Only three more weeks until we leave for China!! Very exciting. Everyone is being really suportive and we appreciate it. It has been a long road, but no longer than the road to Katrine in some ways, and we are almost at the end. We got a treat a week ago. It was given to us by a family who had traveled to Elspeth’s orphanage in the spring. More photos. Such a serious little girl. What a gift they gave us with these photos. It is like a window into her life for two years. I don’t know if they will every know how truly thankful we are for their willingness to take and share these precious photos.
We have planted our garden as per usual. However, this year we chose slightly different crops given our travel plans. We planted mainly squash and potatoes. We do have two watermelon plants so we will wait and see what happens there. Right now everything is looking green and leafy but we do not have any flowers yet on any of the plants which is a bit concerning.
We have also been busy out front of the house. The “Pony House” has made its yearly reappearance. This year the ponies have been able to upgrade their accomodations. They now have actual walls (thanks to our new hedge trimmer which works great for trimming unrully flowering trees) and beds (actually piles of dry grass cuttings). Overall a comfortable abode.
What else? Oh yes, Katrine spent the first week of her summer vacation at skating camp. Her choice I might add. She had a grand old time skating at least two and a half hours a day plus off ice training for five days straight. She must have gone to sleep easily each night! No way, not our girl. That said, she was always easy to get up and raring to go. Glenn was at work of course and I spent my first week of holidays organizing our house and getting things ready for us to go. It will be really nice when the house is finally sorted and the basement set up.
