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Purple Hat Girls and Great-Grammie

Here is where I first posted about my purple hat girls and their great-grammie!

Here is another post about great-grammie and my trouble bubble game!

Calendar Girls

CCAI is the wonderful agency that we used for our first adoption. They sell a calendar every year as a fund raiser. We always get the calendar. There are many children in the calendar... some we know from on line. Anyway, it is always a big deal. "The list" comes out with the children who were selected. They try to use many different children, but CCAI is a big agency. They can't use them all. This year we decided to submit a photo of the girls. (Yes, Rachel can be in the photo even though she wasn't adopted through CCAI.) We just found out that the girls will be included in the 2009 calendar! We don't know what size or what month. I am attaching the photo to the bottom of this post. At least, I THINK it is the one I submitted. :-)

Click here to order your own copy of the calendar. They are only $10.95. :-)

Here are some other friends whose children will be in the calendar. April, Ralph, and Heather. There are others that we know, but they don't have blogs or their blog is private.

Close Up

Finally 1st Day of School Pictures!

There is a story behind Daniel's shirt. The senior class heard that the county was putting locks on all of the schools to increase safety. They thought it would make their senior year more difficult... like they were in a penitentiary! LOL! Silly seniors, they are putting this on all schools... not to keep you in, but to keep others out!! Anyway, they tried to get black and white striped shirts, but they were too expensive. They ended up with their school color (orange). The shirts really were cute! There are about 350 seniors, I think. They all wore their shirts the first day of school. I can't wait to see the group photos!

Brave Girls at the Dentist

Today was Kelsey and Rachel's first visit to the dentist. At our dentist office, the first visit or 2 are "Happy Visit." The girls went in to see all of the dentist's tools. They got to ride in the chair, have their teeth "counted", try the water, try the air, and feel the spinning toothbrush. I was really impressed, they allowed the hygienist to do more than I thought they would. Morgan was a big help too! They were quite brave with their big sister's arms around them!

There is a story to the other dental chair. On October 2, 2006, I was sitting in this chair when Erin from Harrah's called to say that we were going to become Rachel's parents! I had taken the afternoon off from work. I was a nervous wreck because we had to petition to be Rachel's parents. There were other families that wanted to bring her home. I thought we would get the "yes or no" before my 4:30 dentist appointment. Well, the call didn't come, so I brought my cell to the dentist. Sure enough... Erin called!

Swimming Cousins and An Aunt!

Daniel and Morgan went whale watching with Jeff, Courtney, Uncle Jim, and Darius. The little girls swam at our camp. FYI... Aunt Phyllis is my(Karen's) aunt. Carol is her daughter, my cousin! Jasmine is her daughter. THe girls are very close in age. Kelsey was 3 in March, Rachel was 3 in April, and Jasmine was 3 in July. They had a great time! We wish we lived closer!

Cape Cod Pictures!

I am finally getting my computer up and running. I lost some, but not all of my photos. (I had most of them stored at Shutterfly.com. ) I am having to re-install all my programs. Anyway... here are some pictures from the Cape. We went to the Cape Cod Potato Chip Factory to see how they made chips. Yummy!! The group shot is of my 4 kiddos and my cousin, Carol's, 2 kids (Darius 8 and Jasmine 3). The little ones were not thrilled about having their picture taken. The other shots are of us at a local Chinese restaurant and the girls playing on the cabin floor.

Swimming with Family

After the long ride, we had a picnic at my parents' house. I have two brothers (Mike and Chris). They both live locally and came by to visit with their families. Mike's son, Michael, just turned 2 and is adorable! Morgan, Kelsey, and Rachel had a good time playing with him. Daniel was there too, but he was busy texting and eating and didn't get in the pool. I will have to get his picture tomorrow!

Say Cheese at the Same Time? No Way!