Sunday, July 29, 2007

We've been on VACATION!


Can we eat this?


Paintin' pottery






Surfing the waves was "the bomb"!



Why not sit on these buckets?


I'm a babe!!


I am so happy!


The" donut hole" near Seaside!


Beach house steps ....

In the past, we were big vacationers, but over the last two years, we have spent less and less time just relaxing. This past week was awesome for all of us and everyone got something out of the trip! Dan and I had great talks, read two books together, Rock Solid Marriage and Five Love Languages, two great books that were so insightful and helpful to continue our journey together and build strength in our marriage. Thank you Tammy N. for being such an amazing sister in Christ and introducing us to these two books, the timing was perfect!

Grace and Mimi each found their own" wow" moments on this trip... Grace continues to grow closer to Jesus as her heart is changing, we are beginning to see God show her himself and the cool part is that she knows it! MiMi is just too cute and as only MiMi can do so well, she discovers all the unique things we wouldn't ever see! The unusual crabs, the rainbow after the storm, the jellyfish that washed up on the beach, the biggest crab claw ever ....

On an adoption note .... we got our I-797 back just before we left and when we came home we had almost all the other documents back from "out there" in paperchase world, so now it's finish up the final few Consulate packs and then get everything to Jaime, hopefully before August 10th! This is our goal and our timeline is really getting close, but we feel confident everything should be to China before the end of August! yea!

School starts in a week and a half! We all feel ready, rested and excited to get the school year started! As MiMi says, let's get this party started!!








7 comments:

Unknown said...

What wonderful photos and Im sure lots of memories were made! Congrats on getting that wonderful piece of paper!!

See ya soon!

The Evans Family said...

The beach is always a great place to forget about the daily stress! The girls really looked as though they were have a great time! Glad you're home! Your dossier will be winging it's way to China in no time. Wonder what Hope is doing now?????

Shari U said...

Susan, I'm glad you're home; we missed you! The girls both look they grew on your vacation! How exciting about your dossier almost being done. YAY! See you Friday night.

Tammy said...

I cannot wait to catch up and exchange vacation stories over coffee!!! Glad to hear all was so wonderful on your trip. I prayed for you each day and cannot wait to hear the many ways God blessed!

Unknown said...

Welcome home! I am so glad that your vacation went so well. The girls look like they had a great time.

I am thrilled that your dossier has come together. I can't wait to hear that you are DTC and LID! You have been in our prayers.

Can't wait to catch-up again soon.

Angela and Jay said...

So glad that you had a great vacation. Love the pictures of the girls on the steps!!

Congrats on getting so much of the paper chase behind you!!

Heather said...

Great news that you'll be DTC very soon! We're so happy for you all!

OHHHH the beach! So happy you had a wonderful vacation!

Lily has her 1st appt. this afternoon at Children's. We're hoping that we'll still be able to make FF tonight ~ we miss seeing and catching up with everyone! Please keep Lily in your prayers.