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Time passes to quickly

Well Scott thought I was keeping up with the blog and I thought he was. So July has gone and went without a single note. I will post some photos when I get on teh big computer.
 All the kids are doing very well.

 Zachary turned 8 on July 14th. Levi and Isaac are discovering the concept of what birthdays in America are like.

In Ethiopia the boys told the age by the number of teeth they lost. They don't count age by "years". If smoeone asks "how old are you? " they say " 4 " or "6" for how many teeth they have lost at that time, This maybe one reason that the age discrepency is such a great factor in Ethiopian adoptions.  I kind of like the concept! I could never get over 20 something!!!!

Zach's 8th Birthday!

Here are a few snapshots of Zach's birthday party!

First there was the Birthday Cake!

Then the presents!

After the presents, all the boys got jump rope!

New Names

We finally decided on new names. This has been quite the task for naming two children. Yikes.

Rewina Lemlem is now Levi Rewina. Mulat Addisu is now Isaac Mulat. They like the names and we try to remember to call them by the names. Frankly we loved thier Ethiopian names but they prefer English names now as so many people had a difficult time pronouncing it.