Secret Garden

The kids and I spent a beautiful morning at Woodward Park today. There are several beautiful areas of the park, but I only recently discovered the Linnaeus Teaching Garden. So, so pretty and serene. We got to touch, feel, and even taste different plants. Oh, and there was the adorable garden kitty which pleased them both.

A little sibling affection.

See the kitty?

Little kids have amazing posture.

Dios Mio! Peanut butter in the hair....

Airplane

Two

Sunday, September 7th we celebrated Sarah's 2nd Forever Family Day. That hot, muggy, wonderful day in Ninh Thuan, Vietnam seems like forever ago....and like it was yesterday. Because Sundays are so crazy for our family, we had a low key celebration. I did make a special dinner - Thai "Panang" coconut curry chicken. Not exactly Vietnamese food, but I have to say I ate a lot of Thai in Vietnam. The recipe is easy and delicious - especially served over Jasmine rice. I promise to share it with you in another post. Sarah is really into her baby doll (the Calin Yang by Corolle), so we got her another doll made by the same company that is a little bigger and looks more like a little girl. Now she talks about "both babies" all day long.

The Lord gave me a precious gift on the 7th. Sarah was taking a pretty long nap, so I went in to get her up. She often gets a little sweaty around the hairline when she sleeps. When she rolled over in her bed to look at me - stretching, pouting her lips, sweaty hair framing her face - I had an instant flashback to my first memories of her waking up in our hotel bed in Ninh Thuan. It was the same facial expression and she looked just like I remember our baby girl looking.

Sept. 7, 2006 Ninh Thuan, Vietnam

Sept. 7, 2007

Sept. 7, 2008

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