Treasured Pearls: Sunday Snapshot: Father's Day

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Sunday Snapshot: Father's Day

Last weekend, my sister-in-law, nephew, and sister came over to see our dad (my brother had to work). My sister-in-law and brother just moved back to FL after a stint in TN (I'm bummed that we didn't get to visit them up there!) This is the first time I've seen her in about 1.5 yrs and the first time I've seen my nephew in probably 3 or 4 years. My sister only lives 2 hrs away, so I see her somewhat regularly. Here are some of the photos we took while they were here.

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Orphan Statistics

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http://showhope.org/9-stats-about-the-orphan-crisis/