Best Friends...

It's so sad to be wrapping up our trip and parting ways with so many of our new friends... Skip & Joy are from NJ and have been an absolute blast to hang with. Skip shares our demented sense of humor, and Joy balances him out with her beautiful personality. Wendy & V, also from NJ, were the angels of our group. V is an ortho surgeon & Wendy is a pediatrician. Their knowledge and willingness to help everyone in the group has been endless... All of this despite the fact that they adopted twin girls! Talk about having your hands full... Dan & Christine, from Illinois, are the low key sweethearts of the group. They are true midwesterners in their friendliness. Alex & Sandy, from California, were here for the second time. They were very nice people, with the sweetest little girl. They adopted their 4 year old daughter Joy about 3 years ago.
Like most kids, she couldn't get enough of Stacy...
I have to reserve a special section of our blog for Uncle Kenny & Aunt Kathy! They are true best friends who will be a part of our lives forever... Not only were we blessed with beautiful little Mia, but we were also lucky enough to meet a NJ couple who personifies caring and compassion.
Well, except for Kathy's crazy & demented sense of humor! Truly, these two helped us through the stress of not knowing what the heck was going to happen with this process. We helped each other out by acting as a pressure release. The things we shared between us might have gotten us arrested in some countries, but made this experience so rich and rewarding... We are very thankful to have them as a part of our lives, and Mia's... As a footnote, Kenny is apparently one of the best guitarists on the East Coast.
He even had a hit video on MTV in the 80's with his band 'Prophet'. We can't wait to get home and check out his video on YouTube. We're also planning on visiting them before Christmas, and can't wait to see this guitar virtuoso firsthand.