reunited

After a full and fun weekend in New Jersey we met our dear friend, Kristin, for dinner in Northampton.   Kristin is mama to 4 kids - her youngest, Bryzick, was Temu's crib neighbor in the orphanage in Addis.      So much fun to catch up with her - we hope to see the rest of her family someday soon!

April in New Jersey

We had a great weekend visiting Uncle Mike, Auntie Sherry, Adam, Siena, and Charlie!

Click below to see some of our favorite photos:

New Jersey Photos

Spring Happenings

Temu loves to check out the mowers at Lowe's.  We rode all 13 of them.

Last Friday we went to Disney on Ice.  We didn't tell Temu ahead of time, and when we arrived just told him we were going to a "show".  He was breathlessly excited when Lightning McQueen came out on the ice.  Temu and Momma both loved it!

Messing around at bath time.

A recent trip to the park.

Temu, lover of flowers, bugs, and balance beams

A little smooch for the forsythia...

 and a little ugga-mugga.

 The warm weather has awakened many little Asian Lady Beetles in our house.  Temu has befriended many.

 Temu is getting a kiss from the beetle.

 I'll bet this one didn't wake up knowing it would later be riding on a race car!

Last weekend Daddy and Temu built a balance beam - fun to build and fun to use.

Easter

We had a full and fun Easter day!

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Easter baskets

Let the Easter egg hunt commence!

For the record, Temu goes for the ears first.

Daddy's breakfast of hash brown nests with eggs.

Temu with his new doodler and a big kid with his Nintendo DS; won't be long before Temu will be asking for one of those.

Easter Sunday children's sermon - Temu got another Easter egg filled with chocolates!

Temu made his musical debut with the "children's percussion ensemble."

Post-church service drumming - this kid has some incredible rhythm!  He wowed the professionals!

Home from church and more Easter fun! 

miscellanous March

With two photo-taking phones and two cameras, some photos are bound to get lost in the shuffle.  Here are some miscellaneous shots from the last couple of weeks.

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While the boy on the left has (for the most part) dropped his nap, the boy on the right is still pro-nap. 

Temu's first adventure in bowling.                                   

Gotcha Day whoopie-pie and cupcake celebration!

After Temu helped mama plant the pansies, she told him that we had to give them love (meaning water, sunlight...)  to help them grow.  Temu took her literally - no doubt some kisses from Temu are good for flowers, too.

Yes, Temu does like the cream cheese and bagels at the new bagel shop in town.