tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24913878877419581942024-03-14T08:07:09.998-07:00Willis FamilyAmy Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06133408239932558716noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491387887741958194.post-62371866494239076602009-12-18T19:07:00.001-08:002009-12-18T22:13:14.661-08:00December already!?!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvIftNky1wD5t0hJyCmHRDFrcAnosr7eHige3OGtG6NMAy55QVO7-EglWbTZvVeHJRIRqah8wc4ywUDYLxts3zoOxJX2jvrt86Q93GzDfN2w0AzZwUT1W1xhhS9C49cab-m-_dQxFZpo/s1600-h/NYC+2009+085.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416803303860726610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvIftNky1wD5t0hJyCmHRDFrcAnosr7eHige3OGtG6NMAy55QVO7-EglWbTZvVeHJRIRqah8wc4ywUDYLxts3zoOxJX2jvrt86Q93GzDfN2w0AzZwUT1W1xhhS9C49cab-m-_dQxFZpo/s320/NYC+2009+085.jpg" /></a> Having fun chasing the birds the birds in Central Park<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRunJT7omIBt6iVRkM2z_dN5xTSST4hk0E5dKHXp5kqzUlq0G9PPpi1DKXWZBV9EwjczjA-eHyp5AbibQNcNMBkns0g8e1TrRJZwMBqE-h80UI7DxxVKE1c3As5WEyHUu89oPI2s_zOwU/s1600-h/NYC+2009+075.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416803297823795666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRunJT7omIBt6iVRkM2z_dN5xTSST4hk0E5dKHXp5kqzUlq0G9PPpi1DKXWZBV9EwjczjA-eHyp5AbibQNcNMBkns0g8e1TrRJZwMBqE-h80UI7DxxVKE1c3As5WEyHUu89oPI2s_zOwU/s320/NYC+2009+075.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwnla8h2CE1JegAwyuuQk2QRMXgOJjJMZsAljc5b2yCauEsNIFayiYTYztC-M1G0y1ioeulHttY_Xy2XuP7-HuGlHl9XF415ybh_JOVGSb36Ht1DHh-9Rz7LvGxSdMu9yTIZzWjF2_9I/s1600-h/NYC+2009+065.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416803293539072978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwnla8h2CE1JegAwyuuQk2QRMXgOJjJMZsAljc5b2yCauEsNIFayiYTYztC-M1G0y1ioeulHttY_Xy2XuP7-HuGlHl9XF415ybh_JOVGSb36Ht1DHh-9Rz7LvGxSdMu9yTIZzWjF2_9I/s320/NYC+2009+065.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9uBY2X4MXHL0tXTHNPlRnS-HZlBpymwXpCOHAhkHvlaRXb6kYc7syPCxHr6M9W5tiR_DIKNkyqtV2DFYKQD5XnrzJ2h4g0H53ah0qTEHzA-m1dl26_3GoZlIPDtb34Zdp-768Fo-R31g/s1600-h/NYC+2009+056.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416803291351129714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9uBY2X4MXHL0tXTHNPlRnS-HZlBpymwXpCOHAhkHvlaRXb6kYc7syPCxHr6M9W5tiR_DIKNkyqtV2DFYKQD5XnrzJ2h4g0H53ah0qTEHzA-m1dl26_3GoZlIPDtb34Zdp-768Fo-R31g/s320/NYC+2009+056.jpg" /></a> Love this piano!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtBa21xfvY_Y3wQnIsFOKb4bfUQgUTi0_zV1U6_aXrgEYkfMTk1duKQlTCh1kb-tW_LLhFc8dvisL-fzV2Y6jmsrQsXFTOS_O7k753jNflb8rzSAIQKzcWZQsf9VvqQTf5xByXvWhLYic/s1600-h/NYC+2009+053.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416803285945014018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtBa21xfvY_Y3wQnIsFOKb4bfUQgUTi0_zV1U6_aXrgEYkfMTk1duKQlTCh1kb-tW_LLhFc8dvisL-fzV2Y6jmsrQsXFTOS_O7k753jNflb8rzSAIQKzcWZQsf9VvqQTf5xByXvWhLYic/s320/NYC+2009+053.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVypQpDqLkQK4DePr6LaSRxtNhjuQZ6-D_6oVOBPAEEQOOsyH-Kg_AKZCD4163rae7CR2P61WIDfZC2v7tyzYnT0dHue3Y2tu3OervYsfeyl_Zum1h2nkFsGIbjodc2rFpR-_FrD_u1k/s1600-h/NYC+2009+051.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416802235021468642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVypQpDqLkQK4DePr6LaSRxtNhjuQZ6-D_6oVOBPAEEQOOsyH-Kg_AKZCD4163rae7CR2P61WIDfZC2v7tyzYnT0dHue3Y2tu3OervYsfeyl_Zum1h2nkFsGIbjodc2rFpR-_FrD_u1k/s320/NYC+2009+051.jpg" /></a> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">FAO</span> Schwartz...very cool store!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYbZ_6wQE1og2zyK0k6Cw3tugcTqudGitVcdSMwk6mPuqbbtEJRsr2f02Wt9P_xhV3-VBt5cW_lM_rFnMYfYxmdBspHQAGsPqAykSoaZtP2IC1qDe8ik1zj_XGEEScguGAu1WRh7_0vw/s1600-h/New+York+Jeff2+114.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416802229755447106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYbZ_6wQE1og2zyK0k6Cw3tugcTqudGitVcdSMwk6mPuqbbtEJRsr2f02Wt9P_xhV3-VBt5cW_lM_rFnMYfYxmdBspHQAGsPqAykSoaZtP2IC1qDe8ik1zj_XGEEScguGAu1WRh7_0vw/s320/New+York+Jeff2+114.jpg" /></a> Great view from the Circle Line tours<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZENsHAWI_TtJBqsQqx9mBbipmNEQ-oeioyGu5LtCPS-fvZAIzKrfyJOwnVy-VUJIOO5iPgM9NZUVk-UM8_s8d2kPr57fKfbZ5zO6bRqf5jpRZweQhEbeDDrtpOzzmEVit8HqNh8Iy3Qc/s1600-h/New+York+Jeff2+113.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416802219578059986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZENsHAWI_TtJBqsQqx9mBbipmNEQ-oeioyGu5LtCPS-fvZAIzKrfyJOwnVy-VUJIOO5iPgM9NZUVk-UM8_s8d2kPr57fKfbZ5zO6bRqf5jpRZweQhEbeDDrtpOzzmEVit8HqNh8Iy3Qc/s320/New+York+Jeff2+113.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0gw865wqD_9m1Ri2bY2YT1GzFQnClzKnT9RkKmINuLkysd2Y_Gn2NScTRPV7jzUppJxs0vD3SJCSvXcAvAG-VC1ctYGusJHp32067ceYnEsec66YZShjzrAO4lX_xDRiWynGYZVy4ldE/s1600-h/New+York+Jeff2+104.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416802212552400226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0gw865wqD_9m1Ri2bY2YT1GzFQnClzKnT9RkKmINuLkysd2Y_Gn2NScTRPV7jzUppJxs0vD3SJCSvXcAvAG-VC1ctYGusJHp32067ceYnEsec66YZShjzrAO4lX_xDRiWynGYZVy4ldE/s320/New+York+Jeff2+104.jpg" /></a> Having fun!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsyRWrO82N_Ir9aX30pid8ezQsuT3k1kDf7obN4TFWvr0FmHP9y9Bmv3r-lQ7iVEEvkdjPzEfAgo_jBtcHoBjN7DoHbWjRj1K8RavVWL3KUS1BYLLYcrMBkZb2jpiM_lb48fZkyX6Yd8/s1600-h/New+York+Jeff2+110.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416802205939229106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsyRWrO82N_Ir9aX30pid8ezQsuT3k1kDf7obN4TFWvr0FmHP9y9Bmv3r-lQ7iVEEvkdjPzEfAgo_jBtcHoBjN7DoHbWjRj1K8RavVWL3KUS1BYLLYcrMBkZb2jpiM_lb48fZkyX6Yd8/s320/New+York+Jeff2+110.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCwsvM8sTmRLM4D9ECwSVC28LFdnrJTlthZgciI4mGF1CvrWnLfMjUFYD69c4R8RrP2p16bDsvOcTK2Wo4YCgl6nzBRR6KyA5-JhxKwQ3ZP3KY7b5SKHp7994FEq0EZmjCEU7gXqymd_c/s1600-h/New+York+Jeff2+100.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416799979922242370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCwsvM8sTmRLM4D9ECwSVC28LFdnrJTlthZgciI4mGF1CvrWnLfMjUFYD69c4R8RrP2p16bDsvOcTK2Wo4YCgl6nzBRR6KyA5-JhxKwQ3ZP3KY7b5SKHp7994FEq0EZmjCEU7gXqymd_c/s320/New+York+Jeff2+100.jpg" /></a> Beautiful little China Doll!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPpuCwHxuUxb0AaTKLvyO48zWsKLcXSHJNJ-URoHiG8AErgKQ6tMMObQ6vAHs-_GHc5LnmkkYrQf7TQLITvAuSHT9h8nLX6Ct2g56psrb9rvOVL_D4i7-4VrpKHoKE-lJ1oa6loR2_5A/s1600-h/New+York+Jeff2+041.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416799972452649826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPpuCwHxuUxb0AaTKLvyO48zWsKLcXSHJNJ-URoHiG8AErgKQ6tMMObQ6vAHs-_GHc5LnmkkYrQf7TQLITvAuSHT9h8nLX6Ct2g56psrb9rvOVL_D4i7-4VrpKHoKE-lJ1oa6loR2_5A/s320/New+York+Jeff2+041.jpg" /></a> Our family having fun in NYC Central Park!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyHSYpCPgHrYt8TZJPPw7BLMu3_gyZvJWrfLMtMdaNEnd71cwGiMl4rhjpOvboDdxurOFoIMxQZ1yBYkXEkq7t-6jtCDC7QfWW4_X_va8fRqdvDPKJaJR9CB77zWnsMSly9I0UfD7Zd20/s1600-h/New+York+Jeff2+034.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416799966067518498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyHSYpCPgHrYt8TZJPPw7BLMu3_gyZvJWrfLMtMdaNEnd71cwGiMl4rhjpOvboDdxurOFoIMxQZ1yBYkXEkq7t-6jtCDC7QfWW4_X_va8fRqdvDPKJaJR9CB77zWnsMSly9I0UfD7Zd20/s320/New+York+Jeff2+034.jpg" /></a> Smiling Faith<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9PCdBBI7nB7ExLV_1NHmYzdJkUdwpq-T_wJkXNkYp7zOb6ov-5tNrF9Z38sQ4oqge8RITeOY8w_KZkNdR8lD4fEXNXCfo8joWFWulqjQem1-2IrkEDZ-NZ4oitQOffOOSDbrR47Fvlo/s1600-h/New+York+Jeff2+032.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416799959144424290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR9PCdBBI7nB7ExLV_1NHmYzdJkUdwpq-T_wJkXNkYp7zOb6ov-5tNrF9Z38sQ4oqge8RITeOY8w_KZkNdR8lD4fEXNXCfo8joWFWulqjQem1-2IrkEDZ-NZ4oitQOffOOSDbrR47Fvlo/s320/New+York+Jeff2+032.jpg" /></a> Emily & Faith in Central Park<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidbrsjTSl36REK9wvV_OH1VfnsQkDgyeuAwjM1GKKMsLu_eosJLjPzLeVTb5eas1lon6JQXIuSdZ3N2sZezcO18gnX2IN36hOWbOQcGWiYT9omfLXg7qYGZQif6o0UlO28yUG9W9HnnzQ/s1600-h/Macy's+Thanksgiving+Day+Parade+130.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416799953357380226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidbrsjTSl36REK9wvV_OH1VfnsQkDgyeuAwjM1GKKMsLu_eosJLjPzLeVTb5eas1lon6JQXIuSdZ3N2sZezcO18gnX2IN36hOWbOQcGWiYT9omfLXg7qYGZQif6o0UlO28yUG9W9HnnzQ/s320/Macy's+Thanksgiving+Day+Parade+130.jpg" /></a> On the street following the parade after it had passed...<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyyjaytsB9MEFgSwXCPDj7ImOU0Av2CJgO8FfmoPI5pdsrm6xcC3qqfzYNXxF4QmrHauhq67X_4iVRDGyYg2oLNPQIZpSFvlXWJc2mHBSlLq1cJA29lNxfwlvJ_cG_Lw5XSUfh5XHAk5A/s1600-h/New+York+053.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416795011542402850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyyjaytsB9MEFgSwXCPDj7ImOU0Av2CJgO8FfmoPI5pdsrm6xcC3qqfzYNXxF4QmrHauhq67X_4iVRDGyYg2oLNPQIZpSFvlXWJc2mHBSlLq1cJA29lNxfwlvJ_cG_Lw5XSUfh5XHAk5A/s320/New+York+053.jpg" /></a> or "Mary & Papa's" as Faith called it. :)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPFWar6P2fFejKCN8pF5K32jD015gzWqBLLT0Wb1DaySwAKJuxYD5eVRqYo-wzzse_NgWInGLPT4pmfT9Me-UG6DFIotIHH1EC77BrRvd-hqlt0F9xVUCt99nD4NkkkcNTVUDIMzPsFKI/s1600-h/New+York+049.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416795009024817122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPFWar6P2fFejKCN8pF5K32jD015gzWqBLLT0Wb1DaySwAKJuxYD5eVRqYo-wzzse_NgWInGLPT4pmfT9Me-UG6DFIotIHH1EC77BrRvd-hqlt0F9xVUCt99nD4NkkkcNTVUDIMzPsFKI/s320/New+York+049.jpg" /></a> Beautiful young lady! Where did all the time go!?!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_2AAl4UapiQUdFXFnwkM8w1jXbGtNezym8EdQ2yS5PMx1l1K_BEhIk_5VHGyrYuwiws09WCOkR5LtrNz8rWvQiCYvY-zyW5Gtk4LKkoR9qnUXnlKSRUlHNFxZ08QNPA62uVKQdtJRUQ/s1600-h/Macy's+Thanksgiving+Day+Parade+104.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416795004274191250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_2AAl4UapiQUdFXFnwkM8w1jXbGtNezym8EdQ2yS5PMx1l1K_BEhIk_5VHGyrYuwiws09WCOkR5LtrNz8rWvQiCYvY-zyW5Gtk4LKkoR9qnUXnlKSRUlHNFxZ08QNPA62uVKQdtJRUQ/s320/Macy's+Thanksgiving+Day+Parade+104.jpg" /></a> Our front row seats for the parade on the VIP bleachers!!! YES!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO58QTCrW_AN5MHZRrcR817cI-icTBWRTJ8JzaOb6Y7DBMEdz2FKjYoxQCQQhoXtahZCakqd3zRO9Gf__L30z7pMFYJrM4J4-jsoVljaWIV0_73XFXi83BjF7PTLKUJ4xL0wToiUiChB0/s1600-h/Macy's+Thanksgiving+Day+Parade+077.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416795001824231490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO58QTCrW_AN5MHZRrcR817cI-icTBWRTJ8JzaOb6Y7DBMEdz2FKjYoxQCQQhoXtahZCakqd3zRO9Gf__L30z7pMFYJrM4J4-jsoVljaWIV0_73XFXi83BjF7PTLKUJ4xL0wToiUiChB0/s320/Macy's+Thanksgiving+Day+Parade+077.jpg" /></a> Yes, that is Santa's lower 1/2 Miss Pearl. :)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifKZmtcEJSWukKmnLnYAWmfgUSjzv75g42piOh4Rsp217Ppe8r3BXKiSNmjCxZ2Wn-GfmFUyv3Tdow3VdY910rhgAH937jPctxR1Of6o5diCWFSwc2rNf0pNZ08onApQh3F_wvSXogcSM/s1600-h/Macy's+Thanksgiving+Day+Parade+003.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416794997156605010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifKZmtcEJSWukKmnLnYAWmfgUSjzv75g42piOh4Rsp217Ppe8r3BXKiSNmjCxZ2Wn-GfmFUyv3Tdow3VdY910rhgAH937jPctxR1Of6o5diCWFSwc2rNf0pNZ08onApQh3F_wvSXogcSM/s320/Macy's+Thanksgiving+Day+Parade+003.jpg" /></a> These were our front row seats prior to getting the VIP bleachers. If you will notice, it is still dark outside. :)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt09qMLHjQ2Yvr0kZDzjK898kl7MLY6QIR1WtGpXNpP9wFi22lgG3zclU_hzt93zACHKNOzfvtl4L9apoarW3JpbGM6GSXJInX27dYwb2pzvSl-slor7X49nsunoreC4PYwvT94piL0eU/s1600-h/Macy's+Thanksgiving+Day+Parade+027.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416792343501384322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt09qMLHjQ2Yvr0kZDzjK898kl7MLY6QIR1WtGpXNpP9wFi22lgG3zclU_hzt93zACHKNOzfvtl4L9apoarW3JpbGM6GSXJInX27dYwb2pzvSl-slor7X49nsunoreC4PYwvT94piL0eU/s320/Macy's+Thanksgiving+Day+Parade+027.jpg" /></a> Kermit!!! Incredibly Large Kermit!<br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7u3SLmMoTtMR2QikITaSJbU_eDDhq8k4EtlQDfzXNmUt5c8lhJBGe_e7I_ecocP-lNtFu_y5w2BHsV8mRzhG1OFpudUZOtyzVtlVL5eqcUTqxUYMOrQKCfkB3k46CEulXOQYzHew82Ww/s1600-h/Macy's+Thanksgiving+Day+Parade+014.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416792337456011282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7u3SLmMoTtMR2QikITaSJbU_eDDhq8k4EtlQDfzXNmUt5c8lhJBGe_e7I_ecocP-lNtFu_y5w2BHsV8mRzhG1OFpudUZOtyzVtlVL5eqcUTqxUYMOrQKCfkB3k46CEulXOQYzHew82Ww/s320/Macy's+Thanksgiving+Day+Parade+014.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh86jxKzLVqv6sEM3TLjb52y5Bl86L3m7zHLlsZFNluX-fn3YssFzbZF3E6LovCtg2IbKXUFqXFwROwQ1CM5czxSqCd34jHNM3fyQrXbL2m1tEq5Udyp0-CmrwQ2mP7j0AeFl1Q4qxC5KA/s1600-h/Macy's+Thanksgiving+Day+Parade+011.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416792333732520642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh86jxKzLVqv6sEM3TLjb52y5Bl86L3m7zHLlsZFNluX-fn3YssFzbZF3E6LovCtg2IbKXUFqXFwROwQ1CM5czxSqCd34jHNM3fyQrXbL2m1tEq5Udyp0-CmrwQ2mP7j0AeFl1Q4qxC5KA/s320/Macy's+Thanksgiving+Day+Parade+011.jpg" /></a><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNSxOSa2FnUeLlEYVGlR7zS1KLiSRKYLeYcoKIkFIfFWKQAol4HOLS7nuWcQLRG1HX9sO7ZMC2Sj3404p47YZs2kbI7xbs-S0JximdAlQZzWY_36J9Ku6ocqyNjUOfqcjNtcoaTQeaJzE/s1600-h/Volleyball+049.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416792325067921474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNSxOSa2FnUeLlEYVGlR7zS1KLiSRKYLeYcoKIkFIfFWKQAol4HOLS7nuWcQLRG1HX9sO7ZMC2Sj3404p47YZs2kbI7xbs-S0JximdAlQZzWY_36J9Ku6ocqyNjUOfqcjNtcoaTQeaJzE/s320/Volleyball+049.jpg" /></a> Emily & her <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">team mates</span> in Volleyball! We had such a great time watching all the games!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnmyM5hcwFv8VQnL6zfWs884sbu7qwvJR0MdgS13yhz1iV3ddkdt_DCKeYhBk_itb4MtFpTPJTYVJllIyd0RrXRZ8G6EMlChVW_tjoLtqpZ3ZrChvnvd5yJ_N5WKJTXEcWu2y9cxrHi0/s1600-h/October+2009+019.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416789823780633426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnmyM5hcwFv8VQnL6zfWs884sbu7qwvJR0MdgS13yhz1iV3ddkdt_DCKeYhBk_itb4MtFpTPJTYVJllIyd0RrXRZ8G6EMlChVW_tjoLtqpZ3ZrChvnvd5yJ_N5WKJTXEcWu2y9cxrHi0/s320/October+2009+019.jpg" /></a> A day by the bay<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFPP6D_XmjlVNUEyfnu34-jVDyql_4fu6EQVRT4vJ7yzOagKH-spLR_l10FrTERpA8HRw9_NfDOmrD5S8rQzHq6L5D9LcZQwDDXStPCuFMkB1sHYYFNZVbtxCoAl-okMMppSIWr-ayRGE/s1600-h/October+2009+007.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416789819064957426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFPP6D_XmjlVNUEyfnu34-jVDyql_4fu6EQVRT4vJ7yzOagKH-spLR_l10FrTERpA8HRw9_NfDOmrD5S8rQzHq6L5D9LcZQwDDXStPCuFMkB1sHYYFNZVbtxCoAl-okMMppSIWr-ayRGE/s320/October+2009+007.jpg" /></a> Amanda, Emily, Jeff, Faith, Miranda with Mason & Tyler!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2QDePKC-VptfGysqs2fW5eJhv5SnJhg9yYqcMft-sB8QLlAX5c97aNDcXZxyumarmrCbRyushXf8u3Fwd7a0JzwJpfWorzcKiS-u1FxFgQh0ubYcgFAN2DEd51XE48wb7gqT1lQWGYl0/s1600-h/October+2009+003.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416789816576923298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2QDePKC-VptfGysqs2fW5eJhv5SnJhg9yYqcMft-sB8QLlAX5c97aNDcXZxyumarmrCbRyushXf8u3Fwd7a0JzwJpfWorzcKiS-u1FxFgQh0ubYcgFAN2DEd51XE48wb7gqT1lQWGYl0/s320/October+2009+003.jpg" /></a> Em with her friends! Emma, Miranda, Liz, Caitlin<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwwp4SiBIK86PEa3MT7ER9vc4Zbb2tgUTAwFwfguBpHoYxWE_V9UNZikZ-H2nOO_o8WOebpv5fEoLV4mbUbmM4E07BPweJ7S9vixth7A_cTGwTjCAKyHWkMSFDQMz0sji23O30mPngLA/s1600-h/Aransas+Princess+10-3-09+019.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416789811028325618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwwp4SiBIK86PEa3MT7ER9vc4Zbb2tgUTAwFwfguBpHoYxWE_V9UNZikZ-H2nOO_o8WOebpv5fEoLV4mbUbmM4E07BPweJ7S9vixth7A_cTGwTjCAKyHWkMSFDQMz0sji23O30mPngLA/s320/Aransas+Princess+10-3-09+019.jpg" /></a> The girls playing in Port A with Mimi & Papa!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjEdZTE3rVfSBlKRCEz7r3s5dLaOgtMVNWaJC0U3AtNdyX41DOLSQZUj-dCTvLrNdQaWHn4LE1Z0-NRTusIObWi0OShvaDo0yZXYK_7dEaJItuQ3NYqqODW9JxEKIpDnrYQnT_2LOwuo/s1600-h/girls+029.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416789808266376306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjEdZTE3rVfSBlKRCEz7r3s5dLaOgtMVNWaJC0U3AtNdyX41DOLSQZUj-dCTvLrNdQaWHn4LE1Z0-NRTusIObWi0OShvaDo0yZXYK_7dEaJItuQ3NYqqODW9JxEKIpDnrYQnT_2LOwuo/s320/girls+029.jpg" /></a> Em & Faith being silly!<br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJmmbNdhYvWWQb_qF46dcr73cz71b0E8uTsMJ3XA8hl_6lz46YClzKnAbfE0GuDcBCRYKboKzsIctbF81_idAlX7CJ-Eu5Iy_pyS4f6NpOvGv5n4Vg_-VFafH8jjbq6CysAyX_zsMClI/s1600-h/girls+009.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416788194714055922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJmmbNdhYvWWQb_qF46dcr73cz71b0E8uTsMJ3XA8hl_6lz46YClzKnAbfE0GuDcBCRYKboKzsIctbF81_idAlX7CJ-Eu5Iy_pyS4f6NpOvGv5n4Vg_-VFafH8jjbq6CysAyX_zsMClI/s320/girls+009.jpg" /></a> Emily playing with Faith</div><div><br /><br />Wow, I am so not sure where the all of the time goes. Seems like school just started! Now the year is 1/2 over. We have had a really busy few months. So many cool memories...<br />*Faith walking into school everyday & asking Miss "<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">desada</span>" (<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Quesada</span>)..."I late?" All because we were late ONE day!</div><div> </div></div><div>* Faith learning to read so well! Emily loves to help her with her reading.</div><div> </div><div>*Faith & Emily laughing and giggling as they play</div><div><br /></div><div>*The girls listening to sweet Nana as she was talked to them...so thankful for those memories as Nana went to be with the Lord last month. So <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">thankful</span> she got to love on Faith! She always loved her great grandbabies...they were the joy of her life & we counted it such a blessing that she lived here with us so that our kids knew her and loved her like we did! This is going to be a tough Christmas, especially for my momma...but she had such an incredible life & always told me not to be sad for her when she was gone, but to rejoice...so that is truly what we are trying ot do...rejoice for her.</div><div><br /></div><div>*Faith as she says the blessing at dinner..."...Jesus loves me pray, Amen." What she <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">means</span> to say is what we typically say is " In Jesus name we pray, Amen". Then Emily looking at me & saying "You <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">forgot</span> to set up the video...AGAIN!" </div><div><br /></div><div>*Faith asking "when fat boy bring me presents?" Meaning Santa...:)</div><div><br /><br /></div><div>We took the girls to see Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade last month & had a wonderful trip! That was on my bucket list & i <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">thoroughly</span> enjoyed it! We got to sit on the front row of the VIP bleachers, thanks to a wonderful <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">policewoman</span> that we struck up a conversation with an hour or so before the parade as they were all getting to their posts...so awesome...note to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">self</span> if we ever go again...nothing to drink & don't leave your seats an hour & a half before the parade to find a potty! Took us forever & the crowd was so heavy by the time we got back that i was SURE we would NEVER get back to our family! The people in the crowds literally had to turn sideways to allow the slightest bit of room for us to squeeze through...many were NOT happy with us, others were so helpful, holding our hands to steady us as we climbed over their families. Just incredible & impossible to describe! But we got up way before dawn to get our front row seats & I was determined to get back to my spot! :) The parade & floats were wonderful! </div><div><br /><br /></div><div>Thanksgiving dinner at Tavern on the Green was FABULOUS! We saw 2 shows...Wicked & Mary <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Poppins</span> or as Faith called it "Mary & Papas". Wicked was a show that I highly recommend if you ever get the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">chance</span> to see it...GO! i will see it again sometime. Excellent! </div><div><br /> </div><div>The girls got out of school today for the Christmas holidays & I am so ready for some time to just sit back & relax a bit. I pray that your Christmas is blessed with lots of love and laughter!</div><div><br /></div><div>Merry Christmas!</div><div><br /><br /> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Amy Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06133408239932558716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491387887741958194.post-73121952317892432012009-09-13T05:48:00.000-07:002009-09-13T07:20:35.308-07:00September<div><div><div><div><div><div>Well, school has started and Faith is loving her class and teacher. Emily is really enjoying Middle School. I was a bit nauseaus about it, but seems for no reason other than it does make me think about how old she is getting and what a precious young lady I have instead of a little girl. She is up at the crack of dawn to run Cross Country in the mornings & then plays on the volleyball team. They just took 2nd place in a tournament last weekend. Was great fun to watch. Faith is ready to start a sport, and we will soon. She will be great at it once she starts. She is very competetive & is sooo fast. :) </div><div>This last week has been such a long one. Last Sunday morning early we got a call in the middle of the night that Nana had fallen. I got to the hospital before she did, so went to her place. They were trying to stabalize her before they took her to the hospital. But as she was on the stretcher, she looked up at me & told me she had broken her hip. Just what we all dreaded ever happening. It has been a long week of family rallying around and being with her 24 hours a day. She had surgery that i truly was concerned that she would not come back from, but came thru with flying colors, and she is now in a rehab hospital where she walked yesterday...we are so thrilled! </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD5240HzftbyHMGR-fJgmhiFWTy7uFQo8mIDcHuYa9_OpKxP7lI-TvcrMP2SmHcRLFQkv1NWULhTuiwAMlaFgHx0wGwDP8zs1X8D6sxD-XG54Uy6AnwwaLWDEYc7ORTNpSF_Va2unKW84/s1600-h/2009+first+day+of+school+003.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 213px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380952864534172770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD5240HzftbyHMGR-fJgmhiFWTy7uFQo8mIDcHuYa9_OpKxP7lI-TvcrMP2SmHcRLFQkv1NWULhTuiwAMlaFgHx0wGwDP8zs1X8D6sxD-XG54Uy6AnwwaLWDEYc7ORTNpSF_Va2unKW84/s320/2009+first+day+of+school+003.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3c4oCZeuslNdRAAf-7wD3YZ_JLekliziaTHs2NrsPGzaD_VxJtoIqsmmSxnByG_W1bJjYlW4uH9NSAdBM2mo5D4eAe_B5oS6Ny4Az-R65UzXnkPFjYxOQjJOBP_HOpHAevfibfBnR94/s1600-h/2009+first+day+of+school+007.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 213px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380953008900434914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3c4oCZeuslNdRAAf-7wD3YZ_JLekliziaTHs2NrsPGzaD_VxJtoIqsmmSxnByG_W1bJjYlW4uH9NSAdBM2mo5D4eAe_B5oS6Ny4Az-R65UzXnkPFjYxOQjJOBP_HOpHAevfibfBnR94/s320/2009+first+day+of+school+007.jpg" /></a></div><div>My Sixth Grader and my First Grader! Can't believe it!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisAPzaTy-FRit7sRa2zSBFMkSY6ffduE6igfFIgaeCdvMKhzQcrStGlD8fEiqWVrWGOln-my1HPi1oyMY16Lm47pShrCcPApm750O04WQfNc_somPGTGjn698wB8wA_bG7aZmuWkRUM8A/s1600-h/photo5.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380954776453732370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisAPzaTy-FRit7sRa2zSBFMkSY6ffduE6igfFIgaeCdvMKhzQcrStGlD8fEiqWVrWGOln-my1HPi1oyMY16Lm47pShrCcPApm750O04WQfNc_somPGTGjn698wB8wA_bG7aZmuWkRUM8A/s320/photo5.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA4qMoRTHpldTmv5LzpFbOCZsKoymiFd3tgKJcnfs5TP-vkL4yOO2mBRcXBu-iPMt4iJepEBVQDitUUC36eHFWUAbedNMRG0GkNzB3Tvsv1X6422J0zm94kBFrfNkxIWG21ENfOxkPagM/s1600-h/photo7.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380955074578750914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA4qMoRTHpldTmv5LzpFbOCZsKoymiFd3tgKJcnfs5TP-vkL4yOO2mBRcXBu-iPMt4iJepEBVQDitUUC36eHFWUAbedNMRG0GkNzB3Tvsv1X6422J0zm94kBFrfNkxIWG21ENfOxkPagM/s320/photo7.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Ik_Fg82IOOm6uqSityiEat6uwCgfV7usPCT3-GEhiiMs2A8LjArYIZkoPlrmGOfmtsqfFTq2EJKlik9gYg7ri9XPviI75_e8Ul91J6FCx7MP7HNaH-OKsH5E61Dtt7aaAVo6P5ZoCmw/s1600-h/em+%26+fawn.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380954646958784786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Ik_Fg82IOOm6uqSityiEat6uwCgfV7usPCT3-GEhiiMs2A8LjArYIZkoPlrmGOfmtsqfFTq2EJKlik9gYg7ri9XPviI75_e8Ul91J6FCx7MP7HNaH-OKsH5E61Dtt7aaAVo6P5ZoCmw/s320/em+%26+fawn.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHKrVVguiaXgkIWczffAsJaNpj_qhkXyvqvEuzVXrNPr3JqwvhnI0rJYxPG_wYJMgDdNwdZprQZy7uZxLBMtW4lF2bvBl0YD1kwT6cHrK8E_hGMHuXbuGForkLjwDpnIx1p9cLdZuhO4o/s1600-h/1.GIF"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380953941478851090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHKrVVguiaXgkIWczffAsJaNpj_qhkXyvqvEuzVXrNPr3JqwvhnI0rJYxPG_wYJMgDdNwdZprQZy7uZxLBMtW4lF2bvBl0YD1kwT6cHrK8E_hGMHuXbuGForkLjwDpnIx1p9cLdZuhO4o/s320/1.GIF" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsxw0cLYqPGlwCWtAyXbONXNoHLSiWDKRVy6W6k13DgjxwJG7vdWnDoGODUKBTSeDFc71SMAB-5koj0y7Xvm4ddYNbDrRRCxea6le7-VYZQ3yDvrtKdh6-4mKhCC6a-DpxOC5JDwu_Qxk/s1600-h/3.GIF"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380954371901195266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsxw0cLYqPGlwCWtAyXbONXNoHLSiWDKRVy6W6k13DgjxwJG7vdWnDoGODUKBTSeDFc71SMAB-5koj0y7Xvm4ddYNbDrRRCxea6le7-VYZQ3yDvrtKdh6-4mKhCC6a-DpxOC5JDwu_Qxk/s320/3.GIF" /></a> <br /><div>Grandad & Momi's Birthday...they got some cool gifts! </div></div></div></div></div></div>Amy Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06133408239932558716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491387887741958194.post-89642810976164603352009-08-22T19:22:00.000-07:002009-08-24T20:12:28.371-07:00Can't Believe Summer is over!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrpw1pyJzHCWLObC17r1GYo_4lDMSic6GLqtDqfm245Qz2M6e6wpDE_E98aP-3krpIXV766Hmd5NuU3svs2RisOZsyqNfQsMrjlAGzcyPBQMDJl-0ADRVU7sFQDnQjYqYFTafE_XjSLo/s1600-h/summer+2009...+131.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 180px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373004039382041250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrpw1pyJzHCWLObC17r1GYo_4lDMSic6GLqtDqfm245Qz2M6e6wpDE_E98aP-3krpIXV766Hmd5NuU3svs2RisOZsyqNfQsMrjlAGzcyPBQMDJl-0ADRVU7sFQDnQjYqYFTafE_XjSLo/s320/summer+2009...+131.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQDo3GnOroox0GOwALahTxjWvrZgOTi8_8pO61NJPkhqDISBgw53naBGNwQvVlHFMOV8RAgKabX2NqdQ8-XOR34VO2CYPch4nRzGym2nuMF7Ikpif_gsnXktg3XuoXQ2_jDvk8yYJ0_I/s1600-h/summer+2009...+121.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 180px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373003614026197762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQDo3GnOroox0GOwALahTxjWvrZgOTi8_8pO61NJPkhqDISBgw53naBGNwQvVlHFMOV8RAgKabX2NqdQ8-XOR34VO2CYPch4nRzGym2nuMF7Ikpif_gsnXktg3XuoXQ2_jDvk8yYJ0_I/s320/summer+2009...+121.jpg" /></a><br />My 2 amazingly beautiful girls...My biggest blessing is to be their momma!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlweI2TSzMTy4Xn9rim95Kd2oQVtXoPVSlErRTvcAaV8VYj6TBY-weZ9wSRI7HynMpmwi9bpg4QaCDYHNfcateb27ZiCXkUC83UOm6wSZOYtS-JbDRtihUlWL7D7c_RL3W5d1QNG_Cg48/s1600-h/summer+2009...+125.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 180px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373003356045668002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlweI2TSzMTy4Xn9rim95Kd2oQVtXoPVSlErRTvcAaV8VYj6TBY-weZ9wSRI7HynMpmwi9bpg4QaCDYHNfcateb27ZiCXkUC83UOm6wSZOYtS-JbDRtihUlWL7D7c_RL3W5d1QNG_Cg48/s320/summer+2009...+125.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfiM0AfywuX0Ur9umhWeBXBclkvX55fvOGzn0GoW0E3FuTK8N2SJPbsLz7bmdoZ-kfWz8ogNek014vBetoxc3eSHKUq3mXLeDkzUs2KiXLTaTiKQ9tdMNLE2ys9cFG7CLb_6laF7PP5Ew/s1600-h/summer+2009...+119.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 180px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373003070195303490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfiM0AfywuX0Ur9umhWeBXBclkvX55fvOGzn0GoW0E3FuTK8N2SJPbsLz7bmdoZ-kfWz8ogNek014vBetoxc3eSHKUq3mXLeDkzUs2KiXLTaTiKQ9tdMNLE2ys9cFG7CLb_6laF7PP5Ew/s320/summer+2009...+119.jpg" /></a><br />Smiles! oh so sweet! Climbing our favorite tree in Rockport! </div><div>Next time we need tennis shoes!<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKOGeDSwUai3iAreOCmmUkUk5ku0FWEhSX3_ZaqKAL1HzTfDdNuB0FCHxewn_Hab5iKm0AQK1NsF-BckV7CMd5wMXm4Xubj1mWyhp3w9vyD2oZBrMfpLzCJJpZrt1K6HCYUhaFZGb-SJ8/s1600-h/summer+2009...+118.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 180px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373002824839300418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKOGeDSwUai3iAreOCmmUkUk5ku0FWEhSX3_ZaqKAL1HzTfDdNuB0FCHxewn_Hab5iKm0AQK1NsF-BckV7CMd5wMXm4Xubj1mWyhp3w9vyD2oZBrMfpLzCJJpZrt1K6HCYUhaFZGb-SJ8/s320/summer+2009...+118.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaN1WxBmI801bSa32zIIf9QHOhqumG8bO7k0c58AQyYRNLLQIBFU3DXa6PyoaLV3tUdDDhg2C1jLzDIzK55ttwCtx-0U96HJf3bRLWt93MnL0a4-dsYvJnrJ-CPjaKlu5DfX7KrKd_HzY/s1600-h/summer+2009...+117.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 180px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373002458416066482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaN1WxBmI801bSa32zIIf9QHOhqumG8bO7k0c58AQyYRNLLQIBFU3DXa6PyoaLV3tUdDDhg2C1jLzDIzK55ttwCtx-0U96HJf3bRLWt93MnL0a4-dsYvJnrJ-CPjaKlu5DfX7KrKd_HzY/s320/summer+2009...+117.jpg" /></a><br /><div>"Hello! Anyone there?"<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX18a1E7XynJXkMhJDtkH9ea0-Fl8hUz36zZkzXpZxPquByIVuXNCRL1i_SSMa5Tfjnhsd29t3d91DDyQNEuX9qQUx4CWn8ON7BIvsiu2CFg80rO5rZtF1GazhDTfGV_NuWad_8Gg9lUk/s1600-h/summer+2009...+106.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373002110166801474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX18a1E7XynJXkMhJDtkH9ea0-Fl8hUz36zZkzXpZxPquByIVuXNCRL1i_SSMa5Tfjnhsd29t3d91DDyQNEuX9qQUx4CWn8ON7BIvsiu2CFg80rO5rZtF1GazhDTfGV_NuWad_8Gg9lUk/s320/summer+2009...+106.jpg" /></a><br />Giggling girls...nothing better!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibOVAnN4itWjfeFxcJfsbkXAvbTj_jDFckoVFmnsXlWupIRgThq1ZwhQdx0KFac3WM05aoCwcffDLQrAGwtq7hHob6QImPD7oCP6Q_CpNzgF_0AnMuj2cciyz-j_33XdtUdQt_wf9FlTk/s1600-h/summer+2009...+102.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373001782602268146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibOVAnN4itWjfeFxcJfsbkXAvbTj_jDFckoVFmnsXlWupIRgThq1ZwhQdx0KFac3WM05aoCwcffDLQrAGwtq7hHob6QImPD7oCP6Q_CpNzgF_0AnMuj2cciyz-j_33XdtUdQt_wf9FlTk/s320/summer+2009...+102.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6PwQPS5tJVBOFmthWHXwGCbt2ee6vSvx3h_2YtuBphbQ97i25up76cSZnByclgJtO-V2wfpYnE7GVc2mcAPHskPvE8GsOn6Y0rW96ZYxGSafOUKwLQ50C8E29yfZNRCMLAgM-R7wPXI/s1600-h/summer+2009...+095.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 180px; 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HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372996798727363074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEC_UK0BiGI5Q7cyB4H3hF-izYBiO7d_xO7WwL_LJgbhPVowhQ9qvytEo42ovwnojqp6y7NEyW-yHDkrsa2yFWzetvG4JvJbcXNkQo2m7gFyYy6E7eYNZbhyphenhyphenR6NJu1pjt-Z_W45sS0U6U/s320/July+2009+031.jpg" /></a><br />We were working on writing letters in the shaving cream...they were working on making faces!<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNXkasZJf_4Bfg_0aRpq_RUvPw5v2udmG21Sr8X6LLzvUvE2rFRTO2Z1aQtnBVwUSf-KdJXhJNjZrNUVCosgRspNpbEAsfCIm0dyPaYZJr9RErHKvxmVMPmR9O2XRp4R5iwLsKj7NIzo0/s1600-h/Emily+summer+2009+021.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372996140866337554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNXkasZJf_4Bfg_0aRpq_RUvPw5v2udmG21Sr8X6LLzvUvE2rFRTO2Z1aQtnBVwUSf-KdJXhJNjZrNUVCosgRspNpbEAsfCIm0dyPaYZJr9RErHKvxmVMPmR9O2XRp4R5iwLsKj7NIzo0/s320/Emily+summer+2009+021.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5vtKG56TKYwPEpJZwSGIBRb1UJ3V1AzW5yHDL9gjO-kPjB8KCsqCtbg_mdZPpz0l_v0HTNEzrEpk3C2scO5Yh0rkjimAUmD9Wu14QZ44bGN3WpSgd7FafghPzCA8sAKQnaJJF3XyFSes/s1600-h/Emily+summer+2009+019.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; 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But she is a very determined little girl &</div><div>very competetive! She wants to keep up with Em!</div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6KM6TfcjL-n8I1nGQRj4zPlvEPea_0T7J4qi5kNeMvUZexQ104XDOy3WgxUdAYpnQuD-SwtyDcqKH1HxYW2sJe8zqcoMeed_95iOwP1LkTqUlspY_lZmlFS6QKHzuQFqYe0AmUyYKLsU/s1600-h/Emily+summer+2009+015.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 180px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372995586072578578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6KM6TfcjL-n8I1nGQRj4zPlvEPea_0T7J4qi5kNeMvUZexQ104XDOy3WgxUdAYpnQuD-SwtyDcqKH1HxYW2sJe8zqcoMeed_95iOwP1LkTqUlspY_lZmlFS6QKHzuQFqYe0AmUyYKLsU/s320/Emily+summer+2009+015.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcE2_Ux1jysDHLTDWlRAdJJAAWB0Vv6L4jQeqzCwlOm3JNNwcJg9HIU222k4SaPAxJAKoihf3Q-zf71urLBBdU-9a-r5EbHuvKRR4d2ERpBaqoVRabrRdHde5Sfw-ZKsWB3Rc_KDrJk4/s1600-h/Emily+summer+2009+010.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372995130230164802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcE2_Ux1jysDHLTDWlRAdJJAAWB0Vv6L4jQeqzCwlOm3JNNwcJg9HIU222k4SaPAxJAKoihf3Q-zf71urLBBdU-9a-r5EbHuvKRR4d2ERpBaqoVRabrRdHde5Sfw-ZKsWB3Rc_KDrJk4/s320/Emily+summer+2009+010.jpg" /></a> </div><div>Ok...so we have to take a few business calls while we are playing. :)</div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAN3mZ8tQ750aNXscooFylGCeVrQ7kbnsK6aAx_C_Fneiws6kmEz7O24smDfwC-RXIOzhHW0VTMa-cDsbtPFGSMIXJJoPdEMne61qFAZSKjU8uP7OBzSXwstSLvdlQ_VGNa98g-Wew01k/s1600-h/Emily+summer+2009+009.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372994803218458514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAN3mZ8tQ750aNXscooFylGCeVrQ7kbnsK6aAx_C_Fneiws6kmEz7O24smDfwC-RXIOzhHW0VTMa-cDsbtPFGSMIXJJoPdEMne61qFAZSKjU8uP7OBzSXwstSLvdlQ_VGNa98g-Wew01k/s320/Emily+summer+2009+009.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKW8-BjbWy4TNdzHVtObfj_ID1PKuwn9Cbi669XG9DFkD4iUs2YxgrXo0y55ifk2Hi6B9MZX6iRWIbvX1vlLvA_rMtNgq-dsZoJ_aEdTwK3vIYxEFOnq96Y1zIyCFuZ3IQrgseKdVRac/s1600-h/Emily+summer+2009+007.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372994471243824498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKW8-BjbWy4TNdzHVtObfj_ID1PKuwn9Cbi669XG9DFkD4iUs2YxgrXo0y55ifk2Hi6B9MZX6iRWIbvX1vlLvA_rMtNgq-dsZoJ_aEdTwK3vIYxEFOnq96Y1zIyCFuZ3IQrgseKdVRac/s320/Emily+summer+2009+007.jpg" /></a><br />Two BEAUTIFUL girls!!!<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-Yl8c3vyopzlMQE02jW039WvC3GuDiLQ8BgFDOxy_K0__OBBZVdf3ubTbnXaC6ShQujIbrQdHgdrW9OHVAw2wrMcaLZde6iPaSaYFk4LkEvveHqwXgkNpeD9HcZrZ_CgSkNFk1Kbuuc/s1600-h/Emily+summer+2009+002.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372993846882750434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-Yl8c3vyopzlMQE02jW039WvC3GuDiLQ8BgFDOxy_K0__OBBZVdf3ubTbnXaC6ShQujIbrQdHgdrW9OHVAw2wrMcaLZde6iPaSaYFk4LkEvveHqwXgkNpeD9HcZrZ_CgSkNFk1Kbuuc/s320/Emily+summer+2009+002.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdD9-UdQSyyLSfSynriio_jlkzVq3KT12MqeNkL0BWv5rLHy6yoQ2c4hCzj1sjeE73gVMv8yh-m7l78Pgx4gNrvZ54o73f7e63q-s4V8kyB7JC8bCpDj5vkVHxBEWUCaxn3LscRndUBI8/s1600-h/July+2009+002.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372993490694820242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdD9-UdQSyyLSfSynriio_jlkzVq3KT12MqeNkL0BWv5rLHy6yoQ2c4hCzj1sjeE73gVMv8yh-m7l78Pgx4gNrvZ54o73f7e63q-s4V8kyB7JC8bCpDj5vkVHxBEWUCaxn3LscRndUBI8/s320/July+2009+002.jpg" /></a><br />3D glasses are the coolest! Fun at the circus!<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ADUyf0Vxxrw6NTl7Mbu3lMxSJXneV7i8hhS16ybOxEoZqT_O57ehq2JKH_9mBC7eDHqwBCXspgLXfJnPbv7PDrFfGts4q2LTqYzJj_p_VoCVibspU29CkdAfJX2sO1_OupqY_T5uSAs/s1600-h/Emily+summer+2009+half+birthday+002.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372992765424116514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ADUyf0Vxxrw6NTl7Mbu3lMxSJXneV7i8hhS16ybOxEoZqT_O57ehq2JKH_9mBC7eDHqwBCXspgLXfJnPbv7PDrFfGts4q2LTqYzJj_p_VoCVibspU29CkdAfJX2sO1_OupqY_T5uSAs/s320/Emily+summer+2009+half+birthday+002.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNlgaiWQ7qgZtwC7hE7oaub_BJeZBUgLmvMBBrzoDaSWsIIG_RTGD9sZQ-QvAd1hgc-2kf1OrzDat-uRx1-EOsFOQvUm-QlWPM7bVVCzoB0xhh0j9nw4BUelL5fSk9AR4M22Ix8fMsNVc/s1600-h/Emily+summer+2009+054.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372992072563948418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNlgaiWQ7qgZtwC7hE7oaub_BJeZBUgLmvMBBrzoDaSWsIIG_RTGD9sZQ-QvAd1hgc-2kf1OrzDat-uRx1-EOsFOQvUm-QlWPM7bVVCzoB0xhh0j9nw4BUelL5fSk9AR4M22Ix8fMsNVc/s320/Emily+summer+2009+054.jpg" /></a><br />Emily's 1/2 birthday party- sweet girls all being oh so silly!<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioGzMM5cGDf3hS8ReIWJBIaD-BSWkw8B4nj9fJBacKVS4gk3kf2JBCgT-mtPewLbsLMdMYi7ccAW_QbVCwTSgZZUasorJWF5pqwSkq5Z7-5udnRJ9pBUi94FeZ3iExNGcR0C_oo_fgxtQ/s1600-h/Emily+summer+2009+024.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372991872576347106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioGzMM5cGDf3hS8ReIWJBIaD-BSWkw8B4nj9fJBacKVS4gk3kf2JBCgT-mtPewLbsLMdMYi7ccAW_QbVCwTSgZZUasorJWF5pqwSkq5Z7-5udnRJ9pBUi94FeZ3iExNGcR0C_oo_fgxtQ/s320/Emily+summer+2009+024.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr8fj0br9n55Cpj79DSFsVo2MhaSMUgmU3aXhlxjXTQuQ7-wbaLWi1_WbsGeULelIGQRvtwixZDAHOfJPxK_MW1HJhBKaTu8UVUqrsFjpLj-qW_sSRTkofjV_ohJkJFYd7UD3UNlDJMKE/s1600-h/summer+2009...+072.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 180px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372991117523520386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr8fj0br9n55Cpj79DSFsVo2MhaSMUgmU3aXhlxjXTQuQ7-wbaLWi1_WbsGeULelIGQRvtwixZDAHOfJPxK_MW1HJhBKaTu8UVUqrsFjpLj-qW_sSRTkofjV_ohJkJFYd7UD3UNlDJMKE/s320/summer+2009...+072.jpg" /></a><br />Not sure that i will even attempt to expain these pictures...:)<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbGRT2qf0isLtvqOODa2d9q80Vm3ZwpZmOZLLLNdgkdukkFMW5Yzsn7gWblgZIGOCr62M3pLA_qgHJTXH44cHXO6j8nqtQPxgRzdT6DAAoxly9DOmG9Q3R9_yvJarGGxbLzSn4Xbmj8eM/s1600-h/summer+2009...+051.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372990766486375970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbGRT2qf0isLtvqOODa2d9q80Vm3ZwpZmOZLLLNdgkdukkFMW5Yzsn7gWblgZIGOCr62M3pLA_qgHJTXH44cHXO6j8nqtQPxgRzdT6DAAoxly9DOmG9Q3R9_yvJarGGxbLzSn4Xbmj8eM/s320/summer+2009...+051.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho6XbuGLrOmm3T63_Vo1g7ka9sJha4eeuBPjIy6mOXHcp3Ovy4BcuzmjWZWWGopbT_ofBuzh_a5_Zg5YAsUyS1hIPA3oPWlttX1dpdAweXAgYEmf9FxGHrSmVA4Q4bQMj-9IkahUW20g4/s1600-h/summer+2009...+044.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372990457076270994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho6XbuGLrOmm3T63_Vo1g7ka9sJha4eeuBPjIy6mOXHcp3Ovy4BcuzmjWZWWGopbT_ofBuzh_a5_Zg5YAsUyS1hIPA3oPWlttX1dpdAweXAgYEmf9FxGHrSmVA4Q4bQMj-9IkahUW20g4/s320/summer+2009...+044.jpg" /></a><br />Hiding while playing "Flah light tag" in the dark </div><div>at the Hill Country Hyatt...the flash from my camera </div><div>was not very popular... They make YUMMY drinks there...<br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyphWc6JsUPoQi3QiUMmu3l1O9RFYH1BhCO9gxtjlZWI1Heb1EKMHG9EFyZ36TNUn9Un9IdLUBbTxoBnTZ8pEAj28B_CdUNiHVT03WnwdN8dXFapo2OEp-yjDwjgwKb0lK34m215MPNGs/s1600-h/summer+2009...+043.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372990141437526514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyphWc6JsUPoQi3QiUMmu3l1O9RFYH1BhCO9gxtjlZWI1Heb1EKMHG9EFyZ36TNUn9Un9IdLUBbTxoBnTZ8pEAj28B_CdUNiHVT03WnwdN8dXFapo2OEp-yjDwjgwKb0lK34m215MPNGs/s320/summer+2009...+043.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9_X-TDSEycndCJCsvJQ6YcV9OUJA-SBoO1DO2DAKLXLS5UQ1EUTOCFU2CnJfbaFmshK9G_Ur0tSsK8jIEu2CVk1YmmM97_9hjssvzWswEGaUz082dHFPa-6oAYi6T5EofUUB1NjzHBkM/s1600-h/summer+2009...+036.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372989857369803922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9_X-TDSEycndCJCsvJQ6YcV9OUJA-SBoO1DO2DAKLXLS5UQ1EUTOCFU2CnJfbaFmshK9G_Ur0tSsK8jIEu2CVk1YmmM97_9hjssvzWswEGaUz082dHFPa-6oAYi6T5EofUUB1NjzHBkM/s320/summer+2009...+036.jpg" /></a><br />Word searches and puzzles...popular past times.<br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMF91cVIoxOSDZ-FQlaE_c0PdzmMGU6aS4lWHPXn5m3BytJY7T_RtVbeijgUbhcpnSHhfTkIogG6Z_WYnMiBNSTm1oRXXHj17oVvwjJzCtZv94uAe7bfdEdvcM5rWYAI2Q4jcjLOoa13M/s1600-h/summer+2009...+025.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; 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HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372988603887864578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-2RUvePORtBhH5Xap-2g44W6EShQeLMcxJewXiTS8dlFdva2kTHKJQc1GrtULHRnB_xfrhNn9W89myrZmmc86EFHgvE9iZ5QUtkGAc0tplc__UicktbhwXhjOk-eMWjMMXOy1PC9i-9k/s320/summer+2009...+010.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNq3F4aPbPNKwwkwhgIILRc3SYKPwnyCh9l-_yO1hadaqQkWmEqmgc-Qb9zwNxPiGZtLs9_am_q1OooVNdr_i2LmnDDvK1klB_cyx1Ze66_Qx7gLcDx1BW28ILwvizL_OcBThTba2hkM/s1600-h/summer+2009...+008.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372988278997965170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNq3F4aPbPNKwwkwhgIILRc3SYKPwnyCh9l-_yO1hadaqQkWmEqmgc-Qb9zwNxPiGZtLs9_am_q1OooVNdr_i2LmnDDvK1klB_cyx1Ze66_Qx7gLcDx1BW28ILwvizL_OcBThTba2hkM/s320/summer+2009...+008.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2BUNC04uiJBBdpdei34ZZfzGTiWtEPsn4MPBN_1hmYHjjVAPg1Zc9TLHZhReZlMWJ6-oTJ9RFet2SI8CM9A0GdlohsYQkxaA01oAyN_2m20KNXGOAz9FmD3_-fyfO7upgrkZxzCgCl8/s1600-h/Summer+2009.+020.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; 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HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372987173046246738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbdyjw_bVu3A0Oj_l-QLcUWiovFN8eRrpOQGWMtVvrS7CnW16Ec4BgFJ41be5Rm_RPdmQiO2NMhXm5bTYZq5j6W6Dr8iFeAAzaO1KVWTU-AqLrYddBCu_xnJqw8Aaxebb5WwOKRZhzfIk/s320/Summer+2009.+011.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNKOBeGCpbzewf5GmsGLK-_Iao-V8Jw15_8xxCnPiW22mVYepa8PVFSgA9r9dIAaYLTKpmxEPGus5lFXeOrPKOAtfTPBONQ49E_qn5-8H1986U5SntPSTvT7vRClACRT-hpby6xQKUNA0/s1600-h/Summer+2009.+008.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 180px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372986969198267218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNKOBeGCpbzewf5GmsGLK-_Iao-V8Jw15_8xxCnPiW22mVYepa8PVFSgA9r9dIAaYLTKpmxEPGus5lFXeOrPKOAtfTPBONQ49E_qn5-8H1986U5SntPSTvT7vRClACRT-hpby6xQKUNA0/s320/Summer+2009.+008.jpg" /></a><br /><div><div>This has been an incredible summer. We have had tons of fun in the midst of very busy schedules. Faith is wonderful and again can't even begin to express how great it is to have her in our family...just can't imagine it without her! Last week we snuck away for a few days, tried to bury the phones as much as possible & just enjoy the kids. We went up to one of our favorite spots -Hill Country Hyatt in SA. The kids rode bikes, enjoyed hula hoop contests, roasting marshmallows, building sandcastles, floating on the lazy river and watching movies on the lawn and eating & snacking all day long. Great fun! Today the girls and i went to Rockport to visit Susan & Ale & just enjoyed the day piddling around Rockport, enjoying ice cream & their little aquarium area along the water. Faith had a party to go to for one of her friends tonight. They were in class together & it was fun seeing how much she could really talk to them now. Brinley was always so precious to Faith when she came to the class at the end of school last year- she just took her under her wing & i am so grateful for such a sweet friend. </div><br /><div>Faith is doing so well with her English now...she understands really everything we say to her & can get across to us anything she wants to. Her sentences are becoming better each day & we are all working hard to help her every step of the way. Emily is our biggest help in this as she & Faith interact constantly all day long. I am really going to miss them being here all day when school starts. But i do think they are both ready. It was been a busy summer work wise, so not as much going on as summer past, but i think that it has been great for Faith to have stayed put awhile & have this truly become her home. She is certainly a home body. If i need to go out & run errands or show a house & I ask her to come with me, she will always choose to stay here if that is at all an option. She does not enjoy the heat of South Texas at all! She loves to swim...which is a great thing, since we love to do that as well. </div><br /><div></div><div>We have gotten the jet skis out a few times & played up at the lake, which is always a blast for everyone. Emily, Faith & I went to Kids Camp together for 4 days last month up at Camp Zephyr on Mathis Lake. That was sooo much fun for all of us. Faith only went because I was going...but Emily was gracious enough to be excited that we were both coming. :) We did Sea World a few more times...we saw the Ringling Brothers B & B Circus which was fantastic...It was great watching Faith's face as she watched the show. So precious thinking that so many of these things are truly firsts for her. Emily had a 1/2 birthday party (since hers is at Christmas time-when life is crazy). The girls had fun doing a photo scavenger hunt at the mall & swimming at Mimi & Papas & having a slummber party. I hired 2 awesome teeager's to help out & it was a fantastic time...i highly recommend that!! :) REALLY can not believe that summer is over & schedules start up again in 2 days! </div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Amy Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06133408239932558716noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491387887741958194.post-15433507167103933952009-06-07T19:36:00.001-07:002009-06-14T10:48:32.881-07:00More Fun!The last few weeks have been filled with more fun with Faith. Faith graduated from Kindergarten. She & Emily are out of school & <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">McKenna</span> (a friend of Em's) has been here to spend a few days with us. We had fun playing, getting our nails done, shopping, getting <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Keva</span> juice, shopping & getting more <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Keva</span> juice...no <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Keva's</span> in Louisiana. We went horseback riding on the beach, went to see Faith's first movie at a theatre here in the states, I do think that she has been to one before possibly. She was a HUGE fan of the horseback riding, which I was so thankful for, since there was really no turning back once we got out on the beach. She loved trotting & she was a natural, just like her big sister.<br />Today we went ice skating at the Galleria in Houston. I would love to show you pictures of that...but that would mean that I would have had to have <strong>had</strong> my camera <strong>with</strong> me for this beautiful occasion, which i did not! :(<br />Saturday some dear sweet friends had a Welcome Tea Party for Faith. Precious little girls playing, giggling & having fun. It was hard to explain to her what it was for, but she LOVED it! Gifts were a big hit...what kid doesn't love that! She has now been introduced to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Webkinz</span>...we are hooked. She is a techno kid & loves anything on the computers, or Nintendo, etc<br />We played a game <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">on t</span>he drive home from Houston today that we play a lot...we call it the Apple, Banana, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Cantaloupe</span> game...you each take turns naming a food that starts with the next letter of the alphabet & you have to repeat all the previous ones each time. Emily worked so hard at explaining the game & helped Faith at each turn to say them & name her next one...I was amazed that she got the concept sort of...but <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">every time</span> we got to the "J" which we had named "juice", she would say, "No, Water"...which is what she prefers most of the time over juice. Cute- but guess you kinda had to be there to see how cute it was.<br />Yesterday, Mac, & Em were playing "Monkey in the Middle" in the back yard with Faith & Jeff's nephew, Tyler in the middle. Emily would make gestures to Mac as to where to stand to get the ball. When it came to Faith's turn to throw, she started making those winks & shakes of her head to the side to indicate where she wanted her team mate to go. Although the concept of doing it <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">discreetly</span> is foreign to her at the moment. :0 It was another funny that I tried to capture...see the video below...<br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344807237489557794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8asg0OMbc6IadF1j8r1dPyZMftXt6v-MDvLwdiyqgcPoOBLAB58jrm5e6uA9arAKiX8YbHWUW9s31g7M-qv4EbodvXC1qLZsUefI2i1qZvVRApf7KI0stg2v8Rdvioj-370QluWUxuY/s320/June+09+001.jpg" border="0" /><br /> Sweet Friends gave Faith a Welcome Home Tea Party...<br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344790658472556706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh1c0FA4Pq_ndEwwhWIJ9pNrq6sYRXg3WDWshgJpFqWQxc83GAqvTDWggwd1nP6Moex8jQ2E1j3UQL-EEZhikBVdYGGaiH5wXp06a7XDr_0hkSyxJCTbW0RH2Z-F3zdTrqk5GSPGamtbQ/s320/june+2009+003.jpg" border="0" /> Mimi Letting Faith play with her I Phone. :) <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344793033378709698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFqN66gLuReWCwQzUqqM8Lgr006VtvTC-P1FhsLg6ZGy3lYuLRLQPaZKau1B40ieMczJL37wPo5JdYem8Wlzu4TdS2a4gIUUg6Bo_8PVxgq6B4eh2tcigpUCLkmjqbAde5L_FUg7eNWM/s320/june+2009+048.jpg" border="0" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisMjR5eFLbwlUL54-jxJa52b6B7bd2b2fDT4kMsaA3SdZeoZcrUmBHzEoU0DUlS2W5tOcmOhNMs-lVUuq9F-RjmiloT7Ycn6LB6Fz8p9XR83L2kM5bDjRM6sYmxktP60XWeLiDTVBaBjE/s1600-h/june+2009+047.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344792817633910578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisMjR5eFLbwlUL54-jxJa52b6B7bd2b2fDT4kMsaA3SdZeoZcrUmBHzEoU0DUlS2W5tOcmOhNMs-lVUuq9F-RjmiloT7Ycn6LB6Fz8p9XR83L2kM5bDjRM6sYmxktP60XWeLiDTVBaBjE/s320/june+2009+047.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcaCu7-86XFewC54u132olTkTb6QfyLHhh1ccayNGoCunaXNWMvITdA2er3dNCk-xHafePLN77SCsRr8qotBpPpCnLTLRJI2H93cBk21skjq9vlZvpXNzYFzGTCOzqVJC4Zb5KseZ84rg/s1600-h/june+2009+045.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344792687378711298" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC4p1WrXZeMS-asWB0LCP64xnXiVzL2W0fggw-0XAGIFQ7wF-CLY0BD2jhyad7k-xg4gCPw5YXY0sK_MM5GkJJN2Cqfq66_4MmggwqcPo7j1tsELNNlf4_42KdBdMjI21nRvFQldLKre8/s320/june+2009+027.jpg" border="0" /></a> Faith covering Mac & Em up in sand...she enjoyed this a little too much probably. :)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxeFXv_n2A8gnrqSeSPVIHHN_yZPmuyDie-4JZB4orRAq_yLvFNNaRzeWaYI8luK8-rjtu__arc-7S5YV5yzko_THCQtbazJ9GHPXTVGnFf9DXSD8bg8bH1hqNHtJzqKptSVTqq78014/s1600-h/june+2009+019.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344792142825916802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxeFXv_n2A8gnrqSeSPVIHHN_yZPmuyDie-4JZB4orRAq_yLvFNNaRzeWaYI8luK8-rjtu__arc-7S5YV5yzko_THCQtbazJ9GHPXTVGnFf9DXSD8bg8bH1hqNHtJzqKptSVTqq78014/s320/june+2009+019.jpg" border="0" /></a> Cool Gal!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqkiLB72mQWrs2sPCMbyTTPr5cZko2L30VqDsWqAQzAfv2BzsuOoibiAR2x3DTL60wZXSRCC-7_lXlsD4v2TIW4Epj0ZaFVf7O-UIKB3-PFLGlTxgaXmgH0C3RQSHFz8hm0E31qBDCkFw/s1600-h/june+2009+020.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344791995025059570" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFqPNeZyxOwnFAwZ983vlg3gLm1W7nv_IL_hLMj2i782kKIjR6jdddN4e6a5TEHmcS8_szWPNubGJfna1rpvzZoi1VsHczhK7rVZf0hhRom5bNot8jtlYz0s1LxN8-WigNrQInYlgXn0/s320/june+2009+005.jpg" border="0" /></a> Emily & her singing group...aren't they beautiful?! Miss Faith loves them all! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZTonGjTUF5HWS0yl73PWnTq-eKgdYc6xs0Rd1tXszZO8XNOvyUTvXkxzqLLwyUnK436sV5poOZ7l_KXD9zOPVBmtCyAtlwBCoWLzzv6WhLg8fu_cxYUTE2JGZHxQlSh3Gk-BpeOnuYlQ/s1600-h/june+2009++060.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344799625643459826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZTonGjTUF5HWS0yl73PWnTq-eKgdYc6xs0Rd1tXszZO8XNOvyUTvXkxzqLLwyUnK436sV5poOZ7l_KXD9zOPVBmtCyAtlwBCoWLzzv6WhLg8fu_cxYUTE2JGZHxQlSh3Gk-BpeOnuYlQ/s320/june+2009%2B+060.jpg" border="0" /></a> Having fun playing tag with Emily & McKenna at Kids Place.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZbH5aOtaIPqjz-bhVUM3IFk2yCBTJRKvi9z91S3zb0CfNdLUr0RgffVSQ6Qu4wC8p_SZL6Q3JpX2yVKDeEEPamsZUDv7ANRl8oou9AwrOOB-xVUJYqP9Nu2w77_uCmMcMXbEoya5Uo-I/s1600-h/june+2009++049.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344798928017166642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZbH5aOtaIPqjz-bhVUM3IFk2yCBTJRKvi9z91S3zb0CfNdLUr0RgffVSQ6Qu4wC8p_SZL6Q3JpX2yVKDeEEPamsZUDv7ANRl8oou9AwrOOB-xVUJYqP9Nu2w77_uCmMcMXbEoya5Uo-I/s320/june+2009%2B+049.jpg" border="0" /></a> That smile says it all!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBcx9oipwDMqdF5TLkVlKQ4BCIaOUtZRjcNL0-xQqI8XSawQf3t0wtvjvXTQRAy5XsIwBxkI754OYlyS5q-gfU1CShJcZrK0bCIcvPTpiXYjdCjzUKH6PkKIvnVg2-AJ3i8uiFeJPwWpE/s1600-h/june+2009++037.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344798773476192562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBcx9oipwDMqdF5TLkVlKQ4BCIaOUtZRjcNL0-xQqI8XSawQf3t0wtvjvXTQRAy5XsIwBxkI754OYlyS5q-gfU1CShJcZrK0bCIcvPTpiXYjdCjzUKH6PkKIvnVg2-AJ3i8uiFeJPwWpE/s320/june+2009%2B+037.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBM6EGeuHAlfbSV-dnOh1uwZ4o6900it6bTmF-gNn9g1-7NDvvZoXCDQRObdHyow5nXk43HTwPyQsI6Z12uvgMjXomVHKkBfKC8_HsIII1KvaD013V8S_OtcERdGV6nYVu5koq_E4xFxY/s1600-h/june+2009++016.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344798634826668290" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECSWwY0hbs2Iwh7OYnxaaZNLMMjVqZDLkmRfHAAkk8azMzYEUKiWvho9hWtJdXnqdle0RiX9f1-60xHsvnYQmV8DOzeSBSCdf7Gc3qBmYSr4A9-cDjPbDTtgH5EvBZ_pzoUhQ0PFh9ck/s320/june+2009%2B+018.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><div> My sweet cowgirls!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2eFrVfquowIO7UaSkFw6yRl6afZAtEPm5-nB16JFyTTHRdV-9qhSC_n9-TsQ7gXkyffGA9C1SawfKFCjj-g12ZeHEFodoeX89KJvkD6G_rweAYkTtJ3Yt5PpmAG6qiMf08a7pyZATyNc/s1600-h/june+2009++001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344797536404432402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2eFrVfquowIO7UaSkFw6yRl6afZAtEPm5-nB16JFyTTHRdV-9qhSC_n9-TsQ7gXkyffGA9C1SawfKFCjj-g12ZeHEFodoeX89KJvkD6G_rweAYkTtJ3Yt5PpmAG6qiMf08a7pyZATyNc/s320/june+2009%2B+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx-iZqpX5i6O_UqHO6gGXWvN6SnK3V4AHJrXSqXWKgpoMuNsdrkBw4nD_kwPpyxU0yEJASwER1KUzcJRYECEA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Amy Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06133408239932558716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491387887741958194.post-333759014782347922009-05-17T19:56:00.000-07:002009-05-17T20:56:11.427-07:00Sea World<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrBggp2PIwmGPdlvScjjSnDZg808FQSP2ji2kG0NXIYPm62wxcNUqzuqgLCKcMjyFufQ8hbh_WpAuK-EW0LcT0-cf_lJ8PDYFibnlAI3sGzZrufEOaqNHFJi6lEWw2BpT3bj9elwWosHE/s1600-h/May+2009+157.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337006812490828482" style="FLOAT: right; 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CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZzilWCoyf8xKsEYFre_Zq58lG05d5d0TXzE6cEd0C6QalSkgZpX1xgnbI-gXFPRLNbPb0a-OzPlvKU31BH_dNFs9PbBr0xEAYhnpP0qlymcpEiF8CkD9Dy_v_8EDRS4yKVyWaAj1Fgg/s320/May+2009+035.jpg" border="0" /></a> Shamu jumping...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcHrr1vio9ZjcP3Ow8FLrk8bu0oMCX5KZCGPtBlu-Ih2otxpxaS_aeeP-PdQZfSHomzD_Iwdb-0Ckhf2QO449W6rRu5iGQxU4nIMiRNXoeu6JBqk2PGIv7QsOGoqDSITH_Aea1sw4ntw/s1600-h/May+2009+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337001959429480098" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcHrr1vio9ZjcP3Ow8FLrk8bu0oMCX5KZCGPtBlu-Ih2otxpxaS_aeeP-PdQZfSHomzD_Iwdb-0Ckhf2QO449W6rRu5iGQxU4nIMiRNXoeu6JBqk2PGIv7QsOGoqDSITH_Aea1sw4ntw/s320/May+2009+004.jpg" border="0" /></a> Baby Baluga! How cool is that!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaH355Fo5zK57O7l6-GWnlXtYkB3zuC2Mv7ku_8kLoYLVd6LYBrwkEoqSFTuNxieYv-5QIDSvbesIZnPBHssA4gYRyZPpO3_qBiuABzHwJRXWOnFVWXB9mbCOUM6VwKGHhw2RAWH2ySbo/s1600-h/May+2009+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337001731807804594" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaH355Fo5zK57O7l6-GWnlXtYkB3zuC2Mv7ku_8kLoYLVd6LYBrwkEoqSFTuNxieYv-5QIDSvbesIZnPBHssA4gYRyZPpO3_qBiuABzHwJRXWOnFVWXB9mbCOUM6VwKGHhw2RAWH2ySbo/s320/May+2009+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Dpd7sHToD5rk1A_94CgkU-MGQ1E0eqt84KOH0VQP1W4GQZPi71fENF2CEap_Lu_AHtgKZZezzzNkijm2ZwwPgw5X-kQbE2bY9fZJG6URllOMl-EzuSRkBrEm0MRTYdsIw7VxfrxzlS8/s1600-h/May+2009+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336996011030043314" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Dpd7sHToD5rk1A_94CgkU-MGQ1E0eqt84KOH0VQP1W4GQZPi71fENF2CEap_Lu_AHtgKZZezzzNkijm2ZwwPgw5X-kQbE2bY9fZJG6URllOMl-EzuSRkBrEm0MRTYdsIw7VxfrxzlS8/s320/May+2009+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Hey guys...ok...still more firsts for our new family. We always enjoy spending time at Sea Worls every chance we get during the season...so yesterday was our first day of this season. We drove to San Antonio with clear skies all the way. Got within 10 miles of Sea World & the sky was pitch black & very ominous, even thought there was a chance of tornados for awhile. So we killed some time eating & shopping & then decided to brave Sea World. After our extremely expensive mistake of not stopping at Wal-Mart for ponchos, we got some lovely blue Sea World ones for a very reasonable price...NOT...:) But were worth every penny thoughout the remainder of our day. It was a fun day of watching Emily show Faith all around & tell her where to look as Shamu comes flying out of the water, so fun to see the look on her face seeing all of these things for the first time. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>We recently had dinner at some friends & found out Faith LOVES drum sticks & corn on the cob. There is nothing left on either when she is finished. Emily has decided that we could win Americas Funniest Home Videos if we'd only record her eating any of these choice foods or eating her noodles. In her culture, noise is certainly associated with a good meal. :) </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Faith is doing fabulous with her language skills! We are amazed everyday. I have no doubt that she now understands most everything we say. She has started this week to speak in complete sentences. Her first one was "Rusty is eating beckfast" We don't have the r down just yet. But she was right, while we were eating breakfast, so was Rusty. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Amy Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06133408239932558716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491387887741958194.post-84303649433906553822009-05-03T11:17:00.000-07:002009-05-03T12:37:12.789-07:00Singin'<p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxoYNh5KP46Mk90YG5N8zRtQ2akfytCPSXNK7jUzqJpgRP9GY6LxQNtWr0mNBNS75wtDZCkPljoYmo_A4QNUA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>A bit of a bumpy ride & shaky video, but it is so cute hearing her sing in English. So many cute things I want to get her saying, but just can't catch them.</p><p>"are you hungry" when she is hungry</p><p>"nite nite, see you morning" as we tuck her in at night. </p><p>"Stop talking" when she doesn't want sissy to touch something that she is working on...typically the DS game. :) It was funny the day she came home from school saying "stop talking, no talking" she had to have heard it often that day & thinks it is fun to say. :) Hope that is directed at the whole class & not just her. :)</p><p>"Rusty come...good boy" </p><p>"Mommy go" when she wants me to come. So Emily & I take turns saying "go" and "come" & then demonstrate ti. Which usually gets a good laugh. Not sure if she doesn't get get it completely now, just wants us to act silly for her. :)</p><p>Jeff showed her 1 time, let me say that again...1 time...how to make a bowl of oatmeal. All the way from getting the bowl & spoon out, pouring milk, putting it in microwave, setting the time...then letting us know when it is finished to get it out for her...she is very independent. But she got up the next morning & walked straight in there & made a bowl for herself. </p>Amy Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06133408239932558716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491387887741958194.post-3593797219441348162009-04-27T20:09:00.000-07:002009-04-28T04:48:39.618-07:00A Week of "Firsts"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguwU7j5y9sG45v2UbgRHCUUO5QPkVA_CwGifWziQjpRBSQj1Fr5sZXUwcYmL63d0cMqb_FKiM3l_aa8yyMwblxbHukxPVoCGtvP55YbY-NHukJOITvQEuIsafg1LClDpN1zWec0fRvsCk/s1600-h/April+2009+031.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329706263942589794" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 180px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguwU7j5y9sG45v2UbgRHCUUO5QPkVA_CwGifWziQjpRBSQj1Fr5sZXUwcYmL63d0cMqb_FKiM3l_aa8yyMwblxbHukxPVoCGtvP55YbY-NHukJOITvQEuIsafg1LClDpN1zWec0fRvsCk/s320/April+2009+031.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJG0oWKXJkCV8K2wBFN1pM39G6U2CbP4Ihz2hcREPG8FDivyXg6o0m9-s-l83uNIu6NhjizXu_-IiEuo_0uyaWKhL-ZVZ1kYai7n7znFNn9wvmul-7qWIqbc6UW7clFiJGFKRr9ND_vM/s1600-h/April+2009+028.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329706257347286578" style="FLOAT: right; 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MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibNJzewXGBh50JBfPjNslNpUhZesbiZ13MlzjExFRRnYYktWpRxahyphenhyphenylrmP31_jlCN6q4fFO_VoladYtQcq568Q3TjlsntSYKmf5r4n7gPMjcrTjdoE_7Pb7KcSCnybQfYMYjnL47bII0/s320/IMG_1201.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gb3l150VeSh9_pr37Ac4qniok4ygoFbPEKDyI3Z1o8wD8ExW3GOJvpaD5iFyt2NShwe-S-xmn3vssEL-fAjB0QONtoSkiZtjUUaOu-iWlQxSpMOGCta_kYfseA4l1mV7aoJggvQOq5k/s1600-h/IMG_1199.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329580249689043314" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gb3l150VeSh9_pr37Ac4qniok4ygoFbPEKDyI3Z1o8wD8ExW3GOJvpaD5iFyt2NShwe-S-xmn3vssEL-fAjB0QONtoSkiZtjUUaOu-iWlQxSpMOGCta_kYfseA4l1mV7aoJggvQOq5k/s320/IMG_1199.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>We are continuing to have a fabulous time with Faith. I feel so blessed to have 2 precious girls & a husband who loves us all so much. It truly feels like Faith has been here all along, not like we have someone new in the house. Although I pray that is how she feels, I know the language is a bit frustrating for her at times. We have had only one little tantrum one day as we were leaving school. I was introducing her to one of our dear friends outside school & all she wanted to do was go back in for her flower. Trying to explain that she couldn't take it home today but could have it tomorrow was not working & poor Henry got to see a giant pout/stomp combo. But if that pout/stomp dance is the worst we have...i am sooo thankful!<br />We have had so many firsts this last week. Besides learning to ride a bike, we have seen our first rodeo, Buc Days carnival and our first hair cut as well as our first trip to the beach. The rodeo was a bit confusing at times...gotta be hard trying to figure out why these silly men are falling off these giant animals. But she loved the clowns and just giggled & said "oh no" when they did something silly. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>She was amazed at the beach and as we drove out on the sand, she was oohing. Jeff stopped & put the girls and Rusty in the back of the pick up to ride back there a while & that was a huge hit...but she liked the cab window open so that she could yell Hi when she felt like it. :)</div><br /><br /><br /><div>We all had fun watching as she ran from the waves crashing in & yelled at Rusty to stay as he'd take off after the birds. We thought it would be too cold for swim suits, so didn't bring them...big mistake, their clothes quickly became their suits. It was a fun afternoon. </div><br /><br /><br /><div>One of her favorite things to do is sing with her big sister. Our favorite song at the moment is "Live Like You Were Dying". Just precious listening to her sing. :)</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Amy Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06133408239932558716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491387887741958194.post-29175874479432625082009-04-15T19:31:00.000-07:002009-04-15T20:26:35.381-07:00Wow, not sure where to begin. We are back in this fabulous United States of America now & I are so thankful. When we landed last week in Newark, I just cried. We got to travel back on the plane with 3 other families so it was bitter sweet getting to Newark & having to all go our seperate ways...but our family had very little time to get through customs & catch our next flight, so it was extremely stressful. We got to our connecting flight to Houston & walked straight on the plane. Faith did a fabulous job on traveling...never a peep or a whine...which is much more than I can say for the other 3 Willis family members. We were pretty whiney. This would be the time that my precious Nana would ask if we wanted any cheese with that "wine" we had going. :)<br />We spent our first night back in the US in Houston. We all went to bed completely wiped out around 11:00ish...thinking this timing was great, we had been traveling for well over 24 hours with no sleep...we ALL woke up, wide awake at 4:00AM, I finally gave in & turned on cartoons at 5:00. I am not a fan of jet lag. It has not really been an issue again for the girls thankfully. Faith is adjusting just beautifully. I can not even begin to tell you how amazed we are at God's handy work. He could never have placed a more perfect child in our family. She fits us in everyway possible. We have had no issues with her at all. The language barrier is there, and it will be wonderful when we can really have conversations with her that she understands. But we all talk to her as if she understands us & she does the same. She got in the car today so bubbly & excited & said "Mommy, @$%#^!&!@*!(....she went on & on and then just sat back smiling as if she had just told me how great her day was & she was happy to share it with me & then sat back content with sharing. Very precious!<br />We decided to go ahead and enroll her in school today...I had a peace about doing it until I got there & began to leave & she grabbed my hand & cried for the very first time since "Gottcha Day". Then my heart broke. I stayed for about 30 more minutes & her teacher was just precious & I knew she would be fine. When I got there to pick her up I do not think I have ever seen her so happy. To see me, yes, but also that she had had a great time & she was just bouncing around.<br />Emily & Jeff have been teaching her to ride a bike in the park out back & we really thought that it would take awhile, especially judging from the way she rode the 1st day. But the 2nd day she was riding on her own, no training wheels at all! She does have a few issues with stopping, so Jeff & Em get their workouts running beside her or trying to beat her to the bushes or fence before she plows through them. :) I am sure it would be a great workout for me as well, but i don't want to deprive them of this time with her...heeheehee. I am the cheer leader from the sidelines.<br />The first day we got home, she was so precious, she just started exploring the house, opening doors, closets, figuring out what was what. When friends & family came to meet her, she would take some by the hand & lead them to her room. We made sure we knew where she was all the time because she loves to push buttons on things & this house has plenty of buttons to push on...so one time she disappeared & I went looking for her. Her door was closed, so i didn't think she was in there, but I peeked in anyway & she was sitting in her rocking chair jsut rocking & looking around. Just wanted to be inside her head & know what was going on. Can only imagine! she has never seemed scared, she can be quiet at tiems & then other times is a chatter box. But you can always see that her little wheels are turning as she is taking it all in. Just a little spounge. My favorite thing that she says right now is "are you hungry" when she is hungry...guess that must be the phrase we use & then food always follows. She does tend to repeat it often just to make sure she is heard. :) She is eating pretty good...lots of noodles, hard boiled eggs, scrambled eggs, oatmeal & tons of fruit. I bought 2 large things of strawberries & they were gone in 2 days as well as grapes. So happy she likes them!<br />She also loves Rusty, our dog. She is often heard running around the house chsing after him hollering "no Rusty, come here" Loves having the upper hand I am sure. Rusty is a good sport chasing the balls she throws, although releasing them back to her is not something he is fond of doing. But he just may run off the few extra pounds he put on while he was vacationing at Grandma & Grandpas this last month. :) He enjoys their Pooch Palace.Amy Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06133408239932558716noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491387887741958194.post-86419039456053507992009-04-04T06:22:00.000-07:002009-04-05T01:19:22.910-07:00Guangzhou<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpAtc-enIaE4ujHg7mdFtOowaydJ31MpfryFTTz4Foa8IpOKqkHO_Wefg3REKK9BHaCIjp0ShG-0n7SiYpnnszjzikJLV_ygBY1CWMTrHhd80wTzEJRQfWfQNf9daJPuEKdNCxWnhFbw/s1600-h/IMG_0256.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320996938800400466" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpAtc-enIaE4ujHg7mdFtOowaydJ31MpfryFTTz4Foa8IpOKqkHO_Wefg3REKK9BHaCIjp0ShG-0n7SiYpnnszjzikJLV_ygBY1CWMTrHhd80wTzEJRQfWfQNf9daJPuEKdNCxWnhFbw/s320/IMG_0256.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicytvAsppqY3r52dmMUEsnPsy9tbzdoU8QrspgzS8VV_0u31vLt5gk97hdqEo76bJFojUMf8FACjBDCS0kKVLmf-iBmO8GBicFnPlsL4VkbkENFQPPqD80e39Mcn-K6WUIL_gtXVW6UnE/s1600-h/IMG_0236.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320996936430994050" style="FLOAT: right; 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Guangzhou is full of beautiful parks, so we have spent hours roaming around them getting used to our new family. Faith is a lot of fun and very independent. She & her little friend Ellie could really get into mischief if left unattended...so needless to say we keep very watchful eyes on them. I recorded some of their endless chatter in their native language & can't wait to have someone translate it for us.<br />The hotel has a fabulous swimming pool, so going for an afternoon swim is a very popular thing to do. Thankfully i believe that Faith is going to be a little fish like her big sister...a good thing since the jet <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">skis</span> and water activities are a big part of our summers. :) The first time we went down to the pool, Emily & I got in & she stayed on the side catching the balls that we threw to her, then she moved to the edge of the pool then a few minutes later she was in. Today we picked up some <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">floaties</span> & a swim ring for her to play with & that was a huge hit...like I said she is very independent, so this gave her much more freedom with out sinking to the bottom. :) She tried to do it on her own the other day & figured out quickly that she needed help...then was happy for us to help her. :) She is not real fond of the swim caps that are required here...then again neither are we...you will notice there will be no pictures of Mommy with her designer cap on.<br />We have a a lovely room on the 32 floor of the Asia International Hotel...the ledge int he room is very wide, so the girls like sitting up there to look out. Beautiful view on low smog days.<br />We hired a lady to take us shopping yesterday. Her name is Ann & she is from redthreadchina.com...if any of you are adopting from here, I highly <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">recommend</span> getting in touch with her. We went places that we would never have gotten to experience with out her. Some places I would chose to not experience again...but once was great. :) We have bought so much that Jeff had to buy another suitcase. Ha! Can't wait to see her on Easter Sunday in her traditional clothes...so precious. She was so excited to go shopping! The next day when the whole group met down in the lobby to go somewhere, she was so proud to show them her new shoes that light up & her pink outfit. She & Ellie compare all of their treasures. Very sweet. We have also learned that treasures go under her pillow.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Amy Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06133408239932558716noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491387887741958194.post-34656923714970779462009-03-31T21:59:00.000-07:002009-04-01T04:27:46.048-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2Ep0J6ycV2CNUwaIaR0exfxmIHk2rmxc9fNyw31lfiHQHFgs_QZkjmJjicHOlxYkeezMxbNILU3GpSS4sEj33wW_Br_t8cMhpE8TToDK0gVJoouoiVmxAcEcIs8a326Vfczgq01CLVY/s1600-h/IMG_2610.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319682776889892546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2Ep0J6ycV2CNUwaIaR0exfxmIHk2rmxc9fNyw31lfiHQHFgs_QZkjmJjicHOlxYkeezMxbNILU3GpSS4sEj33wW_Br_t8cMhpE8TToDK0gVJoouoiVmxAcEcIs8a326Vfczgq01CLVY/s320/IMG_2610.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUJuroeJQq26QbI6EUSanKBsDxWSzvTt44MpCpgrEGvGZR4E2ldhlPCXKkqZ_wXIi4el-DVg550a74BpJL6gq-de7iYMiVqQaYbjTwY9p5MKTtglcgW4qVsveMa-u15VLYI27wQO1XUCA/s1600-h/IMG_2616.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319682766292121730" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv9vBbMJLASqFfvzIc2AH6-l-W_zgEOAh_zsJvtu7fOuUPRcnzel67uvWU7Rt_fyhsQhCinZhyxunyvxy5Vv-rKNcGEQYHw5p1iSXG3V5quKwubmhaWuK94COAe7SCJuLBheAk3OJ077U/s320/IMG_2395.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>It is about noon our time & we are in the room waiting on lunch to arrive, then we decided that we all needed a nap today before more adventures this afternoon. We spent this morning at the most amazing park...i want one of these in CC! Gorgeous lake, tons of rides, trains, bumper cars, play grounds. Faith & her little friend Ellie & Emily had a BALL...it was just fun listening to the 2 little ones squeal as they ran from one thing to the next, then grab hold of daddy's hand & literally run, dragging him along behind to the next destination of fun & more squeals. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Amy Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06133408239932558716noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491387887741958194.post-26636894744283948512009-03-30T04:38:00.000-07:002009-03-30T06:09:53.345-07:00Gottcha Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KLZFK_zHh53qt012t-ShqJZu0lVbLQ6lKe2IW1fuvsTmSFqNWK-ElUVYkrPhYydzdz1zbTctOsVwc7eTZFgIlwG1xWMYAurdhC0KKlh0LAxFtDZ3tnpoRcTZjv638mNC0x-_5wh7lIM/s1600-h/IMG_2166.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318967288709289698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KLZFK_zHh53qt012t-ShqJZu0lVbLQ6lKe2IW1fuvsTmSFqNWK-ElUVYkrPhYydzdz1zbTctOsVwc7eTZFgIlwG1xWMYAurdhC0KKlh0LAxFtDZ3tnpoRcTZjv638mNC0x-_5wh7lIM/s320/IMG_2166.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje3aTcTllHH5MydFI8R1p1xuHmagYqPjQIZUnm-TJX16GNKiD83qqVIDXvIXiG9TgURTo1X42LbH3fTzRITcCiZ3G-tJASFz0etuuul6Yj2jReMPI0oBMNgp78h9u13RiMGtCzKvQ9YYY/s1600-h/IMG_2142.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318967279006796434" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItm5hmXF7KCnjiJ2G22882-tVuky4wH-WojF1Y3VT6Hzvn5-bMUOuw5AVcYpGinUs-u6G2nYTzeQi8WoO3nt1clhQ8hZGjhtGW3tyqKLkihhJHwVGz2WU43Uh1QtLdEzlpiJNj-l9xLs/s320/IMG_2117.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>WOW...incredible day! What an overwhelmingly wonderful day. We left for the Social Welfare office at 2:00. We went upstairs to a lovely waiting room that was large & open with fun couches all around for families to sit & meet their new additions. We were I think the third family to meet our child. She was peeking out of the curtain to see us ahead of time & I knew it was her! She was happy to see us for a few minutes, but then was not so sure about this strange group huddled around her crying. Then others in the room began to cry & after a few minutes it rubbed off on her. :) She has a special bond with Jeff already & calls him Daddy & literally jumped in his arms when things got overwhelming for her. Bless her little heart. The tears pretty much continued until we got back to the room. Since being in our room she has been great. She is playing her Nintendo DS along side her big sister & happy as a clam. Also found out that McDonalds nuggets are a hit.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Amy Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06133408239932558716noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491387887741958194.post-56996329921229998202009-03-29T18:07:00.000-07:002009-03-29T20:17:28.121-07:00Touring China<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTp9Ba8RYqSVAZ_3Pl-8avem2NiKxs6k5FMy_cO9XHCvGj_leoWe_Oi74OEm1h82sZCEhCGIUoO4du9t57pMvbq0zKyxib4QDL4xfl_KRwdCr1PzqD6NKAm96p3L4-HiXUZ6BAMDUMz9s/s1600-h/IMG_1802.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318814186743443202" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTp9Ba8RYqSVAZ_3Pl-8avem2NiKxs6k5FMy_cO9XHCvGj_leoWe_Oi74OEm1h82sZCEhCGIUoO4du9t57pMvbq0zKyxib4QDL4xfl_KRwdCr1PzqD6NKAm96p3L4-HiXUZ6BAMDUMz9s/s320/IMG_1802.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivgE8Uu3pgJNJrCb54HFUEN6GR-aAFU3LGTwzur-IbRwkuDzPoxMc2820tCI5kNxWBeWfBYxXNiHCL2A63Em6JGxxci3g1jRreA7JlU3Aw0IVnc3uG7yfS5Jzeb67lrRlq0Ro5g0QLaNI/s1600-h/IMG_1758.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318814182624517314" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx4yAuaSOWdLWPnAYsnTwfZ_FXU_K_X6f2WLZco8_eNxOTHEUi933sE5-xi1uQyAbVgDykLpia23aku7Bu0L5eMv9mb5g4fdKcUhbCvyYbDtXhTiT2DLlaP5Dr9PgRTcqQmGZDSW5VnVo/s320/IMG_0960.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaO4WZVNt0WMv_8DoowuVUm6MAObSSWq6o7CCo3_sbhecUVnOFo4FROE_fEmzt0LtDLV6hcB1EcWbSGpF8vDR1cxikr4Xqe9gBiBkCRqenf47NOa1cFJiTw4J6FsyAhEc6-qrGqYBFIwU/s1600-h/IMG_0953.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318807173657754706" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaO4WZVNt0WMv_8DoowuVUm6MAObSSWq6o7CCo3_sbhecUVnOFo4FROE_fEmzt0LtDLV6hcB1EcWbSGpF8vDR1cxikr4Xqe9gBiBkCRqenf47NOa1cFJiTw4J6FsyAhEc6-qrGqYBFIwU/s320/IMG_0953.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Our time in China so far has been wonderful. There are 9 other precious families on this adoption journey with us and they are quickly becoming family. We all go thru waves of emotions...ok the mommas all go thru waves of emotions. Emily will look at me & say "uh oh, here come the tears". She is so right. The realization that this journey that we have been on for the last 3 years is finally coming to an end...or really I guess just beginning is at times very overwhelming. I have so many things running through my mind...will she like us, will she be happy, does she even want to leave where she is, will she be scared to death, what is she like, will she like Rusty, will I be able to comfort her when she is scared, sooo much more...<br />The last few days have been spent sight seeing in Beijing. We have 2 wonderful ladies, Rosa & Maggie, that have been our guides and have taken this group of foreigners under their wings. We worry about nothing, because we know they are taking good care of us, even down to loaning us coats for those of us who never expected it to be cold enough to have snow flurries in Beijing in late March! The Summer Palace, The Great Wall of China, Tienman Square & then The Forbidden City, Peal factory, other great places that I couldn't even begin to pronounce, much less spell have filled our days. After all of our sight seeing yesterday we all parted ways to travel to each of our childrens provinces...our destination is Guongzhou.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Amy Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06133408239932558716noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2491387887741958194.post-31476899996436733992009-03-26T08:31:00.000-07:002009-04-27T21:02:32.830-07:00Beijing...here we comeWell guys, not sure i am doing this correctly...but here we go. We are in the airpot in Newark waiting to board our flight for BeijingAmy Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06133408239932558716noreply@blogger.com0