My 2 Ethiopian Girls: Evan's Snowman

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Evan's Snowman

Evan's first snowman he's made

They became friends for a day...

They ran around the back yard, kicking the footy
and ate snowcones...

......and then, it was just........over!

.....that's Denver. Wait 5 minutes and the weather will change!

9 comments:

LISA said...: That was cute!!; March 18, 2008 at 6:37 PM
Mitchell Mischief said...: Great snowman Evan. You will be a great snow-man-building-teacher to your sisters. WOW, I wonder what they will think of snow.; March 19, 2008 at 8:37 AM
Sherry said...: Nice snowman! I am glad he had fun with it. :) Our weathers weird like that too...it changes on a dime.; March 20, 2008 at 1:10 AM
Amber said...: Hey girl, I'm still checking in you. Oh, the fun of paperwork and waiting.; March 20, 2008 at 8:24 AM
Lisa said...: Hi Amber,
Still here. Still waiting. I know you TAGGED me and I will respond...just busy. Hope you are well...Happy EAster. Your blog is looking great. I get updated each time you post!; March 20, 2008 at 8:39 AM
Terry Gallina said...: Hi Evan
I like your buddy. It was fun the other day when it snow 6-9 inches in Dallas. I saw a snowman at nearly everyones house the next morning. It was fun seeing how different each snowman was to the next. Your snowman was the best one I've seen. Have Fun,
Miss Terry; March 22, 2008 at 10:14 AM
Thankfulmom said...: We used to live in Broomfield and this is so funny! I remember days like that.

Lisa; March 31, 2008 at 11:06 PM
Anonymous said...: Hi Lisa and family, I so love reading about your adventures, life and upcoming additons to your family. You are a terrific writer...I wish I had a tiny bit of your creative writing skills.
Love,
Your cousin, Kristi; April 11, 2008 at 2:34 PM
Lisa said...: Kristi,
So great to hear from you. Your comments were so sweet and I really appreciate it. Will I be seeing you in May? It's kinda bitter sweet isn't it? Would you bring your children? Glad you're reading our blog...I saw your gorgeous pics on Sharon's blog.
Miss you!
Love you!
Lisa; April 11, 2008 at 3:47 PM

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Welcome to our Site ... This is our Journey of our Adoption from Africa and our Life in Denver.

This journal (blog) is about adoption, our change of life from California to Denver and our little girl who we have adopted from Ethiopia. Our daughter came home to us after 9 months of tons of paperwork and she has come home to us on August 18th, 2008.

I highly encourage you to post comments at the end of any post if you'd like. I update every few days, so sign up to be emailed each time I post something new. It's a great way to keep updated.

So far, this has been an amazing journey. The adoption process is more "stuff" than you can imagine leading to what has been an incredible change in our lives. This journal is from my heart to you the reader and to our daughter whom we just recently met. It is also dedicated to the biological parents of our adopted girl who may or may not be alive. I do know that Tigist was placed in a safe place to be found by police, who then took her to an orphanage. In doing so, they saved her life! I applaud her Mother and/or Father's courage in the decision to offer their child a life full of opportunity. They decided to put her up for adoption by relinquishing her in such a way. This is such a touchy subject, yet very personal to both the biological parents and us. We will always honor them in the lives of our daughter...they will never be forgotten! That....I can promise.

Where we are in the adoption process....

We picked Tigist up in Addis Ababa August 9th, 2008. She is home, healthy and very happy!

We passed court on June 23rd 2008, traveled on July 31st, met Tigist on August 9th, and arrived home on August 18th.

What has changed is that we are not adopting two girls, which is what we started out attempting to do, but ended up with one amazing little 2 yr. old. Just another reminder how this process can be so unpredictable.

Why does our blog title says 2 girls...well, we sponsor a very sweet 12 year old girl in Ethiopia and have adopted another. So even though we weren't referred 2 girls as was the plan, the title coincidentally still applies to Our 2 Ethiopian Girls! One here, one there! We eagerly await the letters and pictures Fatuma sends us and we send letters and photos too.

The meaning of the Ethiopian flag

(adapted from a Yahoo group web posting and Unicef-Ethiopia)

Ethiopia is one of the oldest countries in the world, and the only African country that has no history of colonization. Upon their independence, many African countries adopted the colors of the Ethiopian flag - green, yellow and red - that became known as the Pan-African colors.

The official flag of Ethiopia consists of three equal and horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red with a yellow pentagram and single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points on a light blue disk centered on the three bands.

The significance of the colors on the Ethiopian flag are interpreted to have a connection to the Holy Trinity, as well as the three main provinces of Ethiopia. The red stripe stands for power, faith and blood. The yellow strip symbolizes peace, natural wealth and love. The green stripe represents the land and hope.

The yellow pentagram on the blue disk, also known as the National Coat of Arms, is a symbol of the current government; it is intended to reflect the desire of the nations, nationalities and peoples of Ethiopia, as well as of its religious communities, to live together in unity and equality. The star represents unity of the people and the races that make up Ethiopia. The five rays on the outside of the star represent prosperity, and the blue disk represents peace.

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Evan's Snowman

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