This was what I saw on the wall went I went to visit Z’s 4th grade classroom this week. It is his personal motto.
He refuses to get a haircut, and he prefers to wear a fleece in the summer heat, but this guy has an incredibly amazing heart. Man I love this kid.
Here it is. The first day of school. 4th and 2nd grades.
I missed these guys so much today. They were both really nervous this morning, but came home with great reports.
Z said this morning, “Why did they do this to us? Couldn’t they have given us some warning that summer was ending?! I mean, it just happened so SUDDENLY!” I second that!
Here it is, the bitter end of summer. 🙁
I love summer so so much. I love the long days. I love not rushing in the morning. Actually, I love the not rushing most of the time. I love being able to lay around and snuggle my kiddos in the morning.
I love us all being together.
I love spending time swimming, bike riding, playing outside.
Swim meets. Tennis practice. Neighborhood Fun. Best friends.
I love having the time to sit and read and play games with the kids.
I love going to the mountains.
Time. That is what it all comes down to. Time for the zoo. Time for the Children’s Museum.
Time to teach kids how to swim and how to ride a bike without training wheels. Time for vacation. Time for rest. Time to say, “yes, we can do that today”.
Sigh.
At least we have an upcoming trip to China to ease the pain. Next summer should be a definite adventure!
Last week our family returned from a trip that I have been wanting to take for as long as I can remember, to Alaska. It is going to be difficult to put into words how absolutely amazing this vacation was. It will definitely be remembered for a lifetime.
We started out on a cruise with some of our very favorite family. We enjoyed every minute on the boat.
We saw a Lumberjack show in Ketchican. The rainiest city in the U.S.
We saw a breathtaking group of whales in Juneau.
We panned for gold, met an Iditarod Musher, and got to play with sled dog puppies in Skagway.
We were overwhelmed with our views of mountains and glaciers.
We enjoyed good food, but mostly good company.
After the cruise we took a land tour through Denali State Park.
It was too cloudy to see Mt. McKinley (Denali), but the views were still incredible.
We ended the trip in Fairbanks. This trip was absolutely a dream come true. It made our summer!
This post is overdue, but we finally got our official Letter of Approval from China on day 67.
That is a huge adoption step to have behind us. We are now a week into our wait for the next step, which is back through US Immigration. We already have immigration approval to adopt a child, now we have to have approval to adopt this particular child.
There are still several more steps, but luckily they are all fairly quick ones. We are well into changing rooms around to make room for our Kai, and it is feeling more real by the day!
