Cheri Kay in Haiti....where my life became meaningful.

Friday we celebrated the end of the summer by going to Michigans Adventure! The kids had a ball!!!! They loved it! I loved hearing their giggles as they rode the smaller roller coasters, drove the mini go-carts and the water rides. They were both very excited when they saw Charlie Brown and Snoopy! Jaryse said that this was better than Disneyland!!!!! He is just loving life right now and is exploding with love and laughter and joy! Ecrissa has had awesome days and she is doing great as well. She has become more and more "chattery" and uses her voice alot. She is not yet saying any words, but she does have a few different sounds that she uses consistently for specific words..such as "uma" for "help me" and "naaaauuuu" for "NO" and "mmmmmm" for "more". She is definetly making lots of progress and I'm super thrilled for her! I will start my new job on Monday and the kids will meet their teachers at the o...

The kids have been having a blast! After being home from Haiti for 17 months, I figured most of our "firsts" have been met....I was wrong!!!!! These past couple of weeks the kids have had their first pony ride, their first ride on a lawn mower, first ride on a tractor, first time "helping grandpa fix the bike", first "camp-out in the living room with grandpa" and even time helping feed the cows at my Aunt and Uncles!!!!!! I'm slightly worried that my kids are turning "country bumpkin-ish" but it's been tons of fun!!! jk!!!! They've loved every minute of it! We went to the zoo the other day and had a blast! The kids love the petting zoo and feeding the goats and giraffe's. Ecrissa enjoyed all of the sounds that she heard. She smiled when she heard the bald eagle make it's sound, the train whistle, and various other "zoo" sounds! What a great day of learning and fun! Jaryse is loving being with Grandpa's (...

YAY!!!!! It has been too long since I've taken pics of my sweeties!!!!! This week has been super fun so far! We love spending time with family and hanging out! On Tuesday we went to Grand Haven again and spent a few hours hanging with some friends from Haiti! IT WAS AWESOME!!!!! Mrs. D has meant so much to me and Ecrissa and spending time with her was such a blessing. The kids had a blast swimming, playing in the sand and eating ice cream! Thank you Lord for awesome friends, their love, support and prayers!!!!!!

So, we packed up my apartment, drove across the USA and landed in Nashville Michigan! It took a lot of day, little sleep and a bunch of my dad's teasing!!!!! We are staying at my dad's for about 1 month when we will then move into our apartment in Grand Rapids. I was able to find a nice apartment near the school that I will work at and the school the kids will go to. My stuff is currently housed in my grandparent's rec room safely, but not so organized! I am not looking forward to loading all that stuff up again when we can finally move into our apartment in the beginning of September! Oh well, it's been nice staying with my dad for now! I helped my dad with his big pole vault event and had a blast! We've had a small family dinner and that was fun! We went to a Haitian Adoption reunion and saw some friends from Haiti and met some new friends! That was AWESOME! The kids got to swim in the lake and have gone swimming in my cousins pool also! So, needless to...