Hope has been threatening to get a tattoo for years now.  It was less of a threat...more like an unscheduled reservation.  Or something.

I'm not sure why this weekend became THE weekend, but it worked itself out that way.  Hope asked Timmy to schedule some time with his tattoo guy in Lansing and we made our way out there Sunday night.

Hope was pretty nervous about it on our way there.  But after she sat down and the process started, it didn't seem to bother her too much.  Fifteen minutes later, and the end result is her name in Chinese characters.  Hope picked out a beautiful design and the tattoo artist did a great job representing that.