We had the opportunity to spend a week in Hawaii in February 2008 with the Corley's. Jenna and Julie are enjoying a park like area at Hilton property. That is lava rock in the background and the Pacific Ocean on the other side of the rock.
We really got the chance to enjoy Christmas this past year. Jenna enjoyed seeing all of our family in WA, NJ and NY.
I'm getting the hang of opening up presents.
We had GREAT Christmas Meals !!!!
Jenna loves playing with Zada. They had lots of fun together.
Jenna showing off her latest gift.
Jenna and Grandma Nancy
We got the opportunity to spend some time with Jeff and Jan Crandall in November of 2007 in their place in Florida. This was a nice trip and great break from work. I thing is for certain...Jenna has gotten to see a lot of the world before reaching 2 years of age.
Jenna found this laundry basket and thought that it would be cool to hang out in it for a few minutes. I happened to be able to catch a picture of it. We believe that there is one of Julie just like this (when she was Jenna's age of course).
Here is Jenna with Julie and Jan enjoying some quiet time after breakfast.
This was the Sand Pearl Resort in Clearwater, FL. Jenna's Mon Chi Chi monkey was nicely placed by the House Keeping Staff. This was a very nice Resort on some beautiful beaches. 
Mon Chi Chi
The Portland Rose Garden is one of the most beautiful places you'll see...There is virtually every kind of Rose plant known to man to see and smell. Jenna loved seeing all the roses.
Jenna gets to see some fish in the ponds.
It is August 19th and Jenna has been home for a full month without any major travel events. Yea ! It has been a busy time and one of exciting new events. Jenna has taken her 1st steps on her own and is walking short distances with assistance.
She yells 'Beau' when he is outside chasing squirrels.
Also she really likes books...She already has her favorites that she likes read to her over and over again. Good thing Julie is a good narrator.
Jenna loves music with a good beat...she really loves to dance. A good musical tune will come on the radio or tv and she will start rocking to the beat. Too cute !
It is Thursday and we have made it successfully through Day 1. We got some necessary sleep and actually went for some supplies. Jenna did better in the car seat today...actually fell asleep in it. We'll pray that she continues to be more comfortable with the car seat.
Our Dog, Beau seemed happy to have a new family member. I kind of wonder what he is actually thinking at this point...he has had 12 years of quiet quarters...that has changed a bit overnight. One thing is for certain - if food falls to the floor he'll be happy to cleanup.
We all went for a walk this afternoon - the weather was beautiful.
Beau ran point to make sure there were no squirrels to block our path.
We are sure glad that the park is complete and has nice trails and fields to walk in.
Today is Wednesday. We are packed, Jenna has been fed and we have checked out of the hotel. 
We take a van to the Hanoi Airport and Thuy goes along with us. She has been great with handling the details of the adoption and planning events during our time in Vietnam. The Children's Hope International staff in Vietnam is great and adopting Jenna would not be possible without their dedication to the entire process. They will be missed by all of us in the group !
The 1st Flight was from Hanoi, Vietnam to Hong Kong. Jenna did well on this 2-hour flight. The photo below is from the Jet as we are approaching the Hong Kong airport.
We transferred from the Vietnam Airlines terminal to the Cathay Pacific terminal and had about 30 minutes to spare (perfect). Our gate was about 100 feet from Starbucks (I got a picture this time, but no coffee - long flight ahead)...
Below is the Cathay Pacific Boeing 747 that takes Jenna to America (LAX to be specific). What a beautiful airplane...
2nd Flight was the Hong Kong to Los Angeles segment. Very long flight @ 12.5 hours of which Jenna slept the majority of it. Julie & I were not quite as successful on sleep, but we did manage to get a few hours. We were able to change seats with a family from Vietnam so that Julie and I could sit together and we got the bulkhead seats. We did have some baggage issues at LAX, but everything eventually made it. We also got hit with the dreaded SSSS (Extra Security Screen)...Not Cool after flying for many hours with a baby...
3rd Flight was from LAX to Portland. Again Jenna did well during take-off and slept most of the flight. We learned from the first flight (Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi) that we must figure out how to get her to drink during take-off and landing.
Awesome Surprise when we arrive in Portland !
We are welcomed by best friends in the World ! Thank you !
It was awesome to see all of you !
Jenna did really well meeting everyone and is the little charmer.
Car Seats Required in America
Jenna is not a fan of car seats...She can fly halfway around the world without a problem, but the 10-minute drive from the airport to our house (in a car seat) was a scream...I'm not kidding ! Once out of the car seat and into Julie's arms she quickly (15-seconds) returned to the normal loving Jenna.
