2 1/2 Months home

Time is just flying by at our house. Susanna started walking in the middle of May. I had just told someone that she didn't walk much, just a few steps here and there. That night she decided to prove me wrong. She walked from the computer room, through the dining room and into the kitchen and then just to make sure I understood, she proceeded to do it 2-3 more times. She also has a mouth full of teeth (she's working on #9).

At the end of May, my dad, sister and brother-in-law came out to visit. We had such a great time. It was Josh's first visit to WA state and we did a lot of traveling while they were here so they could see the state. Susanna is such a great traveler. She hardly made a peep in all the hours we traveled around the state and seemed to enjoy the trips just as much as we did. We went to Dry Falls, Grand Coulee Dam, Leavenworth, Seattle Center, Seattle Aquarium, and the Long Beach peninsula while they were here. My sister Sue got to sit by Susanna most of the time and by the end of the stay, she had her open to eating more things. It's hard to imagine getting parenting pointers from your "little" sister, even if she does have 3 kids of her own. LOL We had Susanna dedicated at church while they were here. It was on my birthday. Matt Jennings took our photos from China and put them to music for me and they played that before the dedication. On May 27 we put the relatives back on the train to Iowa. The next day we went to the Moses Lake Spring Festival and Susanna got to see her first parade. One guy who was riding a horse in the parade saw her sitting by the side of the road with Jimmy and brought the horse over for her first up-close and personal look at him. The horse didn't scare her at all.

Since then we've taken a couple weeks to recoup and refresh ourselves. Last weekend, we went to Whidbey for Father's day. On Saturday a couple we traveled with to china was in town from PA, so we met them and 3 other families in Duvall and had a mini reunion (there were 2 families who couldn't come). It was so nice to see the girls and how they've grown and changed and just to see them play together (or take each other's toys). It is gonna be great to see these girls through the years and watch them grow. We are hoping to get them together at least once a year, if not more.