arriving into Denver

After spending a week in Ethiopia, we were excited to bring our little girl home for our families to meet her. Of course they were also excited to see Joseph as it had been more than a year since they had seen him.

Faith became a US citizen in Denver because of the IR3 visa that she had stamped in her Ethiopian passport at the US Embassy in Ethiopia. She didn't realize what a big day it was, but we did!!

We were surprised to see lots of family waiting for us as we left immigration. We didn't expect to see Tim's cousin's family from Colorado Springs, what a blessing!! We were happy to see Jeni's parents and Tim's sister's family! It was a party at the terminal in Denver International Airport!!

Here's some pictures that were taken that day...

We're walking through the doors at immigration. What you can't see very well is Joseph running straight to his Grandma!!

It was a flurry of activity. In this picture you can see Tim hugging his sister and my dad hold Jojo.

My parents were in love with this sweet girl at first sight!

This is Tim's cousin's wife holding Faith. Everybody took a turn holding her...I'm pretty sure Faith loved all the attention. :)

Joseph and his cousin, John, sure had a good time running around chasing each other!

It was SO COLD in Colorado so these kids got all bundled up for the car ride home!