At the end of March (Easter weekend to be exact!), we drove up north to be with my family for my cousin's wedding. Keira stayed at my cousin Devon's house while Noah and I attended the wedding. It was super HOT outside, but the wedding was beautiful.
What a good lookin' family!
Congratulations Ashley and Ross!
All the cousins!
Keira had a great time playing with Cousin Marissa (almost 10-yrs-old) while we were at the wedding!
They played Easter egg hunt, gave each other tattoos, played on the swings, and more! We stayed overnight at their house and the next morning, Keira even got a basket from the Easter Bunny (unfortunately, no pictures)!
On our way home, we picked up Grammy to ride along with us since she was planning to stay at our house for the week--yippee!!
After the drive back home, Keira and Grammy got busy coloring Easter eggs!
Before heading off to bed, Keira got to follow some clues to find her special Easter basket from Mommy & Daddy!
Score!
Lots of fun goodies were inside!
Also that night, we said goodbye to Daddy because he left for a week-long trip to Ethiopia!!!! WOW! He was asked to go with Pastor Joe and Champ Rhodes to photograph all the work being done through Africa Water & Life. It was a privilege to be asked to go and Noah had a great time. To find out more about his experience, click here:
Here are some of the amazing pictures Noah took while in Ethiopia:
A playground at one of the restaurants they ate at
Pastor Joe speaking at a Church Planters' Conference
Some of the church planters
These ladies are preparing lunch
Some sites around town
Sharing details about the Self-Help Groups
The team got to visit with a few Self-Help Groups and find out how they are doing to support each other and get small loans to start businesses
There were lots of meetings in dimly lit rooms
At Selam Awassa, a type of business/trade school.
These guys are students that Africa Water & Life provided scholarships to so that they could attend the metal-working school.
Delicious guac & salsa with a type of chip prepared by students at the cooking school.
The cooking school
Interesting wildlife and exotic landscape...
These are called "ingera", which is essentially a fermented pancake. They are typically served as a side at all meals.
A home out in a rural village
Watering station
These kids were fascinated by the meeting that was going on between the New Hope Team and members of a rural Self-Help Group
See all the kids in the background?!
Praying together at the Church Planters' Conference at the end of the trip
Gathering water
Keira and I had a great week with Grammy while Noah was in Ethiopia! We got to Skype with Noah a few times while he was gone and, thankfully, the baby did not decide to come that week!
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