Lily partied with Sophia!

Well, this past weekend we loaded up the car and headed to the west side of the state for Sophia's birthday party. Lily was sooo excited to see her "fwend fwom China" although she was a bit confused because she is still under the impression (since our reunion last month) that all of her friends from China are together in kind-of a package deal. On the way there she ran out of juice and said "maybe Bwen(Gwen) has more juice". No Lily, we said, Gwen won't be there. "Emiwee??" No, Lily, Emily won't be there either. We are going to see Sophia and her family here in Michigan, we aren't going to Tennessee again right now. Some of us girls in my travel group have mentioned how great it would be to live in a gated community together...I think this was Lily's way of saying that would be A-OK with her. Anyhoo, back to the party, we arrived to an array of Hello Kitty fun-ness for the girls. They were happy to be together from minute one. They swam in the pool, we went on a boat ride and they swam in the lake (I didn't take my camera on the boat for fear of losing it overboard, but trust me when I say they had a GREAT time, and so did the adults.) There was another family there as well who also have a daughter adopted from China, along with 2 wonderful little boys. It was just so nice to be out in the sun, on the water, enjoying good times with dear friends. Sophia's grandparents (Opa and Oma) were there, too. Lily really warmed up to Opa and was splashing around in the pool with him for quite awhile. The kids played hard and relaxed on the couch for a few before dinner, actually the birthday girl fell sound asleep, but then it was round 2...dinner, cake, and chasing each other around the house with their giant balloons. It was great! Thank you Beckering family for inviting us...we had a great time.
The weekend didn't end there! More fun to come...