citizenship papers!

Schwen's Certificate of Citizenship arrived today. We can now apply for her social security card and begin the process to re-adopt her in Ohio!

it's been raining most of the day and very windy in Delaware. We were supposed to have a bonfire and spooky trail but had to postpone..we probably could have ended up doing the bonfire but Adam could not get the spooky trail set up in the rain plus it was pretty darn cold and blustery...amazing..the girls and i were in columbus and they did not even need to have coats on...we got up to delaware and it was an entirely different ball game. we ended up staying home and watching Babe...yes the movie that came out in the mid-90's about a pig. The girls enjoyed it.

we are meeting an old friend and her two daughters for lunch on sunday-they were in columbus for a wedding. patty and i met at the university of toledo back around 1980 and she and her two beautful daughters live in Bay Village. it will be great to see them before they head back to the arctic zone!

we are following the blog of a family who is currently in china to adopt TWO children...the first is a boy who just two months shy of his 14th birthday. once a
child turns 14 they are no longer eligible for adoption. Adam met this young man when he was in Nanjing and we are so happy he now has a family. the family is also adopting a little girl from a different province. my hat goes off to this family who will have a total of 8 children.