We have been very fortunate this summer to be able to have some mini reunions with different families from the travel group that we traveled to China with while adopting Faith. We planned (very loosely to account for 3 year old whims) a long weekend in Pittsburgh, which was a midway point for several of the families. Unfortunately, we did not get to see Alison and her mom and dad as they were not able to make it. But we enjoyed seeing Sophia and her parents, Maria and Nelson, and spending another weekend with Kaylei, Becky and Darrin. We had a wonderful time and felt blessed by the time that we spent with all of them. We have lots of photos, so we will bring them to you in a day-by-day installment of slide shows.
Thursday was our travel day, and we set off as soon as Nathan completed his final at OSU for the Anthropology class he took this summer. (By the way, he got a B+ !! What a way to start off his college career!) We decided to stop for lunch, and pulled in the parking lot just minutes after Darrin, Becky and Kaylei. We could not have planned that better - what a random act and a blessing. So we enjoyed the start of our trip together at lunch at Cracker Barrel. Once we got back underway, we arrived at the hotel around 5 pm. When we got to the desk to check in, we found that Maria and Nelson had just checked into the hotel just a few minutes before. We certainly didn't expect to match times so closely, but we were happy for the circumstances! Once we got our hellos completed, we were off to Chuck E. Cheese for dinner and some time for the kids to run around and get to know each other. Even Nathan enjoyed it!! The girls had a great time riding the few kiddy rides and playing video games, then they were off in search of "TICKETS"!! Of course, every kid has to have enough tickets to pick out prizes before they leave! Faith and Molly ended up with small combs and microphone headsets, and a piece of candy. They couldn't have been more happy.
We ended the night with a garden "fairy" party, with costumes for the girls including fairy wands and wings, a pretty skirt and flowered crowns. The girls looked so pretty all dressed up and enjoyed playing in the costumes the rest of the weekend. The adults (and kids) enjoyed scrumptious brownies that Marie prepared and cupcakes. Then we all settled in for some rest before the next day of fun.
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