One day left until we head home...

Well, it's been a great vacation here in south Florida. The weather has been exceptionally warm (mid 80's to high 70's every day) and as we close out out our vacation and 2008, we look forward to everything 2009 has to bring.

We met with our friends who are adopting their daughter from China (and we pray they are traveling in upcoming days) yesterday for a day at the beach and then again tonight for dinner. This has been one of our best trips to Florida and spending time as a family -together this year unlike last, with family and friends. We have one day left until we head back to the great white north ..Yea Ha (not really). The good news is in 6 - 7 months, we'll have the same weather we will be leaving.

Here's some pictures from our past week or so....

The Perfect Ending to a Great day ......

Well, we spent Christmas Eve on the beach and enjoying the 80 degree weather. Lize has discovered that she absolutely loves the beach (which is good for her as you all how much we love the beach). We are having a blast here enjoying the weather and family. As tomorrow is Christmas Day don't ever forget the real reason for the season.. Happy Birthday Jesus. To top the day off, we watched Notre Dame win 49 - 21 over Hawaii (GO IRISH!).

Here's some pictures for your enjoyment:

Let is snow, let it snow, let it snow......

Well, it can do just what the title of this update says..."let it snow, let it snow, let it snow" - at home that is. We're here in south Florida where it was cool today, only 70 degrees. Don't worry, today was the coldest day predicted for this week as the remainder of the week is to be in low 80's. We're off to the beach tomorrow and we can't wait. Here's some pictures from our first day here....

It's COLD...It'll be warm soon and a friend's happiness..

It's been a fast month since we arrived home with Lize. The kids are all doing great and get along much better now (Sofi had some initial "sharing" issues that have since passed. With our temperatures getting below zero and windchills already in (-) double digits and already having 20+ inches of snow, there's been some adjusting for Lize.

With Christmas upon us, Sofi is very excited about seeing "Sante". With the blessing from "Santa", we'll be going to south Florida for two weeks to visit with Dawn's parents and sister. It'll be tough to leave this wonderful weather we're having behind and we'll have to struggle through the high 70's and low 80 degree days, but we'll make it somehow. Sofi thinks "Sante" will be on the beach waiting for her.

Congrats to our friend Trish and Family! (YEAH - Trish's family just got their LOA for travel to China adopt their daughter who is from the same province as Lize). Here's some recent pictures of the snow at night and the girls...

As if we didn't have enough to be happy about this Christmas, we were blessed with another nephew on December 2nd. Other than looking like his daddy, he's very handsome (Ha ha - just kidding Russell). Here's a picture of his first day......