Years Gone By

Kiara's sister and family came to visit over the weekend. The girls had a great time catching up with each other! They are both growing up sooo quickly! Here's a picture of them as preschoolers (before we adopted Kiara), then one of them taken during the recent visit...

Newborn Kitty and Ice Cream Shop

We found a newborn kitten on the side of our house. It couldn't have been more than a day or two old. Luckily, a friend had a momma cat that is still nursing, so we are going to try to see if she'll take it. Isn't is soooo adorable???
Also, Keysville Station (our new business in town) now has an ice cream shop! It just openend on Thursday, and so far it is doing quite well! Here's a picture of the local newpaper in which it is featured. Our friend Kim Henry is managing and operating the business, but they are NOT all of her kids (only 2 of them are). You'll notice that the child on the far left is our very own Kiara. And, yes, she has had ice cream everyday since its opening!

Last Weekend's Beach Trip

Fun at Ocean Breeze Park.

The kids got to drive around the military base on our friend's Gator.




Paul entertained us with his Mad Scientist experiments using dry ice during our down time.




Say hello to "Hermie", Kiara's newest pet. She chose the shell painted like a bunny. If Hermie only knew what he was carrying around on his back!



The governor of Virginia stayed a few doors down in this beach cottage on base. We saw him hanging out on the front porch.

I got to visit with a friend from college that I haven't seen in 18 years!





A family pictue.