Chad's sister and hubby-to-be surprised us with this Bible. Half of each page is written an Amharic, the other half is in English. Amharic is written in a Ge'ez script known as Fidel. I just learned that there is no standard way to translate Amharic into the Latin (our) alphabet, thus the words I find spelled differently by different sources. The script is beautiful; and although I will most likely never be able to read it, I love being able to see it! It was such a cool surprise!
Some of Chad's family members enjoying Christmas eve dinner.
Brenna showing off the pretty hair-do Auntie Teresa and Krissy gave her.
Joshua's first Christmas gift. Grammy brought it for him, because she is so sweet and because all little boys love big trucks! Cousin Addi reminded us that little girls like then too! I can not wait until they can play with it together.
Riley was too tired to care when the girls put reindeer antlers on him!
Jamison showing off his Colt's Coke can from Santa. (Jay is a major Colt's fan.) Also notice his hat - Teresa and Jeremy found it for him - it has the Ethiopian flag in the brim.
Sierra is showing you the CPK Santa left her. It is so cute and smells so good!
Grandpa Scott bought a wii for Grandma Donna. The kids and dad's had the most fun so far. Krissy is still sore from boxing. Even the youngest kids had fun with bowling and frisbee.
My Grandma - who turns 75 today- made each of the kids a beautiful quilt. Jamison's is all denim, very masculine and truly heavy. Sierra's is all greens, her favorite color. Krissy's is all flannel and oh-so-soft. Brenna's is pink, is there anything better than pink? We all love to fix beds at Grandma Great's house because then we can admire the pretty quilts she has on each one. The kids were all truly thrilled to receive a quilt of their own.
Chad and I, Sierra insisted we have a photo taken too.
Grandpa Scott bought a wii for Grandma Donna. The kids and dad's had the most fun so far. Krissy is still sore from boxing. Even the youngest kids had fun with bowling and frisbee.
My Grandma - who turns 75 today- made each of the kids a beautiful quilt. Jamison's is all denim, very masculine and truly heavy. Sierra's is all greens, her favorite color. Krissy's is all flannel and oh-so-soft. Brenna's is pink, is there anything better than pink? We all love to fix beds at Grandma Great's house because then we can admire the pretty quilts she has on each one. The kids were all truly thrilled to receive a quilt of their own.Thank you Grandma!
Happy Birthday! We love you and hope to see you soon!
Chad and I, Sierra insisted we have a photo taken too. We had a very nice Christmas! We enjoyed time with most of our family members, more food than anyone should enjoy in a weekend, and warm shelter from the storm outside. We are certainly blessed.
