Mystical Enchantment Ball

I had the opportunity to speak at the 9th Annual Hokes Bluff Girl Scout MOTHER/DAUGHTER Banquet a few weeks ago. My girls were also invited to come along and they had such a fun time! Each year they have a different theme and this year the theme was " China " They had some of the most beautiful decorations. I forgot to bring my camera so I didnt get to make pictures, but a sweet angel sent me a few. The food was all catered , and of course was wonderful chinese food. I was asked to speak on China, and anyone that knows me knows I have alot to say about it! After speaking to the girls we had question and answer time and I couldnt believe how interested the girl scouts were. They asked many questions and were so smart in all their questions. They were also very interested to know about adoption from China, which surprised me a little being that they were kids. I think a few seeds were planted in the minds of these children. Of course Zoe and Meisi were the celebrities of the night, and even had their picture taken with one of the troops. Madison also got to show all the girls how to dance the Hoedown Throwdown! It was so much fun! Thank you Lisa Godfrey for inviting us to be a part of your Mother/Daughter dance, and thank you for letting me tell Zoe and Meisi's story!

"Inspire" Jar

Thank you Denise for the wonderful "Inspire" Jar I won from you! Beautiful quotes to inspire you each day can be found in these little jars. Hop over to Denise's Blog to learn about the cute Jars, and of course to see her beautiful Maggie Mae, adopted from China. http://journeytomaggiemae.blogspot.com
Sorry, I havnt took the time to figure out how to put a linky with your name!

Friends.............

Meisi and Emma came home from China the same day. I hope they have a lasting friendship! Zoe is standing, Meisi on left,Emma on right

Professional Dance Pictures

Gingersnaps Photography made the girls dance pics and they are so good. These are just a few of them. I will post the rest later......

Dance Recital

The girls had a wonderful Dance recital today, plus Zoe graduated from k5 today! It was a very busy day bouncing from one event to the other, but it was all good and we survived it all! Here are just a few Recital pictures. I will post some graduation pictures of Zoe in the next day or two. Enjoy!

Random Pictures

Zoe finally lost that tooth that has been hanging by a thread for weeks! She looks so cute with it out, but its also sad since she will be getting Big Girl teeth soon. It seems like when those new big teeth come in, it takes their faces a few years to grow to the teeth.

Someone emailed me the other day and ask me why I havnt posted a picture of Sofie latley. Well, here she is looking pretty scruffy since she had her "female" surgery and hasnt been able to take a bath. I think she looks more like a Deputy Sheriff :)

Happy Birthday Dustin !

Dustin,
Where has the time gone ? From your first Easter until your first born child has gone so fast. I could not have asked for a more wonderful Son in the world ! I am so proud of the man you have become. You have achieved all of your goals you set up to achieve. You have a wonderful family,home and career. I remember one of your doctors telling me one time that you would be something in the medical field. You were only about 10 at the time. Who would have guessed you would have been putting people to sleep?! You always worried about your grades and would come home from school telling me that your teacher had averaged your grades wrong, and instead of a 98, you should have had a 99 in that class.LOL!
Early on in your life we knew you would be musical. You loved Church and you would watch closely at the piano player and guitar players. Trying to give you lessons was of know use either. Your piana teacher told me there was no use in me paying her to give you lessons. You were teaching her things. You had an ear for music. Any instrument you picked up you learned to play. That wasnt good enough for you though, you still wanted to read music, so you taught yourself to read music too. What an awesome praise and worship leader your were at Life Church! I will run into people from that church from time to time and they always say how much they miss you there, and wish you hadnt of moved so far away. I hope that you can find a church in Indiana and glorify God with your awesome talents.
I love you with all my heart and want you to know that you are the reason YOU have 4 sisters. It was the joy you brought to my heart from the first day you were born that made me decide I would do this again. Who would have guessed that a little baby boy would send me to China one day, but Yes, you are the reason. Not one time but twice. So, when you come home this summer and the house is chaos, remember its all your fault ! :) I love you so much and now that you have a child of your own Im sure you can understand the love

Welcome Cati !!!!!!!!!

Isnt she adorable?! Some very good friends of ours recently came home from Vietnam with little Miss Cati! Welcome to the USA Cati! We Love you and cant wait to meet you Real soon! Big Sister from China came home the same time as Zoe did so we have alot of good memories together with this family. As a matter of fact our daughters even share the same name(names picked out before we met)