New friends, Old friends, and Old Town...

Heading to the movies!

Meeting Inese!

Meeting the Matheny's!

Today was a busy, exciting and full of blessings kind of day. We started out at a decent hour and had a nice quiet breakfast in. We decided that it would be a good day for a movie because it was going to be rainy and besides, we needed something new to do that would take up some of our day. Sometimes, the days seem like they will never end...
We headed out in the drizzle and walked to the Forum Cinemas to see a movie. It's about a ten minute walk and we enjoyed walking arm in arm through the streets. We got to the theater and found out that the movie we wanted to see, Johnny English, wasn't playing for another two hours! So, back out into the pouring down rain! We stopped by Rimi (a frequent stop for us) and picked up a few things we needed for the apartment (water, eggs, juice, etc.). We were looking forward to meeting up with our "Old Friend", Inese this evening after the movie, so we cleaned up a bit around the apt and chatted with Bob's mom back in the States on FB. And, back to the movies we walked! We had a really great time. Johnny English was hilarious and Lilia was just about rolling on the floor laughing! The theatre here is awesome, with super good food, comfy seats and lots of choices.
We headed back to the apt again and soon enough, Inese arrived for her visit! It was so amazing to finally meet her! For those of you who do not know about this amazing lady, let me fill you in...Inese used to work with Lilia in her orphanage and she became our source of connection to Lilia back in January through another friend and host-momma in the States (thanks, Stephanie Norman!). Anyway, we have grown to know and to love her as a friend over this past year and were very anxious to finally meet her! So, at 4:00 she arrived and we began a nice visit with her. About 20 minutes into our visit, our Latvian cell rang! Now, we are not very popular here in Latvia, but suddenly we feel like we are. I should back up and tell you that the world of adoption is a small one with close connections made very quickly sometimes between adoptive families. Also, Daina, our attorney had called us last night and asked if we would be interested in meeting another family who is here right now to adopt a sibling group and they are from Wisconsin. We of course said "Yes!". So, we had been given their contact information and had e-mailed them this morning early. So, here is Michele (the adopting mom) on the phone and their family is right outside of our building in Doma Square! Of course, I invited them right up! Party at the Callens!!!!
What a fun evening of meeting "old friends" and "new friends" in this beautiful old town!