155/365.

The time nears.

Today I enjoyed some of my farewell gifts:

A treasure box of notes and photos from my most dearly loved ones to bring with me on my journey.

Some beautifully presented educational material about my destination.

Scenes of my family.

What immeasurable gifts...

152/365.

Real film.

Today I used my grandfather's old Polaroid camera to capture my photo and some great memories of the day.
It was good.

150/365

A day with people I love.

Of course, Noah loves Gail, and Amy loves being in the middle of the fun.
I just love this photo..

Shireen and her birthday dolphin.
There's some love there, I think.

My Korean mom and her beautiful daughter.
Oh how I love them.

149/365.

Farewell shindig.

Today my wonderful friends and family threw me a going away party...I am so blessed.

Even Miller came to the party!
Here he is with his beautiful Mommy. :)

147/365.

As Wednesdays should be...

An early Chick-fil-a breakfast with two of my favorite gals.

Krogering.

Debbie's Birthday.

Awesome Nathaniel!

146/365.

Today.

I found a little girl.

Claire found jam. A lot of jam.

Amy found a new arm.

145/365.

Love. This. Place.

Uncle Bill hosted Claire, Danielle and me up at his beautiful mountain house for a much needed respite from the busyness of our recent days.

141/365.

Rich Day.

Kissing Claire off to Boston for the weekend.

Vaccinations with Andrew and Isabel.

Dinner with Aunt Judy, Mom, and Am.

Deacon time.

120/365.

Eggplant Parmesan.

Today beautiful Danielle had Claire and I over for a very tasty dinner followed by chocolate cake with sprinkles. (yum...)

65/365.

Ballet and Iron.

This evening we saw a performance at the Houston Ballet called
La Bayadere.
Wow. To be a dancer...

Also today, Claire and Shireen encountered an iron man.
Shireen wanted to be his friend.
Claire wanted to be him.

64/365.

Friends.
(Yay for friends!)

This is Shireen.

This is Claire.



This is friends in Houston!


This. Is. Awesome.

63/365.

A day of birth celebration unlike any other.

So, this pretty girl + this pretty girl

+ this amazing meal + ice cream cake

= one mighty day of receiving an overwhelming amount of
love that I do not deserve.

Note:
- Roses to the left of Claire were sent from Miss Lisa T.
- Meal sweetly prepared by Ellen and Preben Enger included kebabs, potato salad, green salad, and sparkling cran-apple juice.
- Amazing Dora the Explorer Balloon behind Shireen is, well, amazing.
- Not pictured: Manager's Special lilies.

27/365.

Why can't every tax form come with chocolate?

We would all be much more receptive.

Thank ya, dear Claire. You ROCK.

5/365.

There were so many moments to choose only one photo for this day so I picked a few that I hope captured the gist of it...

These are the lights of Shirlington.

Just about magical.

Here is Amy, working hard on her Project 365 at delicious Guapos.

(We are fully enjoying all the photo phun thus far...)

This is one of a series of photos of Claire and Amy playing, exercising, and laughing on the stairs. If you know them, you can imagine...

I am so thankful for these gals, and for this day.

3/365.

Good day, informative signs.