Hannah's Hope Reunion

What fun we had Saturday at our first reunion of the older kids at HH Ethiopia. The morning was filled with meeting each other and taking lots of photos, followed by a big water fight and games. We finally broke for lunch, followed by a wet afternoon at the local water park. We took a short break and then returned for an evening filled with food, fun and of course fellowship. Many new friendships were made and old ones rekindled. It was a priceless opportunity and I tried to share some shots below (I have SO MANY photos it's hard to choose - Thanks Roger!) Just an FYI: the parents are in red, the siblings in green and the HH Ethiopia kids are in yellow. Our attempt at the Ethiopian flag.

I thought you'd be able to see these faces better on my blog but... well I'll tell you which families came. The Rye, Schneider, Murphy, Morby, Eastin, Riggs, Garrison, Smith and McCarty families are pictured here. Some travelled from as far away as New Hampshire, Michigan and Oklahoma - THANK YOU EVERYONE for taking the time to make this happen. There is already talk about when to do it again.

Here are the all the kids from HH. For those of you lurking who only know them by their Ethiopian names, they are: (from top left) Hiwot, Kidist, Tigist, Samrawit, Amerech, Genet. (from bottom left) Tizita, Birtukan, Getaneh, Habte, Abdu, Azmera.

In the evening we had a hair care / braiding class hosted by Michelle and Bethany (thanks ladies!) These boys were having fun playing with the hair pieces Michelle brought -- for the girls!

Some of MANY giggles shared on Saturday. Tigist, Sky Amerech, and Samrawit.

The kids loved this game of water balloon volleyball (Thanks Don!) which was preceeded by a big water fight. The kids also had fun playing soccer and basketball together.

Making some necklaces in the Ethiopian colors. (Thanks Cindy!)

The kids at the reunion looked so cute in their new shirts. They all range in age from 5 to 12 years old and made some good memories on Sat. I may post more photos another time.