Six Months Worth

Good gracious!  I haven’t posted a new blog update in about six months.  Well, here’s a recap of the past half year.

February:

I don’t quite remember what we did for Valentine’s Day, but here’s a cute picture of the girls.

 

Dorothy turned 70, so we had a fancy tea party birthday celebration for her.  Rebecca did quite a nice job with the decorations and delicacies. 

March:

Mei Li got the flu over Spring Break.  That canceled our plans for a trip to Waco to meet new baby Lanie and visit with the rest of the Balches.  Thankfully, though, no one else in the family got sick.  That was a HUGE blessing!  Mei Li and Lily got to lie around for several days watching DVDs.  Well, what else are you going to do with a sick toddler?  Lily just reaped the DVD benefits without actually being sick.

We went strawberry picking at Frobergs with some friends and family.  Mmmm…freshly picked strawberries. 

April:

Mei Li dyed and hunted her first Easter eggs this year.  (Well, I’m just assuming she didn’t do those things in China.  I think it’s a safe assumption…)

David and Emily came to town for an Easter visit.  We got to meet Lanie and see Joshua and Ellie again.

May:

Allison came over one morning and the girls all played in the pool.  It was a bit chilly, but they had fun.

June:

We bought a new house!  It needed a LOT of work.  Not as much as our first house (not by a LONG shot); but, well, you can see what color the living room started as.  That’s just a sample…

The Waco Balches came for another visit.  It’s always a lot of fun to visit with them when we are in the same city!

July:

Lily turned four!  I can’t believe she’s so big!  Here she is at the family birthday dinner we had.  Homemade pizza and strawberry shortcake.  Mmm…

And here is the reason we needed a new house with an extra room.  He should arrive in October, hopefully not looking so much like a Halloween skeleton.