Home Sweet Home!

We finally made it back. It is great to be hear and to have Kiera with us. Our expected 24 hours o travel turned into 38 hours due to delays in Amsterdam and Minneapolis due to snow storms. We sat in Bole airport in Addis for 5 hours while our flights we rearranged, then took our flight at 3am Ethiopia time. We had 4 hours in Amsterdam (A great airport to be in with a baby as they have special nursery areas and play areas). We flew to minneapolis and then had to wait again as our Plane was late arriving. Then when we finally got on the plane, about half way through boarding the walkway broke so they had to find another way to board people and check to make sure there was no damage to the plane. We also had to sit waiting for de-icing and wait our turn on the one open runway.

But we made it. We got in at about 12:30 (I forgot to look at the clock). Great-grandma, Grandma, Grandpa, Oma, and Opa were there along wig many wonderful family and friends. It was an awesome homecoming.

Joel and I are pretty exhausted but Kiera is great besides the schedule being a mess. She slept most of he plane rides and seemed to enjoy it anyways. We are going to have fun trying to adjust the schedule.

We are glad to be home! We love you all!
Joel, Mandy and Kiera