Cousins....

We were hoping our distant cousin Elvis would show up...seems he was last seen at the White House (haha) Anyway lots of cousins. This is Audrey, I have the exact same picture of her last year.


Robin and grandson


Wayne, with his wife Valerie and son Kevin along with his mom, my Aunt Wanda.


Sandy with her husband and Larry with his wife.

Family

Aunt Geneva with her great-grandson Carson, Aunt Wanda and Mary


Uncle Carroll with his wife Judy and greatgranddaughter


Sherral and Wayne sneaking bites


Dane, Scott and Brad

Family pic

Robin and Brittany with Heather's Danny. My Uncle Harold and his family had traveled to NC earlier in the month, plus the rest of Robin's crew would be arriving the next day so that they could go white water rafting. We missed everyone that couldn't make and look forward to seeing everyone next year.

We had a family picture taken, but our camera was having battery troubles at that moment so the pictures did not even take. I'm hoping someone got a picture of our family. If you did, please send it to me!! Anyway, my mom's family was nearly complete. My brother, his wife and his 3 boys attended, along with we Hill's.

Lots of fun

Jacob, my dad and mom, Bob




Ballengee crew

Games

David and Kyle

More

Grandma Sherral with her new little princess

More reunion

Bill Presley family






The reunion was great. Now about my posts...please forgive me if I've mispelled names or

One year ago today....

One year ago today Freddy and Julie were married.
Happy Anniversery. (Julie is my brother's step-daughter.)

Also, one year ago today, both the Hill and Erber families "rushed" home from attending two different weddings (though on the same day and at the same time.) We actually rushed over to the Erber house so that Abbey and Josh could take a walk together. There is actually a cute picture of the two of them walking down the driveway; one of the many siblings watching (though trying not to really watch) clicked a grainy picture of the event. Anyway, from that moment on, we pretty well knew it was only a matter of time...

More lunch with Crist's

Thanks Ben and Anna for playing with Justin, he had a great time.


When I see these two beautiful, smiling girls I can't help but think of so many things....beads, tea cups and monkeys; giant bathtubs and baby dolls; Sam and Frodo; knives, skirts and a sling-shot; our artsy, curly heads... much more, but they always make me smile especially when they are together.

Lunch with the Crist's

So fun to see and hear these two giggling and talking.

A grown up picture of our birthday girl

Wedding day, Feb., 2008

Olivia

For the past week, I guess I have done a lot of pacing and watching the Internet for any updates, etc. (Actually for the past 2 months, there was a very slim chance that we would have been included for a referral.) Finally today the referrals came out for August. The official information is that referrals were placed up to and through 1-31-2006. The strange thing is the CCAA office was closed and did not take any dossiers from 1-28-2006 up to and including 2-5-2006. This means the very next day that China has to work with is our day.

This would mean WE ARE NEXT!! Our LID is 2-6-2006.

China has always taken complete days, so it looks like we will be matched next month with our daughter. This usually happens anywhere from about the 3rd or 4th of the month till about the 9th or 10th. So I'll definately will be pacing and working through the labor, just after Labor Day.

We've started a Blog for Olivia, to keep everyone up to date about what is going on. Plus we'll post pictures of her when we get them. Also, it will be our travel blog when we head to China to pick her up. Traveling might be by Bob's birthday 10/10 or by the end of October, 2008.

Pre and post Presley Reunion

In order to access the slide show, click on the title above. This will take you to our Google page, then click on the slide show. Back click so that you can return back to this page. That should work, hopefully you don't need to start all over.
Yes, you will need to log onto our blog again, sorry. I'll try to fix it so you can get back easier.

Some pictures from our times at the hotel with some of the Presley clan the day before the reunion and then after the reunion. Plus some travel photos getting to the reunion.
The photos are from my Uncle Bill's family which included Sherri and Scott and their 2 children Kyle and Sydney, plus Sydney's friend Olivia; my mom and dad. Then my brother, his wife (Rich and Elena)and their 3 boys (Sean, Ryan and Jacob). Along with we Hill's.

Katy's going away party

Family and friends gather for a send off for Katy Lynn. Kate is Bob's niece and she will be teaching in an English speaking, private school in Berlin, Germany for the next two years.

Daniel and Katy

Bob with his Aunt Betty

Katy's dinner

Mark Andrew and Aunt Dedee, with their birthday. If family are gathered, we might as well celebrate the birthdays.

Grandpa Jack and Katy

Happy Birthday to our Abbey

Abbey we love you and wish you a great birthday!

(I'm in SC and having problems getting things loaded, so this is the best I can do with pic just now.)