Saturday

Our rented van came for us at 8am. We left shortly after and made good time. It only took us 1hr 30 min to get the whole 20 or so miles! :) The dedication service for Sophia was an hour. About 30 people were there, if you count all the kids. It was almost like a church service. They had all the grandparents and parents give a short "blessing" as it were. I cried through mine, of course. DOH Afterwards we loaded up and took off for another part of the city to a Chinese restaurant. Good food of pancit (some of the noodles were crispy.. .they must have fried them) beef with vegies, vegies with liver (I think) and fried chicken and of course, rice. Oh, we also had egg-drop soup to start with. It had corn in it. :) All of the food was very tasty.

Mary Jane ordered a birthday cake for us as Sunday is Sophia's birthday. It was fun to see the kids sampling it before hand. It was a tearful goodbye, but a day of wonderful memories.