Spring Break!

Hi all! Again, long time, no post.

We've been having fun hanging out this week on Spring Break. We had a cleaning day today. The girls did great. They all had great attitudes, but it took us forever. I'm ready to hire a cleaning helper now!

We went to our annual Spring Break zoo trip yesterday. Fun overall, but Lidia came home petrified of snakes. Was sure there were some in the house. I was a bit surprised at the level of her fear. We tried to assure her that the Oklahoma snakes are different than the African snakes, as well as the ones we saw at the zoo (including the 130 pound 1/2 grown Anaconda in the rain forest). She slept with her 7-year old sister last night and is sleeping with her 5-year old brother tonight so she has a bodyguard handy. :)

Don't have much to report. Things are going great. Think I will name her "Lidia Rahel" (Well, I'm still trying to convince her of the Rahel middle name). This is "Rachel" in Amharic. I love it. And since we're having to utilize middle names, want one that has a nice ring. We'll see if I can talk her into it. Also, going to change the spelling a bit, to appease my sense of "correctness" (the spelling "Lidiya" just seems a bit off to me (it's not the only way to spell her name anyway, since Amharic has a different alphabet, I don't feel like I'm taking away her real name.) Especially since we are keeping her name. Her sister, Lydia Grace, gets annoyed when folks call her Lydia Emory, since that is, of course, her name as well. Need some way to get this all ironed out.

Brother Sammy is doing well. Still taking good naps, sleeping through the night, and getting healthier by the day.

I've been so blessed about how they both fit into our family so well. I love this life - so full, so blessed.