Sunday, April 29, 2012
Don Strange Ranch
This past weekend John and I cashed in on a birthday present and we visited the Don Strange Ranch for some fun. We climbed the Alpine Tower, completed the zip line and then took a kayak down the Guadalupe River. We had a great time and it was beautiful weather. The kids stayed with grandparents and of course were spoiled for the day. These are some pictures from our day.
Sunday, April 8, 2012
It's now or never...
Okay, so the title of this post simply refers to my crazy life right now. It is 10:30pm and I have about a thousand and one things to do. This week is already going to be crazy and it hasn't even started yet. I figured I better just sit down and get to the blogging now or it will never happen.
We celebrated Adam's 8th birthday last weekend at O.P. Schnabel Park and the kids had a great time. I know I probably go too far with his birthday parties and I will probably do the same for Brielle, but I figure I have a lot of birthdays to make up for so a big bash we will have.
Brielle started school on Monday, April 2nd. She is attending Adam's school and is actually in the same classroom. This should be an interesting two months...so far so good. She was so excited about her ginormous cookie she got for her first day. She also had an eye appointment and she has perfect eyesight which is great news. This week she does have a very important doctor's appointment so we are praying for a good prognosis.
Easter was a wonderful celebration with family and friends. The pictures tell all. The kids were spoiled, spoiled and spoiled again. Longji does clearly understand the reason for Easter and I just love his explanation for the celebration. Brielle just played with boiled and plastic eggs all weekend, but she will truly understand the significance before next year.
She did love her dress and it was very emotional to see her put it on for the first time. She just smiled and jumped up and down. She felt so pretty and she wanted to give Adam a kiss. He said, "no, that is disgusting." Thinking about our journey to China on both occasions, I don't remember seeing a picture of any of the girls in the orphanages wearing a dress. At least nothing as bright and colorful as the one Brielle was given.
I think this is it for now. It has been a crazy couple of weeks and it will continue over this next week so I hope I am updating everything I need to.
We celebrated Adam's 8th birthday last weekend at O.P. Schnabel Park and the kids had a great time. I know I probably go too far with his birthday parties and I will probably do the same for Brielle, but I figure I have a lot of birthdays to make up for so a big bash we will have.
Brielle started school on Monday, April 2nd. She is attending Adam's school and is actually in the same classroom. This should be an interesting two months...so far so good. She was so excited about her ginormous cookie she got for her first day. She also had an eye appointment and she has perfect eyesight which is great news. This week she does have a very important doctor's appointment so we are praying for a good prognosis.
Easter was a wonderful celebration with family and friends. The pictures tell all. The kids were spoiled, spoiled and spoiled again. Longji does clearly understand the reason for Easter and I just love his explanation for the celebration. Brielle just played with boiled and plastic eggs all weekend, but she will truly understand the significance before next year.
She did love her dress and it was very emotional to see her put it on for the first time. She just smiled and jumped up and down. She felt so pretty and she wanted to give Adam a kiss. He said, "no, that is disgusting." Thinking about our journey to China on both occasions, I don't remember seeing a picture of any of the girls in the orphanages wearing a dress. At least nothing as bright and colorful as the one Brielle was given.
I think this is it for now. It has been a crazy couple of weeks and it will continue over this next week so I hope I am updating everything I need to.
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