i keep meaning to tell you that we are adjusting well to our new 'big family.'
i realize that since the Silvas arrival--
(i am talking about my brother, his lovely wife and my two beautiful nieces that have temporarily moved in with us from the Philippines)--
we have been acting more normal:
i.e. eating something more than pb & j for dinner,
going to church every sunday,
having bacon and eggs in the morning
and get this: doing laundry regularly.
the Silvas have been doing an amazing job of adjusting to their new country.
as they go about learning everything that they have taken for granted pre-immigration--
(like 'how to' self-serve gasoline, load the dishwasher and put soap before running it, work the washing machine, drive and take turns at a stop sign...etc)
i am fascinated with the amount of confidence and elan each one of them have as they go through the transplant process.
i am impressed that none of them have succumbed to my default setting of
"curling up and going fetal."
everyday, i volunteer my services and curl up for them.
i am nice like that.
moving on...
This is what happens when you have a last minute party with 52 people
...and you leave your camera unattended.
Hard to believe this man doing self-portraits is a Cardiologist.
Hello Simon, she says dryly.
Guess what we were celebrating?
a. Brother #1's family surviving their first 18 days of migration.
b. Brother #3's passing his Boards.
c. Summer
d. All of the above.
Pictures of summer here.
Pictures from the party here.
Pictures from the day-after picnic and
a graduation party here.
Happy Summer!