July is only half way over and already we have had enough fun and excitement to last the entire summer. 4th of July weekend we did what we love to do the most...We loaded up the camper and headed out of town. We absolutely love to go camping. We spent much of our time in the sun swimming. On the last day spent the day at the waterslide park. It was Annabel's first time down the slides. She had a great time. Those swimming lessons really paid off. She has no fear of the water at all. We were home from camping for a few days and then headed out again. This time we went to a weekend Heritage Camp. We joined the organization called Families with Children from China. We had a blast. We got to meet some wonderful families and children and learned a lot about Chinese cultural dance. Mostly we just had fun. It was very well organized but also allowed for much needed down time. We were able to go swimming, play at the beach and fly kites. We stayed in what are now retired Army barracks. That was fun because we got to spend a lot of time with other families in the common areas of the barracks and the food was absolutely delicious. Mark especially enjoyed the Salmon BBQ!!!! Amber decided to go and stay in the open bay with all the teen girls. She was the only one not adopted from China in the group. She had a great time. I am so glad she made so many great friends. It will be fun to come back year after year and watch the kids grow up. There are many events throughout the year that this organization hosts as well. We plan on attending as many of them as we can. All in all we have had a fantastic summer so far. Annabel is making so much progress at adjusting and trusting us more and more each day. So much so that Annabel is now in her own room and doing beautifully. Praise God!!! We are all getting a lot more sleep these days. haha We are on day 52 of our wait for our Letter Of Acceptance for Jacob. The summer is flying by so quick. It will be no time at all before we are packing our bags to head back to China. We cannot wait to hug and kiss our little guy.
