Latin American Family Picnic

on sunday, september 25th, we had the pleasure of attending our first latin american family picnic at a park in eagan. we had so much fun catching up with "old" friends and meeting lots of new friends. we ran into one of the families that was at hotel paris with us for a short time (they live near duluth) and it was fun to see how their 3 boys have changed in the 6 or so months that they've been home in minnesota. we also got to see manny & his parents...manny is the little boy that we met when we through the adoption training class at lss. we also got to see a family from woodbury that we met when we spoke on the adoption panel at lss this summer (cruz could be their manny!). cruz was reunited with his girlfriend lauren jaenisch and we all loved catching up with them again! mary even brought me some yummy trader joe's chocolate covered cranberries! love her! it was fun to see jack and cruz interact with each other now that they're getting a little older.

here are some photos from the fun day:

the beautiful latin american kids:

taking a crack at the pinata:

future soccer stars: jack & cruz

he only has eyes for his girl, lauren!

what a fun day! looking forward to next year's gathering already.