Ni Hao Yall

It’s almost time for Grace to meet her family! She is the newest daughter of our very close friends, Lisa and John. They will leave on the19th and ‘gotcha’ day is set for the 24th!! Lisa has been such an emotional ‘rock’ for me during my two back-to-back adoptions, all the time hoping and praying [...]

I admit, I used to hate Sponge Bob. I thought it was the dumbest show and refused to let my children watch it. Finally I acquiesced and watched a few episodes to prove to the kids how stupid the show was. Well, ol’ Sponge Bob proved himself to be the sweetest, most kind hearted little [...]

We found a local park to spend the afternoon. The kids had a great time, but, once again, my girls were not thrilled to be the focus of my picture taking. Isabelle is old hat at these types of playgrounds, but Sophie is like a kid in a candy store everytime we get out to [...]

If I could take any credit for the little girl that Sophie is, this might be considered bragging, but I can’t. It’s just telling it like it is. She is just such a suprise after reading/preparing/bracing ourselves for toddler adoption. It’s called “hoping for the best, but expecting the worst”. Well, I don’t think we [...]

Well, it’s official. I have 2 two year olds. That just sounds painful. I used to pity people who had two children in diapers and … well God is proving that He has quite a sense of humor We celebrated Isabelle’s big day in style. My sister, her husband and their two daughters came down [...]