Saying Good Bye to 2008!!!!

2008 brought us many wonderful memories! The most wonderful thing we will remember in 2008 is the birth or my first borns first born!! Haven , we love and miss you and cant wait to see you soon and kiss those sweet, chubby cheeks!!

Christmas 2008

I had so many Christmas pictures that I decided to just add them in a slideshow in order to post alot of them. Unfortunalty, Greg got a "Kick Your Butt" Stomach virus Christmas day morning, and he gave me a nice present of "Kick Your Butt" Stomach virus for the day after Christmas, so most of my pictures are not of the girls all dressed up as that didnt happen ;) All in all we still managed to have 2 family Christmas gatherings at our house this week. Brave family members,don't you think!!

We still had a great Christmas! I am never able to take pictures of the family gatherings like I wish I could when I am hosting, so most of the pictures are of the girls. Oh, by the way, you will notice in the slideshow that "ITS A GIRL!!" We have a new addition and Madison named her Sofie! She is a sweet Mini Parti Schnauzer :) Enjoy!

STRUT USA TEAM CHRISTMAS PARTY

I am so Proud of You !

Just wanted to say Congrats to my beautiful daughter Cassie, for making the Presidents List at JSU !! Way to go Cassie and we Love you more then you will ever know! Thank you Dusty for supporting and Loving our daughter.

Surprise !!

Just look at this new family and how beautiful they all are. Haven is growing up and Daddy and Mommy are doing such a great job! I cant wait to see them and kiss Haven's chubby cheeks. Haven looks different in every picture, and I think she looks like Mommy in this one. I have some that look just like her Daddy when he was a baby, but this one is definatly Mommy! Merry Christmas sweet Haven.

Fun in the Christmas Parade

Madison

Christmas Parade

Haven ready for Christmas !

Look how big I am now!!

Zoe and her Longgggg list to Santa

Sorry it took me so long to post Zoe's Santa Picture, but since I posted Meisi's it has been WILD here ! All 3 girls perform for Strut USA and we have had alot of Christmas performances and even a very Nice formal Christmas Party (Pictures to come)Plus other things going on) Tonight is the Christmas Parade. It will be interesting to see if Zoe and Meisi will make it all the way down Broad Street marching and twirling. No riding on a float all covered up in blankets for them this year. Madison will of course be Marching in her cute Santa outfit also. Here is Zoe's Santa Picture from Bass Pro Shop(no mall Santa for us) LOL! You cant see her list like you can Meisi's because her hand moved and the picture blurred. But her list was not short and sweet like Meisi's. It was a mile long. I guess she thinks she has been pretty good this year. :)

Santa's Slaves

Meisi... Mommy, I know how Santa gets on our Roop (Roof)

Me ... How does Santa do that Meisi?

Meisi... He gets on our "Roop" with his Reindeer and Slaves (Sleigh)


Notice Meisi's list to Santa in her hand :)

Enjoy this Christmas Season...... From our Family to Yours!

Happy 1 month Birthday Haven!

School Days

These are the girls school pictures. Dont you just "Love" school pictures! :) I must say they look so OLD in these pictures. Where are my babies?? I will be posting some more "school" pictures soon that do not look like your typical school type photos. They were Christmas pictures and turned out so good! I dont think I could have gotten any better ones of both of them. They are comming soon! Zoe had just turned 6 in this picture and Meisi is 4 1/2.

A day in the life of "Haven"............... Smiling, winking, and sleeping...Oh how I miss you Haven

Madison, I cant believe you are 12!!!!

I just want to say Happy Birthday to my daughter Madison, who turned 12 TODAY! You are such a wonderful daughter, and I thank God every day for you. You are so caring and you are such a good big sister to Zoe and Meisi. They think you hung the moon Madison, and I know how special they are to you too. You freely gave up your place as the "Baby" in our family for your two little sisters, and for that I am so thankful! Happy Birthday!!

Zoe, the Missionary

Zoe and Meisi loved Vacation Bible school this year, as always. This year they talked alot about Missions and how we need to reach out to other countries about God, and that many people in other countries worship other things besides God. Zoe told me the night this picure was taken(after parents night) that she wanted to be a missionary and go to China and tell those people to quit praying to the big fat statue, her words not mine. That night when she prayed her bedtime prayers she asked God to let her go back to China one day and tell them to start praying to Him and not the statue. Simple words for a little 5 year old girl, but a tear jerker for Mom. She has continued to pray this same prayer since June. Her little heart was broken for the people of China, her people. I know one day Zoe you will be back in China and there is no doubt you will be telling the people about God.

Signing a new song at Church

Here is Zoe and Meisi at church. They learned a new song and the signs to it. Can you tell they are very serious. I hope they are always interested in sign language ! I think it is beautiful done to praise and worship. Seeing them on stage brings me to tears . I think where they would have been if they were in China ,and I know they wouldnt be in church learning new praise and worship songs.
Zoe and Meisi you are so special and we are so lucky to have been chosen by God to be your family.

Haven Brynlee

My son and DIL just sent me some new pictures. Its amazing how much they change when you dont see them every day! Haven, You are so beautiful and you look so peaceful in this picture. I love you! Granna

More Haven Pics

I am missing sweet Haven so much! Here are a couple more pictures of her taken that first week she was born. She is so precious!

Precious Eden Jewel

Here is Eden Jewel. She just turned two in october and is our first grandbaby. She is the funniest thing. The other day she was sitting at the bar eating crackers and I ask her if she wanted more and she said ,Yes, more Quackers Granna! I love the way a 2year old talks :)

Madison, Meisi and Zoe

My little Tinkerbells

Meisi

Here is our precious Meisi. She is so funny. This is one of her dance pictures. She loves dance picture time because she gets to wear "Makeup".

One day I was trying to tell Meisi that beauty is not on the outside of us, but what is on the inside that makes us beautiful. I have told her this on many occasions since the girls are always getting from everyone "How Beautiful they are" and I want them to understand that beauty really is only skin deep. So, I think I have finally gotten the point across and we are getting ready for a dance performance one day, applying the performance makeup and all and I say, Meisi, what makes us beautiful? Thinking she will say "My heart" she surprises me with "MakeUp"!! Oh well ?? Here is Meisi Jade YanLi at 4 years old wearing her makeup and her precious smile.

The Happy Family

Here is another picture of our newest sweet angel, Haven. Mommy and Daddy look good after being up all night?! :)

Haven Brynlee

We have a new grandbaby and niece! She was born October 23,2008, weighing in at 7lbs 2oz and 19"long. She is beautiful and we couldnt be more proud! Here is a sneak picture of her!

Zoe Faith

Zoe Faith is now 6 years old. Where has the time gone? My little baby is now a big girl. Zoe loves horses and anything to do with them. She has a cute cowgirl dress and pink boots and a pink hat. She would wear that every day if I let her. Zoe is so sweet and loving. She is a very caring little girl and so so sensitive. I love her hugs and kisses each morning. Zoe loves school work and any kind of crafts. She will sit for hours with her sister , Meisi and draw and cut and glue. She comes up with some funny things when she does crafts. She is very creative. Zoe is showing a great interest in China right now and wants to talk about China. She prays every night for China and the people. She tells me often she wants to visit China some day soon, and I hope to take her back and maybe meet her foster family in FengCheng,JiangXi.

Here is Zoe's school picture. I will post about Meisi later and ad a new picture of her. Enjoy!

Meisi 16months

Look how happy she is! We had only been home for 1 week when this picture was taken.

Our first look at Meisi Jade in 2005

Meisi was 14months at referral, and she turned 16months a few days after Gotcha day. The referral picture was taken at about a year old . I remember having to wait 5 weeks to go get her after receiving this picture and I couldnt wait to kiss those chubby cheeks!

More Zoe

Zoe was 11 months on Gotcha day in China. Here is a picture of our beautiful Zoe after being home for a few months. Zoe is 15months in the picture. Look how she changed!

Our first look at Zoe Faith in 2003

We received the referral picture of Zoe the end of June 2003. We waited 22 months for this sweet baby!

Trying to figure this blog thing out!!

Ok, I have to admit that Iv never had a blog until now, but my girls and I love to follow other people;s blogs who have adopted children from China. So, I am going to try my hand at it, so bare with me. You may see some lop sided pictures for a while , so bare with me! ;)