{NO} more one mores.

There are {NO} more one mores!!

Going to that office one more time..

Getting that one more paper...

Having one more stamp...

Just getting that one more picture...

That one more signature...

The one more after one mores finally, paid off.

and now there are {No} mores.

The kids are officially adopted.

As time went by, the one mores did add up and end in a lot mores.

A lot more tears.

A lot more frustrations.

A lot more time separated from family.

But now with the {NO} mores a lot mores will add up too.

A lot more smiles.

A lot more patience.

A lot more trials.

A lot more gratitude.

and for Alyssa and Wes, a lot more kids.

but we couldn't be happier.

Stanger familia.

Ellie being the amazing nice daughter she is decided to surprise her parents with pictures for their anniversary. And me being the amazing nice friend that I am, agreed to help.

The result?

THIS....

I have the most beautiful best friend EVER.

and Garrett has really squinty eyes.

I enjoy this family.

Nate.

They are models. Truly, they will be in a magazine now.

The children.

C.J.

Conner is a chunk and so cute.

J.J is very cute as well.

This may be my favorite picture.

Maybe I'm just hungry...

Today I'm craving Ethiopian food.

In fact, my mouth is watering thinking about it.

If your extremely curious to know more about the food then go HERE.

And now that you have read about it, I'm guessing, you want to try it now.

so WaaaaaLAA...

HERE is a fairly authentic injera recipe.

and HERE is a variation to the recipe if you don't have teff.

Next, you need to make some sort of wot to go on top of your injera.

Go HERE for Dora wot.

HERE for Tibs

or just go to Ethiopia and get the full cultural experience.

Posting stuff. and a lot of Everett.

I'm overwhelmed with the posts I want to post.

So I've decided to cover it all in one.

1. Lydia got married.

She has been a Montour for a whole month now.

I have SO many wedding pictures to edit.

Maybe in 3 months I'll finish them.

2. It was Christmas time.

Everett made it fun with his "ooohs" and "ahhhs" with every gift opened.

We also went sledding.

3. Coming home from the reception in Washington we had an adventure.

Highway closed + hotels full= sleeping in a gym.

I enjoyed the delay.

4. New years was fun.

Sticking with tradition we burned our Christmas trees.

and Everett ate snow and met his older twin.

5. I'm enrolled in artificial insemination.

poor cows, poor me.

6. Ellie & Kate.

We make life epic.

Having beach parties in the hot tub.

Star gazing and sledding on water beds.

Good times.

7. I got a nasty sore on my back.

My parents are convinced it's a bug, spider bite, or worms from Ethiopia.

Either way, it is looking better.

8. Everett.

He's the cutest little grub ever.

I miss him.

Alyssa and him flew back to Ethiopia this week.

Our house is too quiet.

How do you feel?

Today I was quickly and frantically reading material for my English class so I could quickly and frantically write an essay on it when I came to this article...

"Most people don’t know the answer to the question, “How are you? How do you feel?” The reason why they don’t know is that they are so busy feeling what they are supposed feel, thinking what they are supposed to think, that they never get down to examining their own deepest feelings. “How did you like the play?” “0h, it was a fine play. It was well reviewed in The New Yorker.” With authority figures like drama critics and book reviewers and teachers and professors telling us what to think and how to feel, many of us are busy playing roles, fulfilling other people’s expectations. As Republicans, we think what other Republicans think. As Catholics, we think what other Catholics think. And so on. Not many of us ask ourselves, “How do I feel? What do I think?” – and wait for an answer."

-- S.I Hayakawa

I couldn't help but to stop and think, how do I really feel?

Things could be said about my feelings but I'll spare you the details of my internal wrestling match.

You should ask yourself the same question.

It's interesting what you might discover.

Changes.

I've been putting a lot of thought into the changes life brings.

In my experience, change can bring hardships, adventures, happiness, and basically the full spectrum of emotions.

Within the last 23 days I have experienced a lot of changes.

Some embraced better then others.

Changes/things that have happened:

1. One more sister got married.

2. I live in the United States again.

3. I have a cellphone that people can actually reach me at.

4. Christmas time was less exciting and there was less people.

5. Climate adjusting.

6. College.

7. Now I have to retell my Ethiopian stories to EVERYONE.

8. Started work.

9. I live at home but don't have an actual room anymore.

10. I'm doing the full P90X workouts.

11. Friends have changed or moved away.

12. I feel less happy.

13. I drink milk again.

14. I wish a lot.... ( to be specifically blogged about)

Without changes life would be a constant boring mess with no variables. In just a day we experience thousands of changes. Ranging from how many hours of sleep we get, to what we eat, Who we see, what we doing, and of course even the weather's behavior that day.

The changes faced in a day or a week or the year require being flexible. I like to think of myself as a pretty flexible person. Ethiopia especially taught me to be flexible, nothing ever went as planned. In fact, the entire purpose of my trip was completely changed when Wes was attacked and I was able to accept that. However, I'm having a hard time accepting and enjoying the changes my life has taken now and it's nothing like the challenges I was slammed with in Ethiopia. I think it's a matter of being inflexible as far as my attitude is concerned. I don't want to be here going to school so of course I hate it. At some point, maybe I can find happiness and enjoyment at BYUI but I still have my doubts.

In summary, I hate being in college, I wish I was still in Ethiopia and I'm inflexible about trying to like BYUI.

So appealing.

I want to drop out of college.

after the first day.