More fun on the beach

Looks like a pretty good throw.

Playing on the beach in Naples.

Justin napping on the beach.
Girls on the Beach
Justin enjoying the sand and his cars.

Happy Birthday MaMa

Yesterday, May 7th was MaMa's birthday. We miss having MaMa near us, but Justin was able to sing her happy birthday over the phone, Happy Birthday MaMa, we all love you.

Fun on the beach and in the water.

Daniel and Wendy body surfing. Naples is on the gulf side, so actual waves aren't that common. We had a few good days of body surfing with fairly decent waves.

Some pic of our time in Naples playing in the ocean. Justin was a bit cautious at first, but it didn't take long for him to be quite brave.

Hmm...no pictures of Abbey. She spent the first few days with her nose in a book. After that she came to life, after she'd read a couple books she had had her fix. No pictures of Dee....she was the photographer most of the time.

Wendy couldn't resist...

It was on sale and marked down several times, so she thought we should take it.

We can't imagine Olivia not being here by next Christmas, but we're just not sure any more. The best guess our case worker has is August, but we've thought it would be much earlier. We're coming up to the 2 year mark of when we started; originally we thought she would have been here by last fall. So this is a very long pregnacy. As my dad said, "I feel like I know her, because I've been praying for her so long." Yet we don't know who she is and our paperwork seems to be just sitting around in China waiting for our turn. Not much happening till we get our referral, which would tell us who Olivia will be. Till then we keep praying for our unknown daughter.

Canoeing on the Peace River, FL

Family pic on the Peace River.

We went canoeing/kayaking Tuesday while looking for fossils. We didn't really go with a group or tour, just rented the equipment and started paddling. We had some idea what we were looking for, but we probably threw away anything important because of our ignorance. The weather was beautiful, the water peaceful and clear. Justin did very well, we did need to keep him in his wet suit (he calls it his warm suit), because he was in and out of the water more than the rest of us. As we started out every little or large branch looked like an alligator. They warn you to keep your dogs on a leash because alligator's like dogs. Obviously we kept Justin very close to us and were on the look out for alligators. We basically only saw one, right at the beginning. After that near the end the girls heard and saw something large move and make a large splash into the river!

Justin loved the bus ride to the river. After we were canoeing for awhile, he kept asking when we were going to go back to the bus.

A boy, mud and cars. :)

Ab and Wen in the double kayak. The last time we did this Abbey's elbow was boken, she greatly enjoyed kayaking this time and Wendy gave her plenty of opportunity to paddle.

One of the first finds of the day...a bright yellow Camero. Justin loved riding "on the hood" of Daniel's kayak, but while purched up there he dropped his Camero overboard. Abbey was able to dive for it and save it.

Justin got into sifting for fossils.

Kids paddling....well floating.

Wendy looking for fossils.

Daniel and Bob sifting and looking for fossils. We kept seeing a man and an older son, the man said he sold his finds on E-bay.

A big bone of some sort or maybe just part of a tree limb. We really do think it is a bone, plus the man with the E-bay sales assured us it was one.

Leeches, different than Canada's, smaller. Should this make us feel better of them?

At the pool

Backyard

We had a lot of water in the backyard. Justin thought it was great fun, so did the geese.

Hunting for Easter Eggs

We were able to attend church here in Naples. The service was very nice. Justin thought it was great, because there was both a Ferrari and a Hummer in the parking lot. It is amazing, we're not sure he has ever seen a real Ferrari, but when he saw it, he knew exactly what it was.

After church, Justin enjoyed hunting for Easter Eggs at Aunt Wendy's.

Cousin Quinn's first birthday party

Wendy put up an "eye spy" for Justin.
It was quite elaborate and done very well, with much detail.


All the Hill's were together for Quinn's
first
birthday.
By the time we got to birthday cake, Quinn was quite tired,
but the rest of us thought it was great.

Science experiment

Why do we have a toilet in the back yard? Not sure, but Justin gets apprentice time and Daniel has a chair to use as he drives the remote control truck.

Working in the office

FAMILY PICTURE AT
CHRISTMAS, 2006

Justin and Bob with their safety glasses.
Wendy and
Bob putting in the flooring.

Daniel and Justin putting up dry wall in the ceiling of the office.