Our Trip - First few days

Ok, I have been meaning to get this done. I always love it when others share a little bit about there trip and I get to see pictures, so I thought I need to share. I will try to make things short, not much time to do this, Kebeb will be up from his nap soon.

Day One - We left for our trip on July 4th. We flew with Emirates, which was really wonderful. They actually were cheaper for us then going with Ethiopian Air. We had to purchase a seat for Kebeb since he is over 2, and that ticket I think was the big difference, much cheaper with Emirates. We had really good flights, but I am telling you the long flight from Houston, Texas to Dubai (mandatory stop for Emirates) was forever long. The food was awesome, they have personal tv's for each seat and you have a huge selection of movies, games, tv shows, ect. that you could watch. That really helped to pass the time.




We finally arrived in Ethiopia Monday morning July 6th and we were so excited to be there and meet our little man that we have been long to hold. They brought him to our guest house and we had a great time with Kebeb the rest of the day. Well, better go for now, I will try to post more over the next few days.

We Made It Home!!!!

We are home and I am just really slow at updating our blog. We got home late Tuesday night and it was a short night for me, Kebeb was up at 4:15 and ready to eat breakfast and go for the day. He has been on Ethiopia time for a few days. Thankfully last night we got a really good nights sleep and the night before was not to bad. He is adjusting really well, actually better then I thought he might. The kids love him to pieces and they are adjusting to him pretty well also. They all do not like it when he cries and screams at naptime and bedtime, but hopefully that will get better too!!

I don't know that I am going to keep up with my blog, I have not quite decided yet. Time has been kind of scarce so far. If you have questions or just need some encouragement please email me at joejenaz@yahoo.com I would be more then happy to talk with you or answer any questions.

Away We Go!!!

OK, I think we just about have everything packed in the suitcases or at least as much is going in them because of the weight limit. There were a couple of things that just are not able to go with us. We leave tomorrow morning from Amarillo and fly to Houston, Texas. We have a little wait in Houston and then leave around 7pm from Houston and off we go to Dubai. This will be our really long flight and will arrive in Dubai Sunday night (there time). There is about 9 hours difference from here and Dubai and there will be about 8 hours difference from home and Ethiopia. We will leave Dubai(there time) Monday morning and arrive in Addis around 11:30am(there time). We will be gone until July 14th. We arrive back in Amarillo, Texas on Tuesday the 14th around 10:50pm. If you want to come and greet us at the airport, we would love to see you. If not we hope to have a little time at home adjusting and then can't wait for you all to meet Kebeb!!!!

OK, hope that give you a little bit of an idea about where we will be. We are going to try to email updates while in Ethiopia but we will see how everything goes. We are so excited to be able to hug and love on our little Kebeb!!!!! Thank you all for your prayers and continued prayers!!!

Happy Birthday Luke!!

Our son Luke turns 4 today!!!! Wow, time has flown by and he should not be 4 already. We are having a little party for him tonight, so better get busy on the birthday cake!!