August 27, 2012
The story behind the picture of the 3 of us standing in front of the Billings MET bus is this..........for Tia's "Gotcha Day" this year, all she wanted to do was ride the city bus downtown for lunch. It was the sweetest thing. So, we looked at the schedules, bus fare, etc. and planned our trip. Grama and Papa joined us. God bless them because we still had to walk quite a bit once we got downtown to get to our lunch place, plus it was almost 100 degrees! But the day was so incredibly special. Tia wanted to be all dressed up and was absolutely tickled about the whole "adventure". As you can imagine, we've been downtown many times before, but it was like we were all seeing it for the first time. As we approached the area, she said, "Look guys, at all the skyscrapers!" We might as well have been in NYC, it was so sweet. The whole trip was actually very fun for all of us, more than we ever would've expected. We had our lunch, stopped by a fun little place for a goodie afterwards, and then back on the bus. We took pictures like we were tourists and the whole bit. It was truly a special day to remember for all of us. Not to mention, it was the day 6 years ago, that they placed her in our arms. The day that changed our lives forever. She continues to be such an amazing blessing to all of us. She is in the 1st grade and absolutely loves school. It's hard to believe she will be 7 in the fall. And that she will someday soon be a big sister. She is SO excited! And we think she will be amazing with sweet Rosie. Hopefully that day will come sooner, rather than later. Keep praying!
