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)

Happy Birthday Nana !

My mother is having a birthday today ! Happy Birthday! Hope you have many more! We Love you!

The Little Artist.........

Zoe and Meisi recently went to a Cool Birthday party where the kids were instructed on how to paint this cute ladybug! Thank you to McCartney for inviting us to your wonderful party! Zoe and Meisi had a ball! I (bad Mama) forgot my camera ,so had to make a picture after we got home. Wish I had some pictures of the girls doing the Hannah Montannah Hoe-down throw-down at McCarneys Party, so if any of my friends would like to pass a pic along I would be so grateful ;)

PS Just in case you noticed , Zoe has a tooth hanging by a thread. It is dangling and makes her top teeth look crooked. Wish we could get a good grip on it and yank it out, but she is sly and we dont stand a chance...

Highlights of Easter 2009

Thank you Miss Leah!

Leah, we miss you and hope you are having a great time in Orlando working at The Magic Kingdom!
Zoe and Meisi were so surprised to get a sweet gift from you, and loved reading the letter too. Leah, they want you to come over and swim with them this summer. See you soon!

Zoe's BIG Fish story.....

This is one story of the fish that DIDN'T get away!
Zoe and Meisi love to go fishing with their Daddy. One day last week it was pretty and warm, so they decided they would go fishing with Daddy. I always walk out to the pier when they are pulling in to see what their great catches were or hear their stoties of the Big one that got away. Zoe caught a 5 lb bass and acually got it in the boat with only a little help from daddy. She will catch them ,but doesnt want to touch or hold them at all. Here they are pulling in, and then getting a picture made with the Big one!

Platinum National Dance Competition

Haven at 4months

Can't wait to see that sweet face in person very soon! Love you so Much Haven!

Fishers of Men....National Tournament Trail

Just wanted to say congrats to my hubby and his fishing buddy for winning the Fishers of Men Bass Tournament last Saturday. All those "practice" days finally paid off! They had a little over 16lb of Bass and said they caught them on a Shaky head worm Ha Ha. Here is the photo that was featured on the Fisher of Men website. Congrats guys!!

Ballet Magnificant !!! Before Your Throne... "Boldy"

Some of the Moms on our girls dance team decided to take our kids to see this production tonight. It was wonderful! It was all done to praise and worship music and was breathtaking to watch. The ladies who danced were so beautiful, and so graceful. Our 5 and 6 yr olds loved it for about 3 dances and then after several meltdowns, the last couple of dances they were back to watching. Zoe ,Meisi and Emma B. were all excited to see an asian girl in the Ballet. Its funny how they all look and pick out asian people, even though they have been raised here in the US. I guess they like seeing girls who look like them.
We also took all the girls out to eat mexican tonight before the ballet. I didnt get to get many pictures in the ballet because they wouldnt let us use flash photography, but Zoe and Emma B. did get their picture made with the asian dancer. Meisi was having a meltdown so she is not in the picture. Not having a nap today did not help her mood since the ballet was not over until around 9pm. Here are a few pictures of the night. Over all I think the girls had fun. The moms have all decided we want to go see this Ballet again without the little ones ;)