4th Annual “Haiti Party”

Yesterday we hosted our fourth annual mid-year “Haiti Party” at our house. We’ve always had this party right before Christmas, but as all of our kids are getting older, and more involved in more activities, and making our family lives crazier-than-ever, a Christmas party was proving very difficult for families to be able to attend given their schedules (schedules that are even crazier during the holidays than the rest of the year). And so we decided that February would be better than Christmastime. It turned out to be nice to have something so fun to look forward to right in the midst of the depths of winter. We had a great day yesterday! In Kyle and Owen’s opinions it was the best “Haiti Party” yet. I think I might agree. This party is so special, and this group of friends of ours is so wonderful, that it is just impossible to try to articulate. I’ve tried in the past (you can check out past year’s posts by clicking here), so I’m not going to even try to again now. I’ll just say this: this group of kids – all of them; the Haitian kids and all of their siblings – have got to be one of the coolest, nicest, well-mannered, gorgeous, athletic, smiley, wild-and-off-the-walls-high-energy, polite, self-confident, talented groups of kids on the planet. I truly believe that. And their parents? I’ll just put it this way: they are raising these awesome kids… so they must be doing something incredibly right. All I know is that I’m inspired by being around them all (the kids and the parents alike), and I’m so proud to call them friends. Which is why we wasted no time taking pictures (because we were savoring every second of conversation), and ended up taking exactly four photos during the entire party. ?!?! So, I’m posting all four here.