Showing posts with label the Offspring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the Offspring. Show all posts

Sunday, July 27, 2014

My Little Miss M is Home!!!


My sweet little nineteen year old darling Miss Maddelyn
has returned from her year-long youth exchange in the country of Slovakia.
 
 
 
Maddelyn arrived at the Southern Oregon airport on July 8th.
 
Two sisters, one brother, one mama and one BFF met her at the airport.
 
The rest stayed behind to prepare a party for the girl who had been awake for about 48 hours.
 
Here is a photo-montage of the first meet'n'greet........
 
 
Maddelyn in the middle of the two middles....Sarah & Garrett....the two she falls in the middle of......

All the luggage she had to drag through several airports on her own. 
Each bag weighs in at 50#.....and she is barely 5-foot-tall.  :)

 
 

Her BFF since birth, Tallulah, drove over from Reno to surprise her.

Little brother Garrett, about one foot taller.  :)
These two are closest in age......22 months.
They were tandem-nursed.
Oh, so long ago........sigh.
 

 
 

 
 

Typical Bryan Kid behavior.....dancing in public.  :)
 
 

You know that we were the last ones in the airport.......
 
 

Miss Maddelyn & her oldest sister, Anne.....matching temperaments.

 
 
 
 
 
 



Three sisters back together again. 
But it was only for a couple of days.
 
SO BLESSED to have our wee lass home again.
 
 
Alas, it is only temporary.....college starts in mid-August. More sighing.
 
 
Mid-Summer Blessings,
 
                                     Chari
 
PS  While I finish this post, I can hear Miss M conversing in Slovak with her host mother, on Skype.  :)
 
 




Saturday, June 9, 2012

My girl from Austria.....will be home soon!

Let the countdown begin!!!


Miss Sarah Elizabeth will be returning to her family, twenty five days from today!

So soon!

She has been in northwest Austria since early August, 2011,
 as a Rotary Youth Exchange student.

We have missed her immensely......
.....we are thrilled for the experiences she has received....
.........and we are ecstatic that she returns to us soon!

The following photos are "stolen" from her Facebook postings.



One of my favorites......




She is the girl with the cap on her head.....


She is the girl with the red scarf around her neck.....



She is the girl with the green scarf around her neck....


My princess in red....doing the dishes......just like we knew she would.  :)


I think you can figure out which one is Sarah?

Celebrating an Austrian holiday....

Sarah & her new friend


Yikes!  That is high!


Hiking girl

Austria

"Oh, yeah?"

Austria

The girl in the purple scarf....




"And these are Austrian rocks...."



Perfect place for an Austrian picnic! 
This family has been an incredible blessing to Sarah......
.....and I am sure she has been a blessing to them as well.


Celebrating her 19th birthday with her second host parents........
...whom she loves dearly. 
It was her host mom's birthday the day before........
...the toast was made just after midnight on Sarah's birthday.  :)


And now........we wait.....tick tock, tick tock, tick tock......
......turning the pages of the daily calendar


 Blessings,


                         Chari