Humid mountain weather 

Another day gone

Well we are one more day closer to our little girl. Kolbe who is 2 is starting to call her name out pretty clearly now. Gage is wanting fall to hurry up and get here. (I'm with ya Gage)

We had a pretty good 4th Of July weekend. We all loaded up in the mini van and headed for the mountains. Suzanne and the kids went with us and we all had a ball. Day one (Friday) we arrived rather late so we met up with Suzanne,Nick,Bella and headed to check into the cabin. It was nothing to write home about. I figure if it was waterproof and the bathrooms worked we were ok. (Sat) We set off for breakfast and then entertained the idea of Old McDonal Putt-Putt but poor Kolbe did not enjoy it a bit. I think he was hot and tired. We then set off to the Rainforest zoo. After a late lunch we went horseback riding. All in all the day went well. (Sun) It rained, so Suzanne and I were carted around to all the local outlet malls to shop. Poor Roy. We later had reservations at the Comedy Barn. We all had fun and were able to get Suzanne on stage. Funny. (Mon) Happy fourth..... We set off to go tubing down the river. What fun. Poor Roy looks like a walking advertisement for Red Lobster. He was crispy from head to toe with the exception of where Kolbe was laying the whole ride. We all went down the river twice and then had a late lunch before Suzanne, myself and Nick went down another section for adults only. Roy at this point was fried and stayed in the van with the kids and watched Herbie movies. We were rained on and stuck in the middle of no where in the middle of the river. Needless to say the waves picked up a little. I think the last trip was the best. We had minimal hangups and better water flow. (Tues) We headed home rather early around 11a.m. and went the backway through the mountains. I caught some really pretty pictures. Hopefully we were able to get better family pictures than what I have used on our dossier and other family site pictures. I really didn't care for the pics.

That pretty much sums up our Fourth. How was yours?

Jennifer Hardin

Updates

Hello all,

It looks like the referrals for the month of June are in. So far I see referrals up to the month of December 10, 2004 for our Bethany agency. Hopefully they will pick back up and send in a few more in the month of July. As it stands now it looks like it might be September before we see our referral. I just finished another set of letters for a little girl's room who is coming home soon. I really enjoy doing the letters. It gives me "me time". Roy has agreed if all goes well with Katie at the end of the year, we will go back for number 2. He said I have to name her after me. Gee that's going to be really hard. Jennifer and Gennah. I'll have 2 K's in the family. Kolbe and Katie. And 2 G's in the family. Gage and Gennah. Do we see a pattern?

Jennifer

This is the letters I have created with Pat's fabric for Keira's room. Thanks for the oppertunity to help out Pat. They really turned out good. I hope you like them. I think I might do these on a regular basis as a way to earn money for the next adoption in 2007.

Letter K  

Letter E 

Letter I  

Letter R  

Letters I have done for a fellow adoptive parent 

Our local FCC Playgroup photos from May

We had our first playdate last week and we had so much fun. I didn't bring Gage becasue I was not sure if there was any kids his age to play with. He enjoyed staying home with dad. Kolbe had a ball. Savannah and Kolbe are just four months apart. We joke about them being in a pre-arranged marraige. Savannah's dad Jeff, said they are looking through the tunnel of love in the pictures. you never know. At least we would get along with the inlaws :)

Jennifer

Gage GRADUATES!!!!!

Our oldest son has grown up and flown the kindergarten coop. Gage and our god daughter Alexia are pictured below getting ready for graduation. Is funny, they were both born on the same day 5 hours apart.

Gage and his coaches (Left Joe and Right Dad) with his awards and trophy from Soccer. 

Gage's cloassmate since they were 3. Hannah Jane  

Making sure each other look the part 

Gage and Alexia getting ready for graduation