Swinging into Summer

It's not officially summer yet, but we have swung into summer nonetheless. Sloan has already been out of school for almost three weeks. Our first two weeks of vacation were a bit slow because public schools weren't out here yet. So you would think with all of that time on my hands, I would have had more time for blogging. The problem is that the more time I have, I find there is less to blog about. Otherwise, I might bore to tears the whole 10 followers that I have.(That probably includes the present post as well) And I want you to know how much I appreciate all 10 of you!!!! :)

But now, our summer routine has begun. Sloan started his first sports camp at our golf club. They do tennis, golf, fitness and swimming. He is loving every minute of it. It was hilarious for our six-year-old to be telling us about his yoga class. Next week, it will be Vacation Bible School.

Last Friday, we went with Chad to the Bay Area for a meeting and took the kids on BART. They loved it! Sloan kept referring to it as a "bullet train." Chad has clients here from the Dominican Republic and I will be leaving the kids for a couple of days and heading to San Francisco with him to help entertain them. Thank you Auntie Katie and Uncle Chris!!!

We hope this is just the beginning of many fun-filled summer days with family and friends.

On the adoption front, a BIG congrats to our friends Andrew and Jenn who just brought their son, Jeremy home from Haiti. He is an absolute doll! Though their wait for Jeremy was long, God was faithful! We are so happy for them. Another friend of mine from college is headed to Taiwan this week to bring home her precious baby daughter, and a blog friend Michelle and her husband are also headed to China to bring their precious 10 year-old daughter home as well. Please keep these families in your prayers. My heart just swells with joy when I think of God's great plans for these children and their new, forever families.

Here is a bit of what we've been up to:
A trip to the zoo

Kensie didn't mind posing with the giraffes. . .


But she was happy to let big brother do the feeding


A chilly day at the beach in Carmel


Kensie playing in the water


Going to work with dad on the "bullet train"

Then later at a high-powered "business" lunch with dad :)


After lunch with friends at the mall

And just hanging out at home and taking time to smell the flowers. . .






This last shot of Kensie was taken by "her" Sloanie. :) Maybe Sloan can help give me some "artistic direction" with my shots. ;) Good job Sloan!

Hope you all are having a good start to your "almost" summer!