Photos of our beautiful girls in the states

We don't want our lovely ladies to feel left out, so we are also showing off Noah Joy, Charli, and Tegan!! Noah is the most responsible, organized big sister ever! Mom would be lost without her! She is very caring and wants to make sure all are well cared for, and that everything is fair and equal. Charli, oh, sweet Charli, has the whole dinner table cracking up almost every night and has never met a stranger! She will be 7 very soon and also has a passion for bathroom humor that she gets from her father. Tegan, just turned 3, is so ready to be a big sister, too. I think she's looking forward to not always being told what to do, but to finally do some telling. We love you girls all so much and we'll miss you like crazy!!

Well, we leave in 4 days...you may wonder if we're ready. Oh no, far from it. Today Tegan has thrown up on the carpet a few times...we have wood, but heaven forbid she aim for that! The other 2 were sick last week. Dave and I will NOT be getting sick. It's just not happening. The weekend plan is to get ready. Pack about 55 outfits between the 7 of us (The girls will be staying with friends and at home. Raise the roof for our friends Mike and Leigh Ann!!), fixing things around the house, cleaning, cleaning, and cleaning some more (hopefully not any more bodily fluids of any kind!). We still haven't got our new money to exchange while in Ethiopia, which is an ordeal. We have papers to be notarized and many loads of laundry, some more shopping (my hair dryer died today...oh, the pain!!) and of course we have birthday parties, a school project due, and a school play on Monday. Some may wonder why we still have our Christmas lights up, too! Well, we paid people before Christmas to put them AND take them down. Of course, those certain individuals have disappeared. We even called their mother-in-law! She must have brought down the hammer...they are supposed to come tomorrow. We'll see...

I think we will just stay up until we get on the plane Wednesday morning, then sleep like we will never be able to sleep again!!