Happiness Thru Family

A general update for family and friends who we miss being close to, but we want to keep updated.

Thursday, August 31, 2006

At The Lake




We were thrilled to be able to join friends at the lake for a week. The girls had a great time searching for shells, making s'mores over the fire, canoeing, flying a kite, playing on the nearby swings, hanging from the bunkbeds, going for walks, swimming at the beach, collecting rocks, and running in circles around the cabin making up weird little songs. It was a wonderful holiday.



Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Summer Time Fun With Friends





Lilei with Sharon, and Sushan with her daughter Tanys - it's always nice to visit when they come to town.

Another friend had their grandchildren visit for a few days so the girls all went biking one day, then we got together for an afternoon of playing and a bar-be-que (even more wonderful because I didn't have to cook), and on their final day visiting we joined them at a local paddling pool. It was a great visit.

Ya Gotta Love 'em.....




Sushan as the movie star extrodinaire - she loves playing dress up - an almost daily event.

Yes - Lilei with a noodle on her nose and looking a trifle unkept - also an almost daily event.

Potty Training - the concept isn't quite there in July, but it's a fun toy! I can't help but notice how long her hair is getting.

Sunday, August 20, 2006

July Holiday





Another wonderful opportunity to be with friends.

Lilei with Kyle - a wonderful young person, very helpful and pleasant to be around. She wanted him to hold her when we went on the horse drawn carriage ride.

Kira and Sushan bouncing in the rubber rooms - they had a blast.

Kira and Sushan riding the train - yes they had fun!

After all the activity we enjoyed Panago pizza - I'd never had it before and it was very good.

Meeting With Friends




Me with my girls - we all look a little tired for some reason. We were fortunate to have a chance to get together with 2 other family units fom our group. It's wonderful seeing how the kids are growing .

The group photo from left to right is Emma, Lilei (hidden). Tasso, Truen, Kira(hidden), Sushan (back to camera). I have a better picture that was e-mailed to me but I'm not sure how to bring it over. Will have to do some experimenting.

The photo of the 3 girls are from left to right, Tasso, Emma, and of course my little monkey Lilei.