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@AaronKlein Absolutely. Then about 9:30 or 10, we start to remember how sweet they can be. 13 mins ago

@caseypicker just bought another baby gate and new door knob locks. Taking our house back from these crazy Habeshas. 15 mins ago

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Evelyn’s Gotcha Slideshow

Posted by Mary Beth on Friday, August 27th, 2010

Here are some of our pictures from our trip. We still plan on writing more very soon, hopefully next week. Special thanks to Zach Cheatham for the airport pictures.

Josiah’s Gotcha Slideshow

Posted by Mary Beth on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

I can’t believe we get to do this again. Even though this is our second adoption, it’s still frightening, as I assume it would be the third, fourth, or fifth time. It’s always scary to step out in faith into the unknown. But what we DO know is that God is, has been, and will [...]

Our Family Mission

Posted by Casey on Thursday, July 20th, 2006

Mary Beth and I sat down last night to design our Family Mission Statement together. It took us a while to come up with an idea, but Mary Beth was the one who decided to use verbs to define how we wanted our family to be. We both sat at the computer for a little [...]

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More to come . . .

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

In case you’re wondering if we’re still around . . . YES! We’re here. We made it home from Africa on Saturday, the 14th, but since then we have been so overwhelmed by jetlag and the adjustment to parenting THREE children under 5 that the blog has definitely taken a back seat. Re-entry has been [...]

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Goodbye Celebration

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Today we had a goodbye celebration at the care center with all of the Holt staff and nannies. We enjoyed a traditional coffee ceremony and other snacks. Here are a few pictures from today. After the goodbye celebration, everyone went shopping. Evelyn and I stayed behind to take a nap at the hotel. After napping, [...]

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She’s Ours Forever!!

Monday, August 9th, 2010

We returned from Durame today after meeting with Evelyn’s birth mother. It was an AMAZING experience that has helped me to fully understand my daughter’s history and love her even more (if that’s even possible!). After returning to Addis, we were able to go to the care center and bring our sweet girl back to [...]

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Meeting Evelyn Amenech

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

Here are a few pictures of us meeting our sweet girl for the first time.

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Vacation

Saturday, June 19th, 2010

We just got home from our Florida vacation with the Cheathams. We had a wonderful time with some of our very best friends. We LOVE the Cheathams and can’t wait to plan another trip with them when Evelyn and Olivia can be part of the group! I highly recommend becoming best friends with a photographer, [...]

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