How exciting, the local Somali store in town will be opening up a restaurant in the next week or so. They will be serving both sandwiches and ethnic food. We are excited as this store is where we get our Injera and some Ethiopian spices. We will provide a food review once it is open!
As promised here are some pictures from our fun weekend trip to Seattle. I have to say Maya traveled pretty well overall. She did wake up when we landed in Fargo saying "All Done?". Dave and I laughed as she said it so sweetly. We were all happy to be off the plane and be home.
So far so good - Maya is all smiles in Minneapolis while waiting to board our next flight to Seattle
One of many Microsoft buildings - this is the one Dave works in when he travels to Seattle
Maya was very fond of Deepa, one of Dave's co-workers
My pretend birthday flowers - aren't they beautiful? Ha!
On top of the Space Needle - all our pictures turned out blurry due to the position of the sun - oh well.
Maya with Daddy at this fabulous pizza place
Maya had a blast playing at the Children's Museum
Maya also loved the Aquarium - she loved to touch the star fish
If only we knew what she was thinking at this moment
Maya loved to ride the monorail (train)
Maya had some fun on the plane before taking off and before the lucky gentlemen found his seat number next to us!
What a fun weekend! Last Thursday we flew to Seattle, WA for a long weekend. Dave goes there frequently for work and he has wanted Maya and I to come along for some time now. Dave wanted to introduce (and show off Maya) to his co-workers. On Friday Dave had to go into the office so Maya and I spent some mommy/daughter time together. We had fun playing in the hotel room, shopping, and having lunch together. I also ran into a former co-worker of mine from Microsoft at the restaurant - such a small world! Friday night Dave's co-worker and wife hosted a get together. It was a great night meeting Dave's co-workers and their families.
Saturday and Sunday were all about family time and exploring Seattle. We hit many of the tourist attractions such as the Space Needle, Seattle Aquarium, Children's Museum, Science Museum (exhibit was about the history of Ethiopia), and Pike's Place Market. In addition we had some excellent food with Chinooks and Queen of Sheba being our favorites. Queen of Sheba is an Ethiopian restaurant. I have to admit I wasn't so sure about it but the food was excellent. Maya loved it too! The Seattle trip was so much fun and a great way to spend my birthday. Thanks Dave for planning the trip and insisting we come along with you!
I plan to post pictures as soon as I download them. Stay tuned!
Go Bison! We had a fun day on Saturday celebrating NDSU homecoming. We started off the day by watching the NDSU parade at my sorority house. Maya had a great time watching all the action. After the parade we spoke to an adoption group at our local adoption agency. We met 2 more families adopting from Ethiopia which is fantastic! Once we were finished, we headed back to campus to attend the football game. What a fun game it was! Thanks to my friend Dondi for giving us tickets. After the game we made one more stop and this time at a friend's place for a BBQ. Maya did great but finally broke down. She was ready to go home. We were all very tired from an exciting day.
Maya is in another photo contest with our photographer. Please click on the below link and vote for #8. Please help Maya win. Thanks everyone!
http://www.blessingsphotography.com/PhotoContest/September2008contest.html
The weather here was absolutely beautiful. We couldn't pass up the great weather so we decided to go to the nearby park. Maya had a blast! She had a great time swinging, climbing, and running throughout the playground set. What a great family night. BTW - can you guess who took the pictures?
We had a great weekend last weekend. I blogged earlier regarding our fun dinner with Dave's family. Well we had more fun earlier that day and took some cute pictures after church on Sunday. On Saturday afternoon I spotted a used Barbie motorized jeep at a nearby garage sale. I was actually driving home from the grocery store when I spotted it. Apparently a neighbor to the person having the garage sale just brought it over to be sold. For $15, I couldn't help myself. Maya wasn't so sure about it at first but she got used to it by Sunday afternoon. On Sunday we took some pictures at home as Maya was just too adorable. It is a good thing that the digital camera was invented!
These are 2 pictures above are from Saturday...Daddy is showing Maya how to operate the jeep!
These 2 pictures were taken on Sunday at our next door neighbor's house. Maya still didn't understand how to get the jeep moving so daddy helped out with a hockey stick. Maya finally understood and was driving around the driveway. Her neighbor friend, Gabe, has a motorize John Deer jeep so they were both driving around.
Here are the pictures that we took after church. Doesn't Maya look adorable? Maya also made it through the entire church service. This is two services in a row where she made it through the entire thing! (knock on wood - hate to jinx it).
