Hantie Love

(taken in December)

Happy Birthday, Mom!

My Mommy is far away on her birthday this year.  I wish we could celebrate together, but I know she’s having a marvelous time where she is… a dream come true.

Taken right before they left town

Love and miss you, Mom!

the many faces of Sarah-Bear

Celebrating Diversity on MLKJr Day

Yippee!  A planned day off from school.  We got together with some friends to go sledding.  Not just any friends… our international adoption play group.

Disclaimer:  my camera REALLY had a hard time with the bright sun and uber white snow and sky.

When we first got there, Sarah tried out the red sled by herself and went FLYING down the hill.  She almost made it to the trees at the bottom.  (no real danger)  She had gone sledding with her Daddy a few days prior and was comfortable doing it alone.  Well, now the snow was packed and FAST.  She was not ready for that.  She didn’t fall or crash, she just didn’t want to go solo again.  For the rest of the morning, she went down on her belly without a sled or with someone else.

Ready for some down-hill action(Lauren, Angela, Sarah and Abby).

Maya

Mia

The bobsled team

“White Mamas”

Sarah needs help getting back up the hill.  At one point she was at the bottom of the hill and none of the mamas were down there.  She convinced a teenaged boy to carry her back up.  She had never met him in her life.  Too funny.

Lauren

The cushy ride (the one I took down the hill most often!)

More help coming back up the hill

Gena and her daughter Angela

The girls all had a blast and were not ready to quit, but we coaxed them with hot chocolate and play-time at our house.  Fun times.

Time for Bed

Survey of the damage of Sarah’s independent play time.  Not too bad.

Reading before bed

Don’t take my picture, Mamma!

All tucked in with her favorite “may-may” – that’s how she pronounces “baby.”

Ready for a long winter nap.

Random Phone Pics

I got a new phone on my birthday and they did not transfer all my pics to my new phone.  Bummer!  But I found a way to download them to my computer.  The quality is not that great but they are fun anyway.  Here are a few random shots from the past year (in no particular order).  Hover over each picture for my caption.