Vacation Bible School

Katie and Maci are attending VBS this week near our house. Sadly, they are not in the same class, but Katie is still having a great time. I was worried she'd be frightened, but she is holding up very well. My little baby is growing up!!

Wordless Wednesday

Happy Independence Day!!

We had a nice 4th of July. In the morning we met some friends at a park. We had a great time until it started raining. In the evening we went to the race track to watch the fireworks display with my brother and his family. Katie and Sarah both hate the noise of fireworks, but both did amazingly well. This is a picture of Katie and Sarah with their cousin, Ben, waiting for the fireworks show to start (notice the earmuffs we got at Lowe's to reduce the noise).

Swimming Lessons

Katie and Sarah finished their 2-weeks of everyday swimming lessons today. What a difference 2 weeks makes!! Katie has always been terrified of getting her face wet. After the first day of lessons, she told me, "I'm not going back to swimming lessons. I'll just go watch Sarah. I'll just use my vest and noodle forever!!" We will continue with 2 days a week after the 4th of July weekend. I am so proud of my girls!!!!

Sea World

For the past 5 years, I have been scrimping and saving to pay for my adoptions and have not really traveled anywhere, except Kazakhstan and China. I decided it was time to take my girls on a vacation. I have such fold memories of my family vacations when I was growing up and want my kids to have the same memories. We went to SeaWorld and had a great time. Sarah LOVED Shamu (and getting soaked) and Katie loved climbing the big rope wall (and giving mommy a heart attack in the process).