Changes

You will notice I have changed our names to hide our identity. No, nothing happened, I just decided that one of the ways that I want to protect my kids through blogging is to not share their complete identity. I have attempted to change everyone mentioned in the blog. I may not post as many photos so as not to display recent ones. I want to try and talk more about happenings without so many photos. I hope you will stick with me through these changes.

So for now on, I am known as Aves..the taxonomic name for the class of birds.

Tuki, my daughter will still be known as Tuki, and/or Owl.
Owl is her Native American birth sign.

My son in Haiti will be known as Hawk, his Native American birth sign.

No, I do not practice Native American religion, yet I do appreciate their philosophy of preserving our environment. I know God created all things, therefore you can see how incredible God is through his creation. I also find it ironic that my favorite groups of birds..raptors which contain diurnal hawks and nocturnal owls are the birth signs of both my children. God has a great sense of humor.

My new photo is of the Grand Teton. Several years ago, I and several friends summitted that beauty of a mountain. I realized that I was made of much more courage than I had ever thought. I was terrified during the climb, but I kept going, and this only six months after ACL and MCL reconstruction surgery on my left knee. You look at life differently when you are 13,900 feet in the air with the mountain on one side of you and "open sky" on the other.

As a side note, I received my I171H (or whatever it is called from the USCIS) today. We are all set with paperwork for Hawk's adoption.