Month: December 2014

Our week with the Peterman’s was pretty uneventful and relaxed which is what we were hoping for. The 4 big girls spent a lot of time playing and Dani did her best to keep up or hung out with the adults who were chatting. We ate a lot of delicious food including finally going to The French Press which Randy and Jess have been telling us about for years. It was fantastic just as the promised! We will have to go there again on our next visit. Did a little shopping on Black Friday without the kids and had an adult lunch out after we got some good deals at the Children’s Place. Jessica and I scored a cart full of jammies at Target and spent a lot of time talking and laughing.

After dinner on our last night in town Dani and I went to meet Emma, her mom and her Grandmother for ice cream. Emma and Dani were foster sisters in China. Emma was adopted a few months after Dani and is now living in Colorado. It was a special treat to connect these girls once again. I like to do this kind of thing every chance we get because all of the children adopted from China share part of a story that is so different from their parents. Dani surprised me by being willing to hold Emma’s hand and saying, “Emma! Emma! Emma!” It was really cute.

Emma and Dani in China in January 2014 (this is a guess based on when we sent the camera and the snow). Then in CO in November 2014.

After ice cream I needed to head back and pack up for our 12 hour drive home the next day. I am always sad when it’s time to leave our friends, but we really had such a wonderful week. Thanks for hosting us Randy and Jess and letting us crash your family Thanksgiving 🙂

On the road trip home in a little town in CO we saw a building made of petrified wood. My sweet husband made a u-turn so I could hop out and take a photo. I get a kick out of quirky things we see on our countless road trips.

Jessica is an amazing cook and she did tons of the prep work before we showed up so it gave her a chance to enjoy the visit and made Thanksgiving so much easier. Her parents, Randy’s parents, Jessica’s sister and her fiance were all coming over for dinner so a lot of food was going to be involved. While Jess was busy with the food I went into my area of expertise – craft time with the girls.

There was a little bit of snow on the ground so I had to take Dani outside and she loved it. She kept putting her hands on it and laughing and screaming. Then she saw the big girls throwing it and decided she needed to get in on the action and so she started chasing them all over the yard.

Jess made 6 kinds of dessert – that’s right, 6! The food was fantastic and we had fun playing games after dinner. Randy and the girls even sang us a song. It was a great Thanksgiving 2014!