Embassy date is Thursday the 15. Mimi is on a plane right now headed here for a couple of weeks to stay with the kids. I can't thank everyone enough for all your prayer & support through money, donations, meals, time, listening ears, hugs, advice, etc! My mind is a spinning whirlwind right now and my heart is singing! Here we go...!

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Ultimate Frisbee

Riley and some other guys in the Social Sciences (SOSH) department get together and play frisbee once a week. The kids and I will usually bring a picnic lunch and head out to South Dock to watch the games.

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More Solomon Pictures

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Solomon says...

This is one of our newest pictures of Solomon. Riley loves it because it begs for a funny caption. We thought it would be fun to see what you all imagine Solomon saying in this picture.
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Date Night

Last Friday night Riley and I finally had our first date night since being in Ethiopia together, 3 months ago! Our friends, Isaac & Kerry watched the kiddos and then we swapped and watched theirs on Sat night...perfect! We went out for dinner at The Hudson House in Cold Springs. It was a perfect evening to enjoy seafood outside on the river. We both left our meal ready to schedule our next date night

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I'm Famous!

I'm famous! Ok, not really. Click on the link for my debut on Meghan's blog :)
She's so on top of it because my two pieces are sitting untouched in the basement.
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Hurricane Irene

It rained all last night and we've already gained 6" of water. The rain hasn't let up yet and we're expected to get another 4" or water. The wind isn't very strong for us right now, but all the roads are closed, church canceled, etc. Here's a picture of the creek out our front door...looks like we could go white water rafting!

Our street is empty of cars in case any of these old trees fall

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