At the Car Wash

Sarah working hard....we made a little over $600 at the car wash and about the same at the garage sale....pretty good! Helps pay for coaching at swim meets, equipment, etc.

Sarah at the track meet

Minutes before she found her friends and I never saw her again till the end...a quick shot before she's gone!

Sarah and Lucy

We are re-doing the girls' room. You can see the new wall color behind Sarah's bed. The new agreement is that the dog cannot be in the bedroom anymore....Miranda doesn't want dog hair on her clothes. Somehow, Lucy has pretty much figured out this new rule, but she snuck into Sarah's bed when no one was looking. She's trying to make herself as small as possible so I won't kick her out!

Sarah at Grandma's

Isn't she beautiful???

Sarah, the courageous

Sarah had her backpack taken yesterday. When it was returned, someone had taken permanent marker and written, "CHINA" on it. It upset Sarah, but she wrote about it to help her clear her thoughts. Her science teacher put some special powder on her bag and it took the ink out! He told her she would be pleased with the results. The vice-principal called Alan and told him about the incident and said that it would be investigated. I imagine it's just middle school kids being stupid...Sarah didn't want to go to school today, but I told her she was my strongest kid. I knew she would face today bravely and put the incident behind her. This morning she was all smiles and doing fine!

Zoolights with friends

Inside, waiting out a downpour at zoo lights!

Chinese New Year, Seattle International district

Lily, Rose, Sarah, Jennifer, MaryAlice, Miranda, Sidney and Olivia.

Olivia and Sarah were adopted together. In fact, I was so sure Olivia was Sarah, that I took tons of photos of her before they introduced me to MY child...

As it was, Sarah was in the arms of an orphanage worker and Jennifer in a backpack carrier on her back!