Some Christmas Photo Attempts...

We had fun last weekend trying to get a family portrait for Christmas cards. Seth had about five minutes to spend with us before he needed to be somewhere else, so he didn't do anymore than the bare minimum whole group shots. Don't you love his attempt at a creative pose in the photo below?

April 25, 2009

I was born on April 25, 1969.

There's no getting around the facts. As of today, I am forty years old.

Wow. Life goes on. :-)

We Box

These Wii boxing pictures crack me up... good thing no one had a camera in their hands when I was playing... not sure I want to know how silly I looked!

Dad, Mom, Lynne, Mark & Sarah

My sweet family... I have lots more pictures to post from my brief time in the US last weekend, but they will have to wait. This afternoon I am going to Beijing with some women from our church for a weekend of scrapbooking for some sweet babies at an orphan healing home there. The little books we create for these children will be sent home with their forever families when they are adopted!

Too Far Away

Today is one of the times I am sad to be on this side of the world. Oh, we had a great day filled with fun activities and a relaxing evening at home, but my heart is somewhere else. My cousin is getting married today on the other side of the world. I wish I could be there to join the celebration and enjoy the gathering of family, and of course to wish Dave and Leslie a wonderful new life together.

Love to all of you!

More Weekend Pics

My sister's husband, Shann, bought our Honda. Like any loving car owner, he went right to work waxing and polishing. Scott joined right in!

Grandma's bedtime stories with Caden and Gwen.

The ladies in my family... Mindy (my brother's wife), me holding Alyssa, my mom, and my sister Sarah.
Lyssa loves to smell the flowers!

Weekend Pics

Cousins together, bright and early before we left Tuesday morning. Notice that Meredyth just happened to have pants that matched our girls' dresses!
Scott's whole family (he is the oldest, with four younger sisters)... his parents are seated in the middle with his four sisters seated on either side of them. Their husbands are standing sort of behind them, with our boys mixed in and Scott and I on the end. Our girls and our three nieces are sitting on laps in the front. Wait until more grandchildren come... then we'll really be a big group!

We had fun going through old photos together... one of them must have been especially funny!