Here we are, back in Vandalia after 5 months. This is where we come to spend some time away to focus on Valorie and her health care needs. The Grand Vandalia Hotel is a building that is 100 years old and has a lot of antiques. The family that runs the place is really really nice, they have a lot of children. They have adopted children from different countries and even from the US here. Many of them even have some health care need. One particular one is Janai she is 9 and she is originally from China. She had to have heart surgery as an infant. Janai and Valorie are really good friends and get a long real well. (We will need to post picture of them soon) But here we are going to post some pictures of our time here. There's this community pool that we were able to get some passes to and so Kiona, Valorie and I all went. The water was pretty cold though. After the girls swam for a bit we then went to the local 'Pharmacy/Ice Cream/Coffee shop' the girls each got some ice cream. Kiona got, Summer Morning (it was a mix of Vanilla and orange sherbert. Valorie got Rainbow sherbert. They both really enjoyed their snack.
