Well - today is our 1 year anniversary of bringing home Max, Maria and Matthew. It's called our "Forever Family Day" - and that first year sure did fly by!

I've attached a photo of us at a restaurant named "El Rancho Grande" close to our home. It was too funny to hear Maria say the name - she sounded like a total Gringo, almost with a southern accent! Her Spanish accent is almost completely gone. Max on the other hand still rolls his "r's" like a pro when he says anything in Spanish... but he too is forgetting some of his Spanish. I have enrolled him in a full year of again Spanish next year (as I will do with all of my kids!!!) and hopefully he'll retain most of his Spanish as he grows older - and hopefully all of my kids will learn or re-learn it!

Max is just too cool to smile for photos anymore - and Matthew is taking his "hip hop" stance! So funny to see these little personalities shine - each child is truely unique! Maria and Miranda have their normal big smiles on and Mark has a new smile - not sure what it is yet! They crack me up!!!

Maria said that it doesn't seem like it's been a whole year and I have a feeling this upcoming year will have a BIG impact on the three kids that just came home. So many things were a blur to them last year because everything was so new... so this year they can slow down, take a better look and learn more!

Thanks so all of you who have supported us in this big adventure we're on - and we look foward to more great adventures and the Hanavan M's x 7!