Red Thread Journey..."An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstances. The thread may stretch or tangle, but will never break." Chinese Proverb


This is the story of our family: Our son Jacob, born to us 12 years ago, and Our daughter Kira (2005~2006), whom was born to us~ and now she rests in heaven before us, with my husband's eldest daughter Shelby (1990~2011). They have all three blessed our lives and souls, in many ways as their humbled parents. They have powerfully lead us through GOD'S hand to be parents of more; through their love, memory, and with the help of adoption from China. We have now come complete circle and have finished our journey to family forever, to adopt our 3...uhhhhh now 4th...no... it is our 5th beloved child from China. Our first China daughter; Hannah was from Guangdong, China ~ in 2008 and we then returned to China in late 2009 to adopt Our oldest son; Scott and Our oldest daughter; Athena, both from Henan, China ~ in 2009. We just finished the process of adopting our youngest daughter; Bella from China, she was also from Henan, China ~ in 2011. At the same time we were blessed to be able to have found another waiting daughter; Deanna, our 4th china daughter, and she is our 5th child from China. She is from Guangdong, China--same as our first China daughter; Hannah (2008) --& the story behind Deanna joining us is way too long to print it all here, but our circle of forever family is complete with her ~in 2011. {Here is just an exerpt of that special final adoption journey}-- Deanna is our 1st adopted daughter's foster sister from Guangdong, China. She is now the same age as our 1st adopted daughter was when we were first united as a forever family. Deanna's Chinese name means: 'perfect, precious circle'.} Our family circle is now complete. Pray with us as we enjoy parenthood, and as we continue to rejoice in the trials, triumphs, and blessings that have lead us each time halfway around the world to add to our cherished family. This is our family we share with you, as friends and family alike.


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Showing posts with label Historical Events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Historical Events. Show all posts

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Meeting Scott's Kaifeng Foster Sister: Kimberly Dang Wei



Kimberly lives just down the road from us, how exciting.... 1/2 way around the world and now neighbors.

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

School for 6


Bella-kindergarten, Jacob-6th grade middle school, Deanna-first grade,
 Hannah- fourth grade, Athena and Scott-7th grade middle school.

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Monday, June 20, 2011

Summer Games at CCAI




Lots of games.

Cool treats.

Facebook/Adoption Friends.
This is Kristine and her daughter LuLu an Anyang friend of Bella's... reunited!!! :)

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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Home Coming

The Wait...

Here they come!!!

Hannah is awesome, travelling with daddy to bring her sisters home, what can we say.
We love you Hannah!

Deanna

Bella

Very tired, but it's okay...you're home now.

Her favorite, the thing that got them through; nutter butter peanut butter sandwich cookies. :)



I love you!!!



whew tired, huh Hannah.

Grandpa and Grandma are the best.

Happy with Grandpa.

Grandpa is so much fun!

Exhausted, but so it feels so good to be HOME.



getting ready for bed... goodnight.
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

sisters...forever!

These are some photos from 2008 from "our Personal stash" of photos that Hannah came 'home' with during the adoption process of herself in 2008.
These photos are of Hannah age 7 (back in 2008), and her sister Deanna age 4.5 (2008)... these are the girls ("our girls") in China-- Priceless. Hannah is in the stripped pink and white shirt, Deanna is in the yellow and red sleeved shirt. The girls are passing out the candy we had sent in a care package to Hannah and her foster family at the orphanage--2008.This is Deanna front and center in her new red and gray winter coat; she is about age 3.
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Monday, June 14, 2010

Mayana

This was a special visit for Hannah. Mayana was Hannah's foster sister in China.
Extra "thank you" to Mayana's family for coming all the way to Colorado just so they could see each other.


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Friday, May 21, 2010

5th Grade Graduation

Scott wanted his best friend in the picture.
We are so proud of them, they have come so far in just 1 year.
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Saturday, April 3, 2010

Colorado Birth Certificate

Today Scott and Athena did a swear-in to get their Colorado Birth Certificate.
Yes! I want to be in this crazy family.
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Friday, December 18, 2009

Jacob turns 10!!!


Jacob had a good party, he played about "10" games of Laser Tag after opening his gifts.
Too bad the next day he came down with food poisoning... :o(
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