Reintroduction

Hello, my name is Lisa. (You say, "Hi Lisa...") For those of you who don't know me or can't recall, I used to blog--A LOT! One blog wasn't enough for me, so I maintained three: The family blog, Lindy's blog, and her little sister-to-be's blog. Three became too many. After a period of time, I hit blogger's block. I also felt kind of bad about myself when I read other people's blogs. I wasn't good enough, smart enough, crafty enough, organized enough, clever enough, etc., etc. I was in too deep. I'm not proud of those feelings but I'm an open book kind of gal and that's some of what I've struggled with.

I began to question my motives for blogging and reading other blogs and realized that I'd probably lost sight of my original intent which was to keep family and friends informed about what has been going on in our life, as well as chronicle our life since I don't scrapbook the good old-fashioned way.

Lately, I feel like I've been blessed with LOTS to blog about but I've been too busy to blog. I am going to make an attempt to get back into it and I'll start with trying to recapture some of what we've been doing this summer. I can't get it into any order right now, so I'm just going to document for now.

It seems fitting to blog about blog friends, so I'll start there!

Last Friday, Lindy and I got to spend the entire day with friends I've met through the world of adoption and blogging...I was so happy to be able to see Diana and Jeff again and meet Ainsley and Ruby. I'd only met Diana in person one other time and I was sooooo sick that I'm pretty sure I had vomit in my hair and was breathing fire during our dim sum lunch. It was back in February 2007 not long before they got Ruby's referral. She has been a faithful friend and prayer warrior since late 2005 or early 2006. I just love her! I love that when I met Ruby she said, "This is Lisa. She prayed for you." That is so true! I also got to see Kim and her lovely family again. I met Kim last year right after she had moved to Houston and was forced to evacuate due to Hurricane Ike. This was a much happier time for us to meet and be together.

Here are some pictures from the day. (The good ones are ones Diana sent. She's an incredible photographer!!!)

If you think we look like drowned rats, we were in the pool all day long, trying to stay cool...

Sweet Ainsley & Lindy Li



Di, Lindy, & Ruby

My precious girl

Lindy Li, Kate Emerson, and Ruby Mei all sharing a cool and colorful treat

Jeff is a magnet for these little girls! What a daddy!!!

One of these is not like the other...(I'm referring to the brown hair!!!)
Kim, Me, & Di

Thanks for a great day girls!!!