Special Memories from Guatoberfest

Nora and Z in the hotel atrium.

Z and his wild hair!

Making sandcastles on the beach.

One of my favorite pictures of us.

Z and Nora loved the pumpkins.

Here we are with our angels...

This one speaks for itself....

I love this picture!!!

Brian, Megan and 3 of their 6 kiddos

Time to fly the kite....

Pam with Nora and Zachary

A good night hug....

Can you put that camera away already?! ;-)

;-))

Mommy and Z

Mommy's angel

Nora with her mommy and daddy.

Nora wasn't so sure she wanted to sit by Z. ;-))

Mommy and Zachary in the acquarium. ;-))

Another picture from the acquarium.

A really cool picture of a fish at the acquarium.

The view from our hotel room.

Another good pic of the babies in the atrium.

We spent last weekend in Myrtle Beach for Guatoberfest. Our friends Del, Pam and Nora met us there. We had such a wonderful time!! For those of you who don't know, Zachary and Nora spent the first year of their lives together. They had the same foster mom in Guatemala and were "crib mates". They have so much in common, like brother and sister. They really played well together too. While we were there, we had fun playing on the beach, visited Ripley's Aquarium, ate A LOT and just spent time hanging out together. The kids had a great time chasing each other around, playing ball and just being silly and laughing.

While we were at the beach, we stayed at the Marriott Grand Dunes Resort and Spa. It's the only 4-star hotel in Myrtle Beach and let me tell you, it was awesome!! The view from our room was spectacular. I have pictures. ;-) There were 69 families there with their little guatemalan angels. They were all so beautiful! On Saturday, all of the families went to the Ripley's Acquarium. The organizers of Guatoberfest had t-shirts made for all of us so everywhere we looked, we saw the other families (not that it would have been hard to recognize them otherwise). The kids loved the acquarium and so did the parents. ;-) It was really fascinating and the fish were beautiful! The sharks weren't beautiful but they were interesting to look at. I definitely wouldn't have wanted to be in the tank with them. Yikes! We took SO many pictures over the weekend and trust me when I tell you that we had to work REALLY hard to get most of them. We did everything short of turning flips to get them to smile and pose together. ;-)) I have posted some of them so enjoy!

During our time at the beach, we were hooked at the hip with Nora and her family. It was so hard to say good-bye today. Pam and I are going to plan a trip so we can meet up again next year. We want the babies to grow up knowing each other and being close. We made so many special memories last weekend and they will stay with us forever.

So now it's back to reality....unpacking, washing clothes, cleaning out the car and so on. I have to go back to work tomorrow. Bummer!!! My mom and step dad are coming home from their trip on Friday so we are really looking forward to seeing them. So at least we have something else to look forward too. ;-))