The Friedmans

A year ago (okay, with the time difference, it is now more then a year ago, but who is counting?) we met our little bundle of joy at the Lottery Hotel in Nanning and began the Period of Harmony with the other families in our group. Thinking back brings nothing but smiles and fond memories […]

A year ago today we got such wonderful news and a picture of a most beautiful soon to be daughter. Words escape me as to what that day was like, having received news on November 1, 2006 that yes, tomorrow, November 2, 2006 we would receive an email describing our soon to be child (we […]

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and in that time we have experienced the High Holydays, eaten in a Sukkah, and really gotten to adjust and enjoy attending our new school. We also got to take a trip to Orlando to visit a grandma and a grandpa, go on a safari, and also meet Pluto and Goofy at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. […]

Apparently, even though Gabriela was born in a tropical region of the world, she does not appear to like the sun too much at times. On rides home from school at night, Gabriela has taken to telling the sun to get out of the car and her eyes with the phrase “[s]un, I said get […]

Years of schooling, professional conferences, appearing before the top court of the State and United States Court of Appeals (one step away from the Supreme Court of the United States) and now, the proudest moment of my life has me asking a little girl from Nanning whether she went “pee pee on the potty.”  

A couple of months of not transferring pictures from the camera and suddenly I realized, I had not posted new pictures in a while.  Enjoy!