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At Ye Olde Faire

The whole family and a few friends went to the KY Renaissance Faire, a favorite of the kids.  There were a lot of new games and attractions there this year, and the weather was beautiful. This was Joshua’s first fair and Sarah’s first where she could actually walk around and enjoy it.

We got to play, see a few shows and even enjoy the Tournament (complete with Jousting)!

It was also fun to see all of the people dressed up in various costumes.  There were faries and pirates and knights and priests all over the place!

Cow Appreciation Day

Chick-fil-A is one of the kid’s favorite fast food places and they had a promotion today that offered free chicken to anyone dressed like a cow.  Thus, a frenzy of crafting ensued and many cows were created!

The children had fun creating their costumes and loved their free kids meals.  It was a very clever promotion and the restaurant was crowded, which made it more fun for everyone.  We even saw one of Jordan’s teachers dressed as a cow – along with her daughter who is Sarah’s age and from the same province in China.  A really fun evening!

Forever Family Party

This year, we combined celebrating the 4th of July with celebrating that Joshua has had a forever family for a year.  Our friends from Mississippi came for the weekend as well which was a joy.  Friends new and old from the neighborhood came over and we had a barbecue and an extended session of Guitar Hero.  It was great.

Remember the post from “Gotcha Day”?  What a change in our son over the year!  It’s been great to watch him go from scared and defensive to being a happy member of a family.  We’ve had our difficult moments, but really it’s a been remarkably easy year of getting acclimated.  On the way to church this morning, Joshua said “Yaaay, I’ve been home a year!” and that’s all the encouragement Mommy and Daddy need.

Summer Saturday

It’s 90 degrees and bright and sunny, so the kids wanted to come to the zoo. Ours has a water park that’s free to members so they took bathing suits “just in case” … so we saw three animals and then straight to the water! Lots of fun!

Take me out to the ballgame

Since the boys have been playing baseball this year, they really appreciated seeing the home team play.  A home run in the first inning and a few foul balls bouncing nearby kept things interesting.  Also, the playground inside the park helped.  They still don’t know all the words to sing during the 7th inning stretch, but they are starting to enjoy the game a lot more now.  They even went down to the dugout to get autographs after the game.  Pretty cool.