So, today I got in the mail a free pedometer. I figure I will be shocked with the lack of exercise I get these days or I may be surprised with how many steps I do take in a day with three little ones. I am guessing it will be the previous. Yesterday we h…

j made mother’s day quite delightful as he literally slaved away in the kitchen for most of it. He made a spectacular dinner of london broil, smoothered in rosemary and some of the best mashed potatoes ever. I seriously could have eate…

C has recently started playing a 5-year+ soccer league. One could hardly call it a league, I suppose, but it’s great for us. There are 2 games a week for one month. So far, he has had a lot of fun, and it will be great for him to learn team work…

April 3, 2010. The day c decided to ditch the training wheels. He just hopped on, and rode off. He’s hardly stopped since. Take a look. This video is of the day he took them off. Quite a lot happened in this one day.

P.S. A cookie for whoever…

OK, so we’re a few days late. And the video ended up being almost 20 minutes long. And it’s over 100 Mb.

So, if you don’t make it through, we understand. And if you’re on a slow connection, all apologies. But here it is…

Storytime! A dear friend of ours – one of the best storytellers of all time, mind you – has a yearly time when she dresses up as the Cat in the Hat for children to adore. Well, today was the day, and c, e and little h went to see. They als…

Around the beginning of the new year I wanted to work on saving money in the area of groceries. I was launched into a world of frugal mamma blogs and lost in the various drug store reward lingo; just generally amazed at the wealth of information…

This week we’ve had fun making some valentines. Actually, we started last week because I thought Valentine’s Day was just this past Sunday! j was joking with me because we usually are late for birthday cards and anniversary ca…

Last night I was lying in bed after reading this blog from some missionaries living in Haiti and my mind began to wander. I was reflecting on some of the images and stories this family has shared with us and the dreadful turmoil this little coun…

Here is little h’s first experience with snow. She was finally consoled by an icicle…afterall, what kid doesn’t like one?

We’ve changed EthiHOPEia to Wordpress. Bear with us while we change things around. It’ll be better in the long run, promise. We’ll slowly add posts from the past regarding our adoption especially.

Sunday afternoon we were able to experience a traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony right in our local mall! We have a local coffee stand outside of the Belk store that really cares about good, quality coffee. The owner likes to educate peo…

j and I have had such a wonderful time here in Maine. It was so refreshing to spend part of the last day of 2007 down by the ocean where I spent hours and hours growing up. It seems some of life’s most memorable moments have taken place for me on the r…

We enjoyed a wonderful Christmas in New York visiting j’s family. Unfortunately, our son, c had a cold that he shared with papa and mmom (stands for magic mom) . So it ended up being a time of mainly recovering and just sitting around. Fo…

A friend asked me today why we finally choose Ethiopia to adopt from. I thought I would share the way God brought us to adopt from this country. When j and I finally started to seriously consider adopting, we initially wanted to go to an Asian co…

I was reading in some posts today from our agency, AWAA, about the frustration felt by parents who are adopting when speaking with friends and family about the “paper pregnancy.” j and I have been blessed with several friends and family memb…