Ashlyn hammed it up posing glamourously next to the ugly troll at Fenwick’s Viking Golf. She just wanted me to keep taking pictures. I swear I didn’t encourage this–except by turning the pictures into a scrapbook page.

Just got back from some time in Fenwick at my parent’s place. Kids had fun. We relaxed. We even got a night out for a date while my parent’s stayed with the kids. Fun stuff! Here’s some pics I put together from the trip so far.

A highlight for me was meeting Lisa Stetler. She and her husband are also adopting a baby girl from China and are actually in our LID group from Living Hope. So, they will travel with us to get their baby when we travel to bring home our own. Very likely, the girls will be from the same orphanage. They could even be crib mates! It was great to talk with her and get to know her some, knowing that we will share a very special bond for the rest of our lives. Our daughters will likely be very significant to each other, having spent their early days together.

Spent the day yesterday in Bethlehem with Mark’s family. Sara and Don, Emory, Tabi, and Wyatt were all up from North Carolina for the week. It was great to see all 6 kiddos play together and enjoy each other’s company–wonder what it will be like when the 6 become 8. That’s a lot of kids.

Despite some shaky weather throughout the day, the fireworks went on as planned at 9pm. And, I must say, I think they were the best fourth of July fireworks I’ve ever seen. What a great tradition.