Emma's Birthday Party

Myah and the birthday girl Emma!
Blowing out the candles!
Myah loved baby Avery!

Dayton loves Vipers and Gary works for Chrysler and this is one of the perks, getting to drive a Viper convertible home!

This past weekend we spent up north at my parents house swimming and boating on the lake. It was a blast! This was the first time that my whole family has been together in a long time. Unfortunately, I took no pictures, just video! My kiddos just love being at the lake, Dayton has grown up fishing off of my parents dock and he is always begging us to go get some "crawlers" when we get into town. Myah is like a little fish in the water, she loves swimming off of the boat and is always the last one to come out!

We had to leave early in order to make it to Emma's 3rd birthday party. Emma and her parents Gary and Candy were in our travel group when we went to China. She and Myah are from the same orphanage. It is always a treat to see anyone from our group. Emma's exciting news is that she is a big sister now! Gary and Candy were surprised to find out that they were pregnant after many years of infertility issues, Emma was their first child and now they welcome little Avery Rose. She was born just a few weeks after we had our Gotcha Reunion, she arrived about a month early but is doing wonderful. Emma is doing wonderful as a big sister. She is the first big sister in our group! Candy was up north at her parents when she went into labor, she didn't have her regular doctor or anything familiar but her family was with her, and Gary made it in plenty of time. He said that inside the hospital was a statue of a mother and a child that was very similar to the statue in the courtyard at the orphanage where our girls lived, he said it was like a red thread moment to see the similarities. Congratulations to their sweet little family!