Saturday, April 21, 2007

Wonderful Saturday




This was a very exciting day for us! Mike, Anne Marie and I drove to Roanoke to meet up with the Shartzer's (Scott, Jennifer & daughter Maggie). For those of you who don't know who they are, they are a family that we met through our adoption agency and happened to also adopt their daughter the same time we adopted Anne Marie. We stayed in touch with them through the whole adoption process, and were so excited when we found out that we would travel together to bring our daughters home.

They live about 2 hours away from us and today was the 1st time we've seen each other since we came home from China.

It was so great to see them again. I just can't believe how much Maggie has gown -- and her hair, she has SO much hair! Such sweet girls! We just kept commenting on how much they talked, and smiled. Wow! They've come such a long way since our time in China. Mike and I feel that we are just so blessed to have them in our lives, and can't wait to see the girls grow together.

We met in Roanoke, VA because it's about 1/2 way for each of us. We met for lunch and then went to the Roanoke Star - which is a huge star (electrical) lit up on a mountain above the city of Roanoke - they have a park, zoo, walking trails, and nature center. We spent our time walking around, taking pictures, and visiting. It was a wonderful day.

We hope that some day we'll be able to meet up with many of our travel mates from our journey in China!

Melissa & Mike & Anne Marie

2 comments:

Kristi said...

Wouldn't you know that you guys would already have had plans on the weekend we were at VT! Maybe next time we are in the western Virginia area we can catch you!

Jenny Wheelis said...

AGH... you guys all look so great! Wish we could have met up with you. The girls look beautiful and so big! :-)
Jen and Robert Wheelis