Category: Oregon

  • Meeting new family…

    It’s been a month of connecting with family! And, so sweet! for thanksgiving, we travelled to my sister’s in Portland, OR – this was the first time the boys were on a plane since our epic journey from Addis Ababa…I was anxious about how they would do, but they were both champs, and loved the…

  • First Thanksgiving…

    There have been so many firsts this year, with the boys – we arrived at the very end of January, 2010, and our first Jewish holiday was Purim (a little bit overwhelming for two boys with limited/no English!), and have cycled through the year, with Passover, the 4th of July, Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur,…