Whirlwind Fun

So, last week, we headed to our annual China reunion, a time where we meet with many of the families who traveled with us to adopt our girls from China almost two years ago. We had a blast, and Grant treated the event like speed dating as he flitted from girl to girl. The time was filled with backyard bbqs, waterslides, trips to the zoo, dinners together, and swimming in the hotel pool. I can't thank these families enough for continuing to come; our girls, in some ways, have lost so very much already in their young lives; it is so special to me that they are building bonds together that will last a lifetime.

Thanks for Georgette, Madeline and Lauri for these photos (can't quite find my camera yet...).

Grant's assault on the ladies begins with Sarah...
Then, he's showing off his "Where's Waldo?" skills to Allie and Julianna...
Then, he found himself "girl trapped" (as he called it) by Mia Zotti...
And, then, he was off to hug on Jaden...
Here is the beautiful Grace...

Here is Grace with friend Mia in China and now...

All her China companions then and now (well, seven of the families)

Other random pics of the kids

Then, it was off to Chicago to hang out with our cousins. We had a great time touring the city, heading to the Field Museum, swimming and eating lots of food. We were fortunate enough to stay at "Kaya and Ash's house" (as Grant called it), and we are ever thankful to the Longs for that option. Grant became highly smitten with cousin Andrea, at one point offering to buy her a ring, and Andrea was a trooper putting up with Grant's constant advances. Don't know what we are going to do about that boy. I have no pictures on my camera of our several days in the windy city, so I'll try to grab some off Bret's phone and post them soon (bad mama. bad mama.).

More to come...