Heaven on earth - High Hopes Orchard in New Hampshire! We visited last October. Here Rosemary laughs watching Cousin Russ and his wife Tammy race Fernanda to the bottom of a very tall slide! http://www.highhopesorchard.com/ 

Here is Fernanda, our fearless bicyclist, setting off again on an adventure around the block. Last September (2005)! (I'm so sorry I'm so slow getting these posted. It takes no time at all to post them - but it takes forever to get to the project of posting!) 

So, the first day of school pictures from last fall didn't turn out so well, I had to take them again a few days later! Top to bottom Mercedes, Fernanda and Mercedes on Aug. 26, 2005. We examined last year's first day picture to make sure we had the pose correct! 

Here we are on August 11, 2005, the day our adoption of the girls was approved in court! We celebrated with a walk downtown around Monument Circle and lunch at Bertolini's.  

Here's the whole family in Cascades at the Opryland Hotel. Cathy, fresh out of meetings, is a little more formally dressed than the rest of us! The gazebo behind us is a revolving restaurant! 

Here they are, the dancers at Opryland! L to R, Fernanda, Mercedes and Rosemary. There were so many great places to dance there - all we really need is some good music and a little floor space! 

Our three girls loved to watch the dancing waters at Opryland Hotel when we went there in April 2005. They loved the lights and music! 

Mommy Cathy loves me. She is my best, best, best mom ever! She carries me like a baby. I was five. She loves me. She likes me. She takes me on rides like to school. And she takes me to Chente and Matias' house. I like my cousins. They are my friends even though I don't see them. (Mercedes)

The Easter Bunny came over to our cousins' house. He was not a real Easter bunny. He is a fake Easter Bunny. He give us candy and eggs. He is my uncle! (Fernanda)