Pure Grace...From God: Meanwhile Back at Home...

It was with much thought and prayer and hand wringing and anguish and more prayer that we decided that Christina, Peter and Catherine should go on to China to bring Lucy Rui Yuan home. We at home would certainly miss having the China experience and being there for the grand event. It was just too darn expensive for us all to go on such short notice. I was determined that being at home with Patrick and Christopher would be filled with our own adventures. It would be a time to do some things that we don’t usually do. A time to stretch out a bit. I had music going all day when we were at home, even broke out my turntable to spin a few LP's. We went mini-golfing (goofing), hiking / swimming at Patapsco, did a lot of grilling (experimenting with grilling vegies) and found some dragon fruit, went fishing with Pop-pop and had a blast, and had a little birthday celebration for Patrick (to be continued when mommy and the gang get back).