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Helping Haiti

I am sure many of you are as heartbroken over what has occurred in Haiti and the overwhelming loss of life as we are. If you haven’t given and you want to I encourage you to donate with World Vision. They have nearly 400 staff on the ground working already to get aid to the people. WV has been working in Haiti for 30 years and is the world’s largest Non Governmental Organization (NGO) I was on a conference call last night and heard that all of the Area Development Projects that they work in are safe and the children are safe because they are in the rural area.

It’s estimated that 1/3 of the populalation needs aid. And so many have died that it’s horrifying, but those who have survived need water, food and basic medical supplies.

If you want to give call 1-800-777-5777 or go to worldvision.org

You can make a difference!

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Project 52 – Week 2

The last project Nadia did for art class in December. First chance I had to take a photo.

Project 52 - Week 2

I love this guy and had to take a photo! I have MANY pairs of sock monkey jammies and even a pair of sock monkey slippers courtesy of the Peterman’s!

Project 52 - Week 2

Rohloff going away party photo. We are going to miss them!

Project 52 - Week 2

A tea party Nadia hosted.

Project 52 - Week 2

Nadia at the science museum.

Project 52 - Week 2

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Meeting the Grinch

Last month we took Nadia to see “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” done as ice sculptures at the Gaylord Texan hotel. They bring in men from China to do a different theme every year and it’s amazing. When I was buying the tickets Mike and Nadia noticed a “meet and greet” with the Grinch and Mike told me to buy a ticket for Nadia. You can not imagine how EXCITED Nadia was during this time. I showed her these photos today and she started clapping and said, “Awe! So cute!”

There are a ton of photos in this album (just so you know). In the photo below Nadia had just asked me to join her with the Grinch. So sweet.

Grinch - ICE
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Grinch - ICE

Grinch - ICE

Grinch - ICE

Hugging the Grinch goodbye when our time was up.

Grinch - ICE

Inside the actual ICE display.

Grinch - ICE

Grinch - ICE

And one more cute shot from our night.

Grinch - ICE

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“I need Baby Jesus!”

Nadia was playing with her little people house in the living room while I was reading on the couch. All of a sudden she said, “I need the plane, I’m going to my room.” She comes back and is playing a bit longer and I can see her flying it around the room. She is making all kinds of fun sound effects and trading people out for the flights. Some more time goes by and then she is on the other side of the island (so I can’t see her or the plane) and I hear her say, “I need baby Jesus!!”

This leads to a massive search for him and then she runs back into the kitchen. So of course at this point I follow to see why she needed him. Here is what I saw:

The 3 wise men as passengers and Baby Jesus as the pilot.

Wise men and Jesus