Today on the way to school Kalkidan screams "SCURL!!!"

What?

SCURL!!!

Oh, you mean squirrel?

Yes, Scurl!

Allison (trying to be nice) "Mom, she means a girl squirrel...you know, SCURL"

Love these girls! By the way...doesn't Kalou's hair look great? Finally, after 1 year I found a product to tame the mane...though I still enjoy singing "sha ka, sha ka, sha ka con" while working on it!

It has been a very busy but exciting fall. We were successful in obtaining our license for our new adoption agency, ARISE Adoptions, Inc. Pat and I are working together to help families bring home children from Ethiopia and hope to broaden the process to other countries soon.

Our kiddos are doing well...school is great and we are so excited to be moving soon. It has taken a lot of work but we are just about ready to go! We had a visit from Aunt Janie who came all the way from Oregon to help us get organized. A big task for sure. We miss her so much!!!

Other big news is that we are on the hunt for a high school for Allison. Can you believe it...HIGH SCHOOL!!! Unreal! Next year we will have kids in every grade from preschool to high school...oy!

Make a Smilebox postcard

pause music box first...enjoy!

Quotable Quotes...

Kalkidan (the day after election day): "The president is so cool. He gets to live in the yellow house, right mom?" She apparently had been learning about presidents at school and got a little confused...

Gracie (Randomly): "Ahh, I love Sleeping Dutie." She means Sleeping Beauty.
She loves her princesses!

Princess Gracie!

Gracie and her "lip stick" (aka chap stick)

Gracie as a princess fairy on Halloween

Fall Festivals

We have gone to several harvest festivals this fall. It's been a lot of fun!
Enjoy the pictures!
(~Allison~)

We're Moving!

We are finally moving! Some one bought our house not too long ago after we had been trying to sell it for over a year! We found a house that we love and will be moving in shortly. Can't wait!

Written by: Allison (again)