TWO FAMILIES COME TOGETHER TO REUNITE THEIR LITTLE ONES!

This past weekend was very special! I was invited to go down with Sarah and Glenn and the kids to visit a family in Orange County. The other family had adopted Mia last year from the same orphanage that Naomi had been in...the two little ones also had their cleft lips repaired at the same time and spent many months as playmates in the orphanage. So, in keeping with the
Chinese New Year's celebration...the two girls were reunited...
to begin again their friendship...and two families came together also to begin a friendship and share in the love of their precious daughters...Naomi and Mia! The picture on the couch is of all the children at the New Year's party in their chinese clothes enjoying watching "Kung Fu Panda"! The picture of the girls in the pink dresses is so sweet with them holding hands! All in all it was a wonderful way to start new relationships with the New Year...Thank you Sarah and Darren for your wonderful hospitality!

A Labor of Love....

O.K. I think I have some "splainin" to do! I just had to share this "labor of love" because it makes me smile every time Clete does my laundry (which is most of the time since he has retired!) Before when he would wash my "delicates" he tossed them in the dryer and they would come out tangled and frayed! After my gently reminding him that I would like them to hang dry...with the little cups "popped out" (to help them keep their little shape)...this is what I come home to!
I think he is very creative in his design! And so far I haven't had any frayed straps...or dented little cups! Now, how good do I have it!
P.S. It's been two weeks since this post and now Clete has gotten even more creative...he hangs them from right to left...each bra having it's own drawer...can you picture it?...there won't be any more photos...so, use your imagination! :o)

Fun at the Discovery Musuem!

Sarah and I took the kids to the discovery museum on friday for some fun activities! They rode the tractor, the stick ponies, touched a snake (Python), planted seedlings, played in the dog kennel, stood in a huge bubble, magnified their hands, watched the "real" sharks in the aquarium, dug for fossils, played with magnets...and so much more! We'll definitely hit this spot on their next visit!

The cousins together for Christmas...on New Year's Eve!

We celebrated our Christmas on New Year's Eve this year! That's the first day we all were feeling "well" and could get together! The kids were great together...
opening presents...and playing together. Kenna and Emilie were great with Daniel and Naomi who loved being read to! We spent the day just hanging out at the house and playing in the backyard in a big sand pit that Uncle Aaron dug!

Our pretty little ballerina...

Naomi received a "ballerina dress-up"
from GiGi and TaTa...


and was very happy to show it off...
and ham it up a bit!

Father and son...talk about trust!

As Daniel kept one eye on the waves while digging in the sand for shells...Glenn talked to him about "trust"...I over heard him say "Daniel you can always trust daddy...I won't let the wave get you wet!" It was sweet to see Daniel get up and follow him!