Today, my nephew AJ, Zack and myself met my sister Kathleen at Turtle Bay Aquarium in Redding. They were having the Bodies Revealed exhibit, which we thought would be really interesting.
After going to the exhibit, we walked across the Sundial Bridge. This is Kate and Zack walking across while AJ and I went down to the river below.
AJ (9)
AJ had a butterfly land on his finger...he was pretty stoked about it.
What an incredible kid he is.
After we made it home from Redding, we took a nap and waited for Rich to come home, then we met with some friends at the water park and ate dinner at the park. Rich took Zack and Naomi (Houston) to play in the water. Naomi didn't last long...she wanted her mom to take her.
Zack had fun crawling over the water jets and then sticking his face in the water.
"You'd better keep up, Daddy! I don't have all day!"
He was so cute and would laugh every time the water turned on.
"Who me? No...I didn't eat any bark. I swear!" We decided to call it quits when he started to eat bark off of the ground and after Rich and I had exhausted ourselves chasing him (after an already long day).
Daniel Houston being shy for the camera. He is such an affectionate little boy. He gives the best hugs.
Little Princess Naomi - - she is such a beautiful little girl.
Naomi headed for the water with her mommy (Sarah).
Braiden (Anders) sure keeps his mom and dad on their toes. He is so smart (and fast too!). I can't believe he's in pre-school already.
Rich and I have been happily in love since 2000. After unsuccessfully trying to have kids, I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and, therefore, we cannot have biological children. We adopted our son Zack through a private adoption from a family member. We hope to someday grow our family further, but for now, we are soaking up every second with our little man. We are also foster parents, which can be both very rewarding and very challenging...but we do our best. We are currently in the process of adopting "Lil' Baby" from the foster system. We've been blessed to have both of our children since they were one day old.
"Every happening, great or small, is a parable by which God speaks to us...and the art of life is to get the message."
~ Malcolm Muggeridge
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