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My love of people, photography and the world began as a child. My family moved a lot and taking pictures was my way of remembering friends, capturing special places or moments and holding them close. Becoming a wife and a mother has always been a dream of mine and I count my blessings daily. I started this blog shortly after our daughter, Yaya joined our family through the blessing of adoption. Its purpose was to share pictures and stories about our life with family and friends. Later, it shared our adoption journey to our second daughter, Baby Bird as well. Now that our family is complete I like to think of it as our family’s journal or life book. I'm passionate about life, my family and preserving our history one snapshot at a time. The thing that amazes me most is the abundance of beauty God blesses us with every day and in the simplest ways if only we take the time to slow down and appreciate them.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Where to begin?

We've been home since late Saturday night and have hit the ground running. It's funny how the best laid plans often don't turn out as you thought. I had the big idea that I would come home and post my first set of travel photos/stories right away. Before I could do that we had some celebrating to do. We celebrated Father's Day with my parents and Scott. I took my dad and Bird out for their favorite Japanese Cuisine for lunch. Then, my parents had us over for swimming and BBQ for dinner. Sorry no pictures. Can you imagine? It didn't even occur to me to take ONE! Where was my head?
That said, I'm still working on organizing my thoughts and pictures. Thanks to Tritia's photos I am able to share a bit of fun from Yaya's trip. She went strawberry picking with her cousins McKenna and Kendall one morning. While there, they met up with The G' Unit's Sophia and Kai. The G' Unit are long-time friends of Bird's from Panama. It's so fun watching the kids play and interact. Especially, after only observing Kai and Sophia growing up through Tritia's blog. It felt almost surreal to see all the kids together in one spot.
Some of their strawberry treasures.
You've gotta have a tea party when you're together with friends and family.
The Little Kids
Above from left to right: McKenna, Kendall, Kai, Yaya and Sophia
(Tritia had matching dresses made for all the girls in Japan. Could this group be any sweeter?)
The Big Kids!
 
From left to right:
Tritia, Kent, myself, Bird, Allison (Bird's sis) and Doug

7 comments:

Gramma 2 Many said...

I am as anxious as everyone else to see pictures. Glad you made it home safely. Love the strawberry pictures. They look like they are having so much fun!! Also love the matching dresses. What a nice gift.

Unknown said...

Looks like she had a great time! Can't wait to see pictures from your trip!!!

Nancy said...

I can't wait for pictures! Thank you for your prayers at St. Peters.
There is something about that place....something I can't quite put my finger on....it's just a very special place.
I'm just glad your are all home, together, safe and sound.

Betty said...

I`m glad you got home safe and sound! Can`t wait to see the places you`ve been.
Isn`t it great that even though we worry so much about our kids, they still seem to have fun, when we`re gone... :)

Susie said...

How fun was that! I am looking forward to the photos from your trip:-)

Unknown said...

I loved your first day recap...don't worry about taking awhile to share the pictures....I've only gotten through day 4 (of 8) from my Disney vacation in April...at this point, it's almost embarrasing to finish up.

Prudence Arcadia said...

Ooooh, it's OK, it takes a while to get such a trip down on paper and photo. These pics are fabulous! That is so lovely that you have friends and family to have these wonderful moments with! Seeing kids pick strawberries is such a treat!