Carlyn

Going away party at my parent's house Building a fort with Uncle Patrick at the beach Having fun with Granddaddy Fishing Kids with my parents Picking up where I left off.... after our Disney trip the first part of September, we all headed to my parents house in Alabama .  The kids and I stayed there for 10 days while James went to Romania on a medical mission trip. The kids and I had a really special time with my family.  They had a going way party for us complete with slipping slides, a jumpy house and ice cream sundaes. We went to the beach, had a campfire and s'mores on a creek bank and went fishing.  When James returned from Romania we headed back to Arkansas to finish cleaning out our house and packing.  We had three full days to work and then we needed to leave on the 4th day to head to our training in North Carolina .  Krista fed us several times and watched my kids many hours. Anna...

We have been in a really long transition time as we leave our life in Arkansas behind and move to Ethiopia. There have been more stops along this transition path than we ever anticipated!  So, what have we been doing?  Well, our transition really began way back at the end of July. Knowing a long school break would be unavoidable during the transition,  I (with the help of our super nanny, Anna) did school with the kids everyday until the end of July.  We actually started the new school year in June right after finishing the last school year the day before! The perks of homeschooling ;) We did lots of school and finished as much curriculum as possible in June and July. At the end of July we ceased our "normal life" and began our transition. First of the agenda was visitations! We had 2 full weeks of visitors. We enjoyed visits from friends and family. We took our visitors to all of our favorite spots in Little Rock. Then, I took the kids on a trip to Memphis and Jack...