(check out John with his upside down sunglasses - he wore them that way the whole time there!)
And today, home at our house:
Just the Facts since arriving home: In a year both boys have grown seven inches (yes you read that correctly - seven!). John has gained about 12 pounds and Ryan about 6 pounds. John has gone from a size 10 shoe size to a size 1 and Ryan from an 8 to a 10. John is completely fluent in English and Ryan is putting together long sentences and using comparison words. Just for Fun since arriving home: They have traveled to 4 other states: Wisconsin, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. They have gone to the out door theatre, indoor movie theatre, zoo, apple orchard, pumpkin patch, have been back yard camping and camping at a real campground, gone from riding tricycles to two wheelers with training wheels, been swimming in our little backyard pool, pools at hotels, a water park, and a sprinkler park, are still eating through their Halloween candy, made three different home movies with Daddy, helped bake lots of brownies and cookies, memorized Bible verses for church, jumped at Bounces R Us and Monkey Joes, petted and fed various animals at Animal Gardens, fallen in love with root beer floats, eaten pizza almost every Thursday night and Ethiopian food nearly every Friday, been generously given more than 300 Matchbox and Hot Wheel cars to add to their ever growing collection, starting receiving an allowance to better understand the concept of saving, tithing, and spending (and so Ryan would have an opportunity to have some money as John has lost 8 teeth and had that many visits from the tooth fairy in addition to finding money on the ground nearly every time we go somewhere - he's like a money magnet!!), attended a minor league baseball game, cheered the Packers on to Super Bowl victory, discovered a love for television, and started a nightly devotional during dinner time - WOW! What will next year hold?
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