Saturday, March 22, 2008

Easter Pix

All this stuff!!! And the Easter Bunny brings cotton candy in plastic tubs too. Life is perfect.

Bubbles, stickers and candy. What could be better?

Hey, Mama's in the picture for once with her two cuties (even if their shirts say "Daddy's Princess.")


In our Easter bonnets after church service. We were good and colored quietly, well mostly.



The Easter Bunny visits at coffee hour. Lian is still not too sure about it. Hey, that's Mama again, what gives?

On to Grandma Pines for Easter dinner. Our friend Donna came out to join us. Everyone is glued to Lela's Easter basket DVD, Enchanted. The vermin are apartment cleaning.


Dinner. Grandma outdid herself. Rack of lamb, chicken breast, salmon, shrimp skewers. Mama did the early potatoes and strawberry shortcake.

Afterwards a little fresh air. Lian is mastering the tricycle. She finally grew enough to reach the peddles (with blocks.)

1 comment:

Charlotte said...

What cute little princesses on Easter morning ! Good to see pics of mommy too !

Charlotte and crew

Mother's Day

Last spring while riding the train home from the city where I had just handed in the last of Lian's paperwork, I had nothing to do since I had gone through all my reading material while waiting at the Chinese Embassy. I got out a notepad and this poem started to flow and practically wrote itself. Adoption can be bittersweet as there is no gain without a loss.
http://www.emkpress.com/mothersday.html

Lian on left in yellow

Lian on left in yellow
about 14 months, with her friend Hailey

Lian at 6 months

Lian at 6 months
Who could resist that smile?

Lian at 4 months

Lian at 4 months
Right after surgery for her lip

Sha'anxi Province Map

Sha'anxi Province Map
HanZhong in lower left

China Map

China Map
Sha'anxi Province in center