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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Saturday, February 5, 2011

Chinese New Year 2011

Two beautiful young ladies; my girls--Athena 13 and Hannah 10.Josh and Lily the Co-Founders of CCAI.Happy Life presented by:
The Hanban Culture Tour Group from Ch!n@The Mongolian Minority Dance.New Year Greeting Dance.Beautiful Little Peacock Dance.New Year Ballad.Bamboo Forest Dance.Little Wooden Horse Dance.Flower Girl Dance. Peach Blossom Dance for the King. The Xing Jing Tambourine Dance.
Yummy Tummy :o) --adorable!!!In Closing--The Long Fan Dance.The Chinese Chicago Consulate; Consular Lee and Consular Ming

Happy Year of The Rabbit!

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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

LOA

This is HUGE.
This is the LOA: 'Letter of Acceptance'
One for Bella! And One for Deanna! This means China knows we are coming and they approve of Us to parent these children--
we are blessed. 5 more steps to our two daughters--- almost there.
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Foster Report Udpate


They tell us; Bella is daytime potty-trained. She loves to help you gather your items if you need something. She likes answering the door to greet people and always finds friends to play with. She gets along with everyone. She can hold her bowl and use chopsticks to eat her food. She likes to climb stairs. She can get ready for bed, at bed-time with her Pj's. ;o)
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Monday, January 31, 2011

Bella's Care Package


Bella Xiao Han will also receive a fresh-handmade-birthday-cake with this package. It is made in her local province-- We wanted her and her foster family to be able to celebrate her Birthday. And for them and her to know we miss & love her, and to thank them for caring for Bella while the paperwork process is drawing to a completion,-- as we wait... Bella is turning 5!

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Dinner, anyone?

Tonight for dinner, we had our first recipe from Athena's Christmas present cookbook-- we had Broiled Shrimp w/Vegetable Kebabs; served with Horseradish-Herb-Sour cream Sauce and Stir-Fry Fried Rice. The kids helped gather all the ingredients and even loaded the Kebabs--they had a great time. Yummy! They turned out delicious. P.S. **Mom's on clean-up duty tonight, since the kids cooked--they loved that part. :)

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Monday, January 24, 2011

OMG, Girl Friend; She is 10!!!

Hannah turned 10! Celebrating at the Mouses' House aka Chuckie Cheeses' with her family & BFF's...She is all about the Bieber Man--aka Teen Heart Throb 'Justin Bieber'OMG 'Oh My Gosh' -- TCG 'Totally Cool Girl'Rock'n the sister fist bump--okay the high 5! for the new DS!And... whoo hooo, the Disney 'Tangled' Game!

HBday BG! ' Happy Birthday Baby Girl!'

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Saturday, January 1, 2011

Ring, Ring--Twenty Eleven

Ringing in the New Year: 2011!!
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