Chinese New Year

Saturday was our last day at Disney World. As sad as we were to leave, we were glad to be going home. There was just too much sickness! The morning started early with an 8:30 AM trail ride for the older four kids and Dad. Forget about Disney, I think this was Kayla's favorite part of the entire week. (She is an avid horse lover) The trail ride was fun. It was Ian's first time on a horse, by himself. He had to work through controlling his horse, since it wanted to frequently take snack breaks! I felt bad for Asher, because you have to be 9 years old and he didn't understand how Ian got to go, yet he didn't. That's the only hard part.. trying to explain things to Asher and he doesn't understand.

After our trail ride, it was back to the cabins to begin packing up and heading home. We had quite the trek back.. all ten minutes of it!

Back home, it was into the shower and Chinese silks for the entire family! While we had planned on everyone being there, Kayla and Ian fell sick and so it was agreed that they would stay home. Over to the restaurant we went, and we were joined by Aunt Nanette, Andrew & Ethan. Funny: The FCC team made a mistake when they were printing out name tags and they accidentally gave Nanette & the boys our last name! So, it looked like Dad had two wives, which he thought was funny. We just pretended Nanette was his sister.. though she really isn't related to either of my parents!

Chinese New Year is always a blast and I look forward to it every year. It's the only time we get to take the entire family out, dressed in our traditional silks. Usually, we just order in from the local Chinese restaurant! We were joined by over 50 other adoptive families, including Miss Gracie and her family! We've "known" Lisa ever since they started their journey to Gracie back in 2005, but we hadn't met yet. It's always cool to finally meet the friends you've "met" over cyberspace.

This year, there was a Chinese dragon dance and the we even had "inside fireworks" which means about 50 little Chinese girls (and boys) jump up and down on bubble wrap. They loved it.

Anyways, Enjoy the photo's!!