Haiti

Well, yes I went to Haiti. A friend of mine is working on adopting a little girl from Haiti and needed to make a trip down to sign some papers. She knew I am always up for an adventure and invited me along to travel with her. I was a little nervous, as I haven't heard that Haiti is the safest place to travel. She assured me we would be fine and the people she knew over there would take good care of us. So off we went! When we arrived in Haiti we were sent through the diplomatic lounge, so we didn't have to deal with the craziness in customs etc. Once we were cleared through immigration our driver was there ready to pick us up. We headed out to the creche (orphanage) where we spent the next couple days. We enjoyed our time there with the kids, the other parents and the staff. Believe it or not we were well feed and taken very good care of. Most the kids at the creche have already been assigned to families and are just waiting for the paperwork process, which is a long one.

The kids were so cute! They loved it when anyone would play with them or hold them. Here are a few pictures of some of the kids at the creche.





Here are a few pictures of the country. Very poor as you would expect!

Halloween 2009

Yeah! I made it through one more Halloween (not my favorite holiday)! We carved the pumpkins and even decorated Haunted Brownie Houses.







The kids got to trick or treat a Grandma's office and trick or treat the neighbor with their cousins. Blake and I even got dressed up for a neighborhood Halloween party. The party is always a fun one to go to but I always dread getting the costumes figured out. I was grateful for a lot of help with the costumes this year!!





PRETTY SCARY HUH!

Soccer Season!

Yea, Soccer season has come and gone. Obviously not a my favorite. Camden was the only one playing soccer this year at our house. He has to be the cutest soccer player on the field! He does still need some coaching before he will be the best player on the field, but there is definitely potential. He loves the running up and down the field but doesn't quite get the game completely yet. We will keep working on this. It was a cold soccer season this fall, but I certainly think there was some improvement throughout this season. We will have to see what happens for next year.