new friends, adoption and a vacation

This last month has been full of meeting awesome people!

I am super blessed with all those new friendships that are forming!

I met my friend Sherry at Caribou Coffee about a month ago and got to hang out with her a couple of times! And just this week I got to meet a bunch of other great people, that I really enjoyed spending time with and hope I will get to hang out with them a lot more!

I also got to hang out with some more fun kids last week, doing VBS (vacation bible school) at my host family's church. I had my own group of 9-12 mostly 5 year olds from 8.45am - 11.40am. We had a fun week at Hero Headquarters! Learning about joining forces with God and some heros of the bible.

I go to spend some more time out and about with the kids this past month too. The weather was nice and warm, so we got to do all sorts of fun water stuff, like going to the pool or the splash pad, or hanging out at a wading pool with my friend Sarah and her kids. I love being outside with the boys, it's so nice for them to get their energy out! :)

The most amazing day this past month, was for sure the day we got to go to court to officially adopt Matty!!! We were a bunch of people that went to witness the legal part at the court and then even more people at the amazing dance party we had in the evening for Matty. :) He loved it, but was so overwhelmed by the attention he got and everything that was going on. :)

We had good fun with the hired DJ and a guy who showed dances and moves for everyone to repeat. :)

I have been on vacation for the last days and I'm really having a good time.

Friday I went to the outlet mall and bought a few new clothes and in the evening I got to take my friend Martina out to the Casino for a birthday dinner and some mystic bingo. :)

Saturday I relaxed a bit and then went for a coffee with my other new au pair friend Sarah, who just got here a few weeks ago. Then Martina and I met my nanny friend Sarah at her friends house, where we met some other friends of hers, one that is a missionary in Ethiopia and works with women there that have HIV and they make a living making jewelry with coffee beans. Very pretty!

Sunday I went to church in the morning and then to the Renaissance fair, where the had highland days with highland games and a scottish village. It was fun and I even ate some Haggis! :) I stayed all day even though it was super hot, but I just had a lot of fun walking around and especially watching the comedians there. :) Great shows!

Monday I spend most of the day at home and then was invited to a dinner at someones house from someone I met at VBS. That was where I met a lot of great people and also was invited to a birthday party the next day, where I met even more people and just had a great time!!

Today has been slow and relaxing. Had lunch with Sherry and just hung out here and there and finally went on a run after a very long time! It wasn't a long one, but felt really good. :) Hope I can get back into it more, once the weather starts to cool down a bit.

Take care everyone!!

Oh, and I am down to my last 82 days!! Isn't that just crazy!!!!!!! I can't even believe it! Exciting but at the same time so sad! ...