Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Happy Birthday, Emma!
Our baby girl was 6 years old yesterday!! Boy, is that hard to believe! It seems like just yesterday that we received her referral picture, brought her home, and now, she's 6!! My how time flies. She has really grown in the past year too! She's lost that sweet baby look, and it's been replaced with a smart little girl look - we are very blessed to call her our litte girl...
Happy Birthday, LiYang!!
Our oldest daughter turned 15 on Friday!! I can't believe she's 15!! She is so smart, funny, and is a joy to have around! We celebrated with dinner at a local Italian restaurant, and surprised her with a guitar. She is a blessing to our family, and we are so happy that she is with us!
Monday, January 16, 2012
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
Christmas day was one busy day at our house!! We woke up early to see what Santa had left, opened our gifts, and went to church. After church, we fixed Christmas dinner for our families, and had another Christmas when all the grandparents arrived! The girls were spoiled rotten with gifts from all, and they have had a wonderful first Christmas together. Our oldest son and his wife spent Christmas with her family, so we had them for New Years - and did Christmas again! Here are some pictures of all our kids and family enjoying a wonderful time together.
Getting Ready for Christmas
It has been a while since I have posted, so I have put together a slideshow from just after Thanksgiving to just before Christmas. We decorated the house and tree Thanksgiving weekend, had our annual Families with Children from China Christmas party, and visited a local hotel to see all their Christmas trees and take pictures for our Christmas cards. We stay pretty busy these days, and I don't get on the computer very often. Enjoy the show...
Monday, December 19, 2011
Happy Gotcha Day, LiYang!!
It is so hard to believe that it has been one whole year since we met LiYang in China!! She has grown and changed, even in this short amount of time. She is a lovely young lady, who has not had the easiest of times this year. She has really missed all things China. She misses her grandma, her aunt, her friends and teachers from China. She has done really well with us, though. She is smart, funny, very artistic, and very sweet. She has made friends at school, and at church, and has started participating in the youth group activities. We know that God has some majorly special plans for this young lady. Her grandma is a Christian, so LiYang already knows a lot about God and the Bible. He is working on her!!! Here she is in the same outfit she had on when we met...
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Happy Gotcha Day, Alyssa
One year ago today, in China, we received our third daughter, Alyssa. It is so hard to believe she has been here a whole year. She has learned so much - she knew no English, and now, has forgotten most of her Chinese. She is a very smart young lady! We can't wait to see what God has in store for this special little girl!
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Our Sunday Smiles
Our good camera has been broken for a while now, so I haven't been able to post much. Here are some pictures from Sunday, and a few of LiYang and some of her drawings - she is so talented!!!
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