Our Christmas Photos

Tonight we took our Christmas Photos for our second annual Christmas Card. This is a tradition we plan to continue and we will keep a card from each year as a memento of years gone by. This will be our second Christmas with our sweet Heather. She is so excited and Karen and I get such a kick out of her when she goes through her list of things that she wants for Christmas. One of the top items on her list is the Fur-real dog. Little does she know he has already found a cubby hole to hide in until Christmas morning.

Halloween photos

Heather sleeping. She got a pumpkin that lights up and it became her night light for the weeks leading up to Halloween. I will add a few other pictures once I have them in the right place for uploading.

The Case Against Homeownership

The Case Against Homeownership

I read this disturbing article last week in Time Magazine and found it troubling. If the average family does not own their home who does, The land lord. Who ends up with the equity in the home you rent, certainly not you or me, so there goes another source of wealth for the average middle class American. This is the path to becoming a third world nation with the super rich and the rest of us serfs. Yes, homes have lost value but in the end you will own your home and have the peace of mind knowing that you will not have to pay rent to someone else until the day of your departure from this world.

Happy Adoption Day - August 31, 2010

We celebrated Heather's first Adoption Day with our fellow adoption travelers, Chris and Catherine and their lovely daughter Harper. We met at a local Chinese bistro called the Iron Wok. The owners know us and always treat us very well. The girls were their silk outfits which their mothers picked out for them while we were in Beijing. Here a few photos of that wonderful day.

Campbellton, NB, Canada Day week

 Karen and her sister Phyllis

 Heather and I in front of the Campbellton Salmon fountain. This part of New Brunswick is know for it's Salmon fishing.

 Karen and Heather enjoying lunch on Canada day. We went to the fair that was in town for the weekend. Below is a picture of Heather and I with the Restigouche river in the background.

We traveled to Karen's home town to introduce Heather to her Canadian family. This year we got to celebrate Canada Day in Canada and Independence Day in the US. This is the first time in the last five years that I got to celebrate both events in their respective countries. Last year I celebrated both in Canada. Back to the main topic, Heather was a hit with Karen's family and friends. We had a great time and Heather is looking forward to making the trip back to Canada again soon......

July 2, 2010: Campbellton, NB, Canada

Heather with her Mom along the Matapedia River, Tide Head, NB, Canada in early July.
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Heather's first Dance Recital

Heather has been attending Heather Wayne's Dance Academy since January. She was a bit hesitant at first and would watch the other girl's from the sideline. Her initial hesitation was due to language which I mentioned in a post back in February. It was about her third session when she just got up from the sidelines and joined the girls doing everything they were doing just as if she had been doing it from the start. She is a very observant little girl and thus a quick learner. Now five months later we got to see her in action along with the other girls in her class at her dance recital this past Saturday May 22nd. As you can see they were dressed as little monkeys and the theme music was of course the theme from "Curious George". All the girls looked so cute with their little outfits. She wants to take tap dance next.