Birthday Wishes...

Adi had her birthday party on April 28 at Shepherd. She wanted a birthday with pink and purple flowers, so Mommy and two other friends made 300 pink and purple flowers to put on her cake!!! We had fun planting flowers, playing games, and enjoying our friends. What a special day!!!!

Fish is Fish

After our visit to the pet store, we got home and put Jovany, Bear, and Adi into their new tank. Adia loves them and admires them without her hands (she shakes the tank when she pulls on the dresser). She was so tired after the whole ordeal that she fell asleep right on the rug while trying to take off her shoes!!!

Chuck E. Cheese Birthday Bash

We met Mimi and Papaw at Chuck E. Cheese's for Adia's birthday (May 02). We celebrated with pizza, games, and a not-so-enjoyed visit from Chuck E. Cheese himself (see pic of Adia scared half-out of her wits!) Mimi had not been there since Colb was a kid, and I don't think Papaw has ever been there. What a treat!

Opening Birthday Gifts

We have been so busy that Adia just got to open her gifts this weekend (her birthday was last Wed.)

Adia is unwrapping fish food for her new pets.

Yiwen gave her a special poem that she wrote using the ancient art of Chinese Calligraphy!

Traveling Back in Time

My sis recommended starting with our latest ventures and going backwards to catch y'all up on our happenings.

Sooooo, we have had a foreign exchange student staying with us since November. Yiwen (Julia) came to us rather suddenly, but has joined our crazy group we call a family and fit in rather well. We call her our "18-year-old Chinese daughter". She has taught us many things- the latest of which is cracking sunflower seeds with our teeth and prying out the seed with our tongues! We all went to a friend's house (Jennifer and her children, Christine and Harrison) and had so much fun on Saturday night!!!

In case you were thinking "Colby looks a bit happy", Yiwen was teasing him and backing into him, and he was trying not to fall off of a 2-story deck!

This One's For the Sis (aka Auntie Em)

Sooooooo... we'll try this one more time! Sorry for the time lapse between posts again, but it is my almost 1/2 year's resolution (since we're already into May) to try to update it more often. We really do love all of you out there in Blogland, and we are sorry for the lack of updates....

Adia is now 3 years old!!!! And, for her 3rd birthday she got a new aquarium for her room. We went to the pet store and picked out 3 fish, and I had horrific images of Finding Nemo's "Darla". Needless to say, the fish are still alive almost 2 weeks later...