What a difference a year makes!

Tomorrow Michael and I will take Sarah to a reception for Ha Crick, Dillon International's in-country director. We attended last year's reception for Ha with many of the same couples we will see again tomorrow (the Le's, Perryman's, Sweet's...). This time last year we were waiting on pins and needles to hear news of the liscense so that we could recieve a referral. It was going to come "any day." Well, it didn't come until mid-spring! But, this year we are all returning to the same location to see Ha with our babies in hand! I can't tell you how wonderful that feels!!! The Lord is so good and gracious to His children!

We had a fabulous Christmas. It took a while, but Sarah finally got the hang of ripping bows and paper off the packages. I'm sure next year she will be wanting to rip off the paper and bows before Christmas!On the 27th we went with the youth group on the annual ski trip to Colorado. Sarah was amazing on the 16 hour bus trip out and decent on the way home. She is far more patient that I am on long trips. I think the high altitude must have sqeezed everything out of her system, because every diaper we changed in CO had a present in it! The youth are so good with Sarah and she was spoiled rotten with attention. I was able to ski 2 out of the 3 days - thanks to Michael taking a day and Jaclyn taking a day with Sarah. So, I got Mother's-Ski-Day-Out twice. Now....back to reality!