Montage

After receiving a couple of very nice photo essays from my cousin, Booty, I’m inspired to post one of my own. Here’s a sampling of photos from the last few weeks.

From the Land of 10,000 Smiles: Last weekend we had a visit from our friends from Howard Lake, Minnesota. Even though it is a 12-hour drive for them, it is still shorter than a drive to Virginia would be. It was a good visit, hanging out, playing cards with the Bowmans, and eating home-cooked meals.




Home Stretch: My routine, for the most part, is working alternate weeks from my old office in Bentonville and my new one in Richmond. This week I will be in Richmond and I expect the house will be very close to finished. Here is a picture from two weeks ago after the cabinets had been put in (compare to the picture from the same vantage in my "salt mine" post).




Ringing in the Rat: Something I’ve failed to mention in past posts was the Chinese New Year celebration we attended at the Jones Family Center in Springdale. This was put together by a group of families who have, or are planning to adopt from China. After being at home for only a couple of weeks it was great to re-live our experiences with others who have done it in years past. (See if you can spot Hobbs in this picture.)

Scrub-a-Dub: No story for this one, just a cute picture of Bei-Bei in the tub. Nothing smells like a clean baby.