WHO IS IT?
Enjoys Ice fishing, ice skating, jet skiing, and hunting
Kidus
Kidus enjoys the outdoors!
"It's cause of your friends"
Banti
Worked in hotel management in Ethiopia
Banti & Ayelu
Both individuals were business men/women ran hotels in Ethiopia. They ran the Galela Hotel
The year we had the first formal family reunion
2021
So who's hosting the next one....?
The first cousin to tap dance
Rachel
Rachel has been dancing for 9 years and completed 10 performances. She's done tap , ballet, jazz, and hip-hop dance
Sofiya
Sofiya became a Registered Nurse and currently works in __ unit
"YOU HAVE TO READ BOOKS!"
Meseret & Arega
Worked as a Bank Teller in Ethopia
Meseret
Worked as a Bank Teller at the National Bank of Ethiopia. Same bank Tsegaye Bedane worked at
The year Pheven & Yammy graduated college
2018
Pheven recieved a Bachelors of Applied Science in Health Service Management with a minor in Public Health
Yammy graduated in Honors with a Bachelors of Science in Business Management with a double minor in Political Science and Interdisciplinary Studies
Always setting the bar high!
The first couple to purchase a house in America
Mulu & Tsegaye
Mulu & Tsegaye purchased their first house in Richfield, MN in 2001
This family member was the first to have a grad party thrown for them.
Hanna
Hanna's high school graduating class had a class party at Yekateite 12 High School
"SHOW ME YOUR FRIENDS AND I SHOW YOU WHO YOU ARE"
Mulu & Tsegaye
Was a teacher when living in Ethiopia
Alex & Sofiya
150pts for guessing 1 & 300 for guessing both !
Alex was a teacher at Zeway Esanat Amba School. Where me meet his Sofiya who was also a teacher at the same school
The year the family went to Wisconsin Dell
2013
We stayed in a different resort each night!
The first family member to move to America
Arega
Arega first moved to California in 1973 when he was working for Ethiopian Airlines. He took a flight to America and never took the flight back.
*Note: When hired Ethiopian Airlines asked to make sure he woudln't leave
Performed the trumpet for Haile Selassie's son
Arega
Haile Selassie was the prince of Ethiopia in Desi for a ceremony
"DO YOU THINK PHEVEN & YAMMY WAS DOING THIS AT YOUR AGE?"
ALEX
Was an Accountant in when living in Ethiopia
Tsegaye
Tsegaye graduated in Banking & Finance then worked as an Accountant at the National Bank of Ethiopia
The year Hanna moved to America
1996
Hanna moved to Long Beach, California
The first Cousin to get a car
Pheven
Pheven was waken up at 2am and surprised with a Honda Accord as a gift
Who is a talented at drawing portraits
Yabsera
Yabsera is a talented portrait artist. His favorite medium is charcoal
"NO SLEEPOVERS"
Every Parent....
Alex
Sophia
Muluwork
Meseret
Tsegaye
Arega
Worked at a paper printing and copy company
Nesanet
Nesanet was a business man with many buisnesses
The year Mulu & Tsegaye got married
1995
Mulu & Tsegaye got married at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The first person to study abroad
Yammy
Yammy went to Germany in Spring semester of 2018 to study business