Emily's 9th Birthday

Lots of fun. Slumber party with five other girls!

Adoption Day!

November 18 we celebrated the 8th anniversary of Adoption Day!

We went to the Adventure Science Center, out to lunch at Olive Garden, and watched the video from our trips to Russia. We attended the Radio City Christmas Spectacular with the Rockettes, which was great!

Trunk or Treat

Frankenstein & "Fashion Girl."

Trip to Texas

We got our own guest house quarters for this trip to Texas, thanks to friends Dannie & Staci!

Ruby got her own babysitter, dog Cowboy, who taught her it is OK to hang by yourself when the people are gone, and who played and played with her.

We got to spend three whole days with grandson Prather, who enjoyed the time with his aunt and uncle (Emily & Daniel.)

My favorite meal: pizza at Luigi's.

The kids got to ride horse, and Emily could usually be found hanging out near the colt. The playset was a bonus, too!

A 4th birthday celebration at "home" and Chuck E. Cheese with Prather was great!

Katie!

We got to hear Katie Davis speak today and were lucky enough to get a photo with her!

For those of you who don't know, our family has been following Katie's blog for about two years. (You can find a link to her blog, The Journey, on the right hand side of this page.) She graduated from high school, moved to Uganda, and had ended up adopting 13 girls there and runs a mission for hundreds of kids to eat and go to school. Her stories are Christ-centered and inspirational.

She wrote a book called Kisses from Katie and is doing a book tour here because this is where she grew up. I highly recommend the blog and the book!

Bottle-Feeding the Calves!

If you show up at the pumpkin farm at the right time on a not-so-busy day, you get to do this!

Indian Class

My class with their medicine bags! (Yes, that is me with a turkey feather in my hair. I found it this morning, fresh off one of the turkeys we see all the time!)