Easter with the family

Our house has been hoppin for the last week!

It has been great to have Cindy's parents from BC and Cindy's sister and her family from Alberta come out for a while.

We were able to introduce Mesele & Abinet to their grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. Even 2nd cousins from BC were out here for a wedding. I wonder if Mesele & Abinet are begining to think that everyone is related to us! (not that they understand the whole related thing!) Watching the kids play together was great to see!

When the dust had settled a bit from Cindy's side of the family, we had our Easter celebration over at my parents place with my side of the family. Again, the boys got to see their grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins... except this time on the Klassen side. The boys experienced everything from meeting new people, thanksgiving dinner, new homes, searching for Easter baskets, quad rides, pet dogs...yes they are beginning to sleep through the night! At least for now!

It has been very busy for them with so much new stuff. They've even experienced video conversation on the internet and phone calls on the telephone which, by the way, was interesting for us because we couldn't understand a word Mesele said except "Gedeon" which is the name of Mesele's best friend from Ethiopia! "Gedeon! Gedeon! Gedeon!" he said, over and over until Gedeon, who now lives in Calgary, could finally get a word in! Then the nattering back and forth began. If only we had THAT telephone call on video....that would have been a keeper! Oh well, I'm sure we'll get another chance soon...although if we wait too long it just won't be the same. English will soon be mixed in among the other words and even the distance between Mesele & Gedeon might change the way that they talk to each other and the phone.

Mesele & Abinet have already changed sooo much its amazing to think back just a few weeks to when we could hardly understand each other!