Flying Paper and a Chinese Buffet

07/20/2012

Today we had the privilege of taking some of our birth family out to lunch today!

 It was a lot of fun but before the fun we got to stop and help out some men who were chasing flying papers! Okay, so maybe there were not actually "flying" papers but their truck was transporting boxes of paper from a warehouse when some boxes spilled and the papers went EVERYWHERE! It was 103 degrees outside with with who know how much humidity and the wind was blowing when we stopped to help. I felt awful for the guy! Cars tried not to run over stuff but it was unavoidable.


Picking up the papers made us a bit late to lunch but all was well :) We arrived to their home sweaty and red faced but excited. When we pulled up to their home the door opened and Etije and Dan's oldest daughter Jenny(14) popped her head out of the door followed by Jason (4), the second to youngest. They were all smiles and it seemed as though they were enthused to see us.

When we went in Etije was sitting on her couch. Her youngest son Don (2) ran in and jumped on her lap hiding his face. She told us he was shy but soon enough he was playing peek-a-boo and waving to us.

Trying to figure out where to go to eat was a funny event. We had been texting all day, asking the family where they would like to go but we received no answer. When we asked where they wanted to go once we got to their house and they replied, "We will go where you want to go." This put us in quite a predicament because we have no IDEA where places are down here. It was quite comical. The finally resigned to deciding where to eat! and it was...

The Golden Dragon Buffet! Now those of you that know me know that I am not exactly a fan of buffets... that is probably an understatement but they love buffets! It was fun. I really wish there wasn't the huge language barrier but luckily their niece Lala came and interpreted for us.

Etije, Dan, Lala, Jenny, and James came with us to lunch. It was funny because every time Nate got up to go get food he would hit his head on the lamp above his head. Dan thought that was the funniest thing!

We really did have a good time today. This family is beautiful and I consider them apart of my family now. I love them and think the world of them.