We attended the AHH annual picnic on Saturday. This year it was in Wilmore, KY ... out in the middle of nowhere! The drive down was beautiful though as it meandered through some really nice horse farm areas and miles and miles of old stone fences. One of these days I need to get out and take some pictures of just Kentucky scenery, especially the beautiful fences and even the old tobacco barns are neat looking.
Back to the picnic ... there were only 3 families from our travel group this year but it was really nice seeing them. The Jenkins were there, we first met them on the plane to China. They sat right behind us and Jim was really kind to trade game boy games back and forth with Ryan. Wonderfully nice and fun people! Heather & her daughter Jillian were there too, driving all the way from Chicago. As always, it was nice seeing them. We were blessed to be able to spend some time with them on Friday night as well. Her daughter Jillian has a million dollar smile, a sparkle in her eyes and a personality that just lights up the area around her.
Heather & Jillian drove back to Shelbyville that evening to catch part of Ryan's baseball game ... more about the game later. Emma had been a little chilly with her friends earlier in the day but had warmed up tremendously by the time we got to the game. She & Jillian did the ball park kid thing by playing on the bleachers and eating pop-"cone" (as Emma calls it). Anyway, it was a nice weekend being able to catch up with other adoptive families.
We've also become friends with another waiting family and they were at the picnic as well. They have two sons, Adam and Alex that absolutely adore Emma - well, she ranks pretty high on their parents list too. I had taken Emma aside at one point and inquired as to why she didn't seem to be having fun and she replied in a rather pouty way that she wanted "Alex". Scott (their dad) took Emma to play on the bouncy things and the boys played with her as well and she finally started coming out of her shell. Adam bought her some cotton candy, her first time to have it and she LOVED it!
Hopefully more families will be able to make it next year.
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