Burn's Night

This year marked the 250th Anniversary of Robert Burns birth. This year is also known as a year of Homecoming in Scotland. Basically it's a campaign to make people aware of Scotland's heritage and promote tourism. Check out this site for more information and to help plan your trip to Scotland! :)

Now onto pictures of a wonderfully fun evening!

Tristan enjoying his haggis, neeps and tatties!

Everyone that wore traditional Scottish attire.


The guys in their kilts.
Almost everyone "took a turn" and preformed something for Burn's Night. We had several poems read, traditional Scottish songs sang, guitars played, sing alongs, and an amazing harpist! Tristan even got to resurrect his Chi jigging skills from college. He was a big hit!

Me and my wee boyfriend, Cameron.

Me and my man boyfriend. I opted out of the Scottish attire this year. :)

Continuing in my effort to post weekly...

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We had to say goodbye to a couple of our dear friends at the beginning of this month. Danny and Jie have returned to China. It's been only a little over 2 weeks since they've gone, but we are really missing their presence.

Here are a couple of pics from the airport.


Also, this is a picture of Jie's hand. Do you notice anything different about it?

She and her father are the only people that she knows of that have the one line running all the way across their hands. I love unique things like that (which is why I had to get a picture of it)! Look at your own hand. You'll probably see 2 different lines!

We've won...

a blogging award?

First of all thanks so much to Jennifer who nominated us for this prestigious award. If not for you Jennifer, I would not be typing these words now. I'm glad to know that you enjoy reading our blog. Our blog has been left sorely neglected these past couple of months. So, my new goal is to blog at least once a week!

So now I pass on this award to these people whose blog I love to read because they always put a smile on my face! In no particular order...

Sam & Ryan
Amy
Jennifer
Krista
Kayla
Missy
Kelly
April & Clint
Nicole
Meagan
Donna

The rules that accompany this FANtastic award are as follows:

1. Thank the person who was so thoughtful for giving you this award by linking their blog to this post.


2. Put the logo on your blog or post.
3. Nominate 10 blogs which show great attitude/gratitude.


4. Link your nominees to your post.


5. Comment them to tell them about the award they've won.