Geoffrey died....

Last year, my mom and dad went on a missions trip tailor-made for my dad. The missions trip was to South Africa. My parents went with another couple who helped buy a freezer for a small Christian school. The students would eat one meal a day at their school. My dad and some friends' job was to stock the freezer with meat for the students' meals. Well, they filled it up and THEN SOME. The rest of the meat was sold to help fund the school. But, there was sacrifice.

Geoffrey - may he rest in peace.

My 14-year-old niece's hand!

His head was as big as my niece's whole body!

The end...get it?!!? The END! hahaha

Celebrating a Friend's 40th in NYC

The Birthday Girl...I know, I know...She looks like she's turning 21, not 40!

Brunch in NYC!

So sweet!

Pretty Persian sisters

Me and My Honey

My hubby's best buds

The Birthday Girl and Her Boys

The birthday girl's Aunt & the Colonel

Parents of the Birthday girl

My and My MAGNIFICENT BEAUTIFUL Birthday Friend!

The girls

I have pretty friends!

The Christmas tree at Brooklyn Tab

The whole gang!

Waiting for the Christmas concert at Brooklyn Tab to start

Such a cute couple!

Friends!

What a great day! Later!

Mother/Daughter

Mural at the Brooklyn Tab

Waiting in the Rain

The lights we saw outside church

A unique way to park cars in NYC

Even though it rained, it was such a fun, memorable day!!!!

Surprise!

We're on our way up to....

...Montreal to surprise our Uncle Bubba and Aunt Mia (or otherwise known as Aunt Meow)

Sneaking up to their home!

Taking cover behind Aunt Mia's car

To the house to knock on the door....

...and SURPRISE!!!!

Surprise, SURPRISE!!!!

Little Bear said that Aunt Mia just stood their at the door for 10 seconds not saying anything! Just completely shocked! Probably wondering how her niece and nephew got to Montreal?!!?

Finally meeting his Mellette niece!

My niece...we came at feeding time!

Now over the bridge to the Island to surprise Uncle Bubba!

What to do? The church is locked. Let's hoist the Pretty Little Princess up to knock on Uncle Bubba's window!

"HELLO!!!!!!" What a surprise Uncle Bubba got!

He made a QUICK DASH outside to greet us all!

He was so surprised and shocked - here he is twirling Pretty Little Princess around in a circle!

Now, off to an American Thanksgiving dinner.

The first official Mellette family picture with the newest baby girl Mellette. Too bad there was something on my camera lens!

The next morning we woke up to SNOW!

Pretty Little Princess and her little snowman!

My sweet little niece

Off to the mall to do a little shopping

Such a fun stroller

"Look, Aunt WaWa, I'm holding my baby sister!"

My favorite pic of me and my new niece!

As you can see, she was shocked by our surprise visit, too!!!!