KALI is 5!!!

We are home safely after a weekend in Mount Joy, PA. Kali turned 5 on Friday, August 15th. It was a day much anticipated by her and eagerly celebrated by us. Kali has been wanting to go to Grandma and Grandpa (Myers) Pennsylvania house for some time and so this seemed like a good weekend for it. The last time we had been there was when I was at the beginning of bed rest (Jason and I's birthday weekend in late September).

The weekend held lots of fun for Kali: THREE parks, several picnics, presents from family and friends to enjoy, playing with Grandpa, watching and "helping" Grandma decorate her doll cake, getting her first taste of the Olympic games on TV (after which she assured us she would NEVER dive off a diving board), eating many of her favorite foods, and staying up past 11pm each night!! And also getting a phone call all the way from China, where Aunt Sue is referring women's basketball.
It was special for us too and peppered with memories of and remembering Nora:

- I finally got all our updates on this blog and now get to go back and add pictures. Reading through the days right before her death and the days following brought fresh tears.

- Going to a nearby park and hearing the name "Nora" used to addressed a little girl playing there, only to learn that her name was none other than Nora Lynne.

- working on completing the memory box we had wanted to have to remember Nora. My aunt Elizabeth did the beautiful piece in the middle with her hand prints and hair.