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...

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!

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!!!

Sunday, Oct 23, 2011 - slideshow with music

FCC Fall Get-Together

On Saturday, our local FCC group had our annual Fall gathering.  Everyone had a great time!  One of our families always hosts this event at their home.  They do a hayride and a bonfire, which everyone always loves and enjoys.  This year, we had 2 new families there - one who has been home since infancy, but new to our group, and one precious little boy, home 2 months now.  It is always exciting to see new families joining in!!  We are all so blessed to know each other, and to be able to share what God has blessed us with - the gift of adoption...

2011 Fall Get-together - slideshow with music

HAPPY GOTCHA DAY, EMMA!!

Saturday was the 4th anniversary of Emma's "gotcha day" - we can't believe she has already been with us for 4 years!!!  She was 18 months old, and is now 5 1/2 and getting ready to start kindergarten next week.  She is a beautiful, sweet little girl, who loves to sing for Jesus, and has prayed to have Jesus in her heart!  We know He has amazing and wonderful things in store for this little girl!!  Here she is, still able to wear the outfit she came to us in!!...

Just some random summer pictures

Well, summer is almost over, and we've had a great one!  lots of fun in the sun, swimming, beach for two weeks, and, we were blessed to have "Ms. Sue" stay at the house with the girls this summer.   She is wonderful with them, and they love her so much!  Thank you Mrs. Sue for loving our girls!

Water balloon and Pool fun

The girls all love the water, and playing in anything to do with it.  Here are some pics of their water balloon fun and playing in the pool...(ignore the date - I forgot to set the camera date)