That Backdrop

Remember that backdrop that I was excited about photographing?

Here it is.

We are soaking it up.

They Need Food

Remember back in this post, when I shared that we spent some time meeting and listening to the Wright family speak? Since then, they have returned to Kyrgyzstan to continue their work there. For anyone who hasn't been following along, this is the country where our baby girl was born.

The Wrights have returned to visit the very baby home that our pumpkin spent 9 months of her life in.
And they are out of food.
Breaks my heart. I know there are very sad stories of people going hungry all over this world ours, but we have a very real connection to this little baby home on the other side of the world.

If you want to read and see pictures, go to the Wrights blog.
There is also a link to donate. I know we will be.

I can tell you that any money donated goes straight to those hungry bellies. There are NO overhead or administrative fees taken out (other than what paypal and the banks take). The Wrights have a separate fundraiser each year to raise all of their personal funds needed for travel, lodging, food, etc for the entire year. That way any money donated for a specific need, goes directly to that need!

Very

I am very excited because this is in transit to my houseand very soon I will be snapping pics of these subjects

with this backdrop

and that makes me very happy.

Signs, Signs, Everywhere Signs

signs of spring,

signs of being a year older,

and signs that we are done turning the key on the palate expander!!

(this is how C kept track)

The Big Race AKA People Take This VERY Seriously

Monday night was the big pinewood derby race. Hubs is a pinewood derby veteran. He actually found his car from about 30 years ago and AP got to race that one.

This was the official weigh in station and where we first realized that we were in over our heads. People are serious about some pinewood derby!! The car can weigh up to 5 ounces. In my mind, that meant "do not exceed 5 ounces". But, apparently, to everyone else that meant "make certain that your car weighs EXACTLY 5 ounces or you don't even have a shot".

Our car weighed 4.3 ounces. The lady basically asked us if we still wanted to race. Are you kidding me? We've been working on this car for a month, it was going to race even if it weighed 1 ounce :)

The kiddos were just happy to be racing :) They didn't care that we weren't professionals.
(But mark my words, we will be professionals next year!)

Each car raced in 4 heats. Then there must be a formula to decide the top 10. Here is C getting ready for his first heat.

And guess what??? Our didn't-weigh-exactly-five-ounces car came in 1st!!!!!

Here is AP waiting for her/daddy's car to come down the track. Her car came in 3rd all 4 times. That's not bad for a 30 year old car!

C's car ended up coming in 3rd in his last 3 heats. He didn't end up in the top 10, but he felt like a winner and that's all that mattered!