We met up on Friday night and let the girls just hang out at the pool together and then on Saturday we went to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. It's hard to believe we've been here since 2001 and had yet to have visited there. What an awesome place!
Here's some pictures from the Horse Park on Saturday, I'll post some from the pool party later.
Pony rides were a huge hit with the girls!
This is Emma and her friend Jubilee. They really seemed to hit it off and played a lot together. Which is funny, because we really hit it off with her parents when we traveled with them. Their son John Randall is the same age as Ryan and they had taken him on the trip so he and Ryan had lots of fun hanging out together. In these two shots, I caught the girls playing this little game of peeking around a pole at each other which really made the little dumplings giggle!
This is Mary with Jubilee and Emma. She is from the Virginia area and is just as sweet as can be! What's even neater ... and a long, long story - but her older sister named Rebekah traveled to China recently to do some volunteer work. You'll never guess where she ended up? The Starfish Home! Which is the home our Rebecca lived in. Isn't that too cool! Her mother figured it out in a round about way & sent me an email asking if that's where Bex was from. Really, what's the statistical chance of that happening?
More shots of Jubilee & Emma.
From left to right: Rebecca, Jubilee, Emma, Sheridan & Mary
We met up at the fountain first thing that morning to get a quick shot before it was too hard to get them all back together again!
Left to right: Erin, Amy (a new little sister to Jillian), Rebecca, Sheridan, Kate, Jillian, Emma & Jubilee
7 comments:
Great photos. Looks like you had lots of fun!
What a fantastic group shot! Emma's getting prettier every day. What stunning cheek bones she has!
Lori Lynn
What fun. Oh how I wish we had travelled in a group!
Those little ladies are so stinkin' cute! I love the Horse Park, used to live just a few miles from it..makes you proud to be a Kentuckian. Love all the photos!
Its so neat that you guys get to see each other. The park looks like lots of fun too.
Funny, I have lived here my whole life and have NEVER been to KHP. Can you believe that?
What great pics of your group! I am sad that our group hasn't gotten together this summer -- we ALWAYS do (usually at the picnic - sigh)! Looks like a great time was had by all....
I love getting together with our other two families. And we really do feel like family. No one else shares such a impactful journey as those who have traveled that road with you. Even our Sweet Pea Yahoo group is our "extended family"! What a bumpy journey that was for most of us who had not traveled down the China adoption road before.
Like you, we really feel it is important for our Chinese children to have contact with those we traveled with and especially those from the same orphanage. Our other two families live in S. CA like we do and one family is in our same town. It really is a tremendous blessing too.
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