trying to keep up

The picture on the far left is of Rachel and her cousin Jacob. The two are a month apart. Aren't they the cutest? They saw each other on our trip ... that feels like a few months ago... (is it really true we've only been home for two weeks???)

And the picture in the middle is of Rachel being pushed by Rachel - our friend's daughter. Both of our Rachel's were born in Xiushan, Chongqing. And the last picture is of Hua  Hua with her friend Audrey - both born in qianjiang, Chongqing. It was so much fun to see the girls together....

I'm afraid I've been missing in blog land because life is so busy! some highlights... unpacking from florida, raking leaves (i've raked 30 bags and we easily have that many bags still out there in the giant yard), handling most stuff around the house & with the kids (dan is in crunch time at work and home very little now thru the end of june), watching Tai - my parent's dog, enrolling hua hua in soccer (starts next week!) and the biggie ... dealing with kindergarten.

Our school district held a meeting over the weekend and decided to switch to full day every day kindergarten - not what we want or what we registered for. So, we are trying to figure out what to do.  It looks like the district may keep things the same for some families at some schools - we are waiting to see. it's all very confusing now and has been the buzz in our house, and our neighborhood, and for me personally, the subject of much prayer.