China Friends and Other Stuff!

This is my friend April!  We met on a China adoption forum last fall.  We starting talking and discovered that not only were we on a very similar adoption timeline, but we also both home schooled, also both lived in Colorado, and also both loved Jesus!  We talked and compared notes and waited and lamented and worried and stewed and reminded each other to trust God for many months.  Finally we both traveled to China to get our new children in May!  We did not see each other there, as our schedules were a week apart.  Finally this last week we got together!

All of us eating lunch.  

Caylie with four of April's children.  She has three adopted from China.  It was fun for Caylie, even though she had to learn to share a little bit!

(April, I'm putting both of these photos in, since it took two to get everyone looking at the camera!) 

 In other news, Jim was invited to a Rockies game by his company's audit firm, and these were the seats we were in!  3 rows behind home plate!  These were "Clubhouse" seats, in which there is first an all-you-can-eat gourmet buffet, then you go out to the field via clubhouse gate.  And then you can order all the food you want for free!  (Well, it was free for us.  Haha.)  AND, in the 4th inning, they bring everyone a warm cookie!  It was very, very fun.  And yummy.  :)

Jim and me at the game.

On the way to the game we saw this.  I know it's kind of dark, but it's an Ichthus fish with a Broncos mane.  I'm not sure what this is saying.  We worship Jesus and the Broncos?  Jesus IS a Bronco?  We like fish with orange and blue hair??  

And while we were at the game, this occurred.  

And in other news . . . if I ask her to smile, this is what I get.  And she loves corn on the cob!

 We bought a baby bottle for the dolly that Grandma got her.  Sometimes she tries to drink the "milk" herself.

Snack time at the reservoir.  

And this is a beautiful ornament that was sent to us by a friend.  Thank you so much, Tracie!  :)

Tomorrow I'm taking Keelan for registration at Gateway High School.  How did this happen??