Last night...

As Tim was grilling on our back deck, this is what he saw....Isn't the sky beautiful? It reminds us of Kara. We know our angel is up there. :)

Beautiful & Fun Weekend

The weather was in the 70's all weekend, and Kathy's best friends from college were in town visiting! Sue and Sharon flew in from Rhode Island, and we enjoyed catching up ( LONG talks), soaking in the hot tub, eating out, and the hilarious movie 'Bounty Hunter' at the Alamo Cinema Drafthouse. Can't wait to visit with them again. Tim and I are planning a visit to see them in RI during the summer. :)

The Music Room

Kara's bedroom is now our new music room. It was Tim's great idea, and is very fitting because of Kara's love of music.  We had the 'keepsake' from Kara's memorial service framed, and we are so pleased with the way it looks. As you can tell in the pictures, we displayed some of Kara's favorite things in the room. We look forward to spending time playing music in the room, relaxing, and thinking about all of the beautiful memories we created with Kara during her life.

Blog Book

Our first blog, http://karaannelang.blogspot.com, as most know, was started to document the birth and adoption of our daughter, Kara.  The blog began about two weeks prior to Kara's birth, and ended after her memorial service on January 2, 2010.  Tim found a very cool website, www.blurb.com, that can be used to turn a blog into a book.  Tim was able to format each of the approximately 275 pages exactly the way he wanted. He enlarged pictures and arranged everything beautifully.  Kathy helped with the editing, and some of the content.  After we were completely satisfied with the design, it was uploaded and published. We couldn't be happier with the outcome. It is the most special book of our Kara, that we will treasure forever. 

We wanted to let everyone know that it is available for purchase, if you are interested in owning your very own copy. As I mentioned before, it's a large book--over 275 pages, and contains more than 600 pictures.  If you are interested, you can contact Tim at his email address, tmlang74@yahoo.com. 

Pittsburgh Trip

Tim and Kathy spent a long weekend together in Pittsburgh, PA, and celebrated their 5th anniversary. We stayed at the Marriott downtown, where it snowed several of the days while we were there...and it was cold.  Will this winter ever end???  The time alone was great, and we ended up really enjoying our weekend.  The visit to the Carnegie Natural History & Art Museum was fun and interesting. The highlight of our trip was the concert at the Mellon Arena on Saturday night. Tim took a picture of the arena outside of our hotel room--which was upgraded to a suite at no extra charge. :)  We listened to Caleb Chapman, Kutless, and our favorite band, Casting Crowns.  The concert was awesome, which made the trip very worthwhile.