Marvelous in Our Eyes: What do you do on a rainy day??

Friday, February 5, 2010

What do you do on a rainy day??

Go to Planet Child with your OAKS friends!! While there you can...

sell or buy groceries

drive an ambulance

dance on stage in princess costumes

watch trains

play with trains

and go on a safari.

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KristiFebruary 6, 2010 at 12:04 AM
Looks like you guys had a great time! One of these days I'm gonna get over there too...
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jodyFebruary 6, 2010 at 9:12 AM
Thanks for sharing the pics. Both of my girls took a nap-yeah! I loved holding your little guy!
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Kristin FergusonFebruary 8, 2010 at 9:35 PM
Oh fun! I can't wait to have our little one to start doing this kind of stuff again. :)

Kristin
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Elijah's Adoption Timeline

September 2008
Announced to family that we were planning on adopting from China for the second time
October
Started homestudy
November
Finished all our homestudy visits, but had to get extra clearances for Daniel and Anna
January 2009
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Dana, our advocate, called and we first saw Eli's precious face
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Friday, February 5, 2010

What do you do on a rainy day??

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