We had a small family party to celebrate Kacee's first birthday with our family. She had a great time and really enjoyed opening her presents and eating the cake.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011
Busy, Busy, Busy (as usual)
These past few weeks have just flown by. Here is a quick recap of what has been happening in our lives.
* Kayla is a nominee for the top Geometry student at her school.
* Keaton (finally) was able to celebrate his birthday with his friends.
* Sports have been continuing with practices during the week and games on Saturdays for Kylie, Keaton and Kenzie.
* The weather is finally warming up and we can wear shorts. Yay!!!
* school
* dance
* scouts
* gymnastics
* Kayla is a nominee for the top Geometry student at her school.
* Keaton (finally) was able to celebrate his birthday with his friends.
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| virtual reality roller coaster ride |
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| video from virtual reality roller coaster ride |
* Sports have been continuing with practices during the week and games on Saturdays for Kylie, Keaton and Kenzie.
* The weather is finally warming up and we can wear shorts. Yay!!!
* school
* dance
* scouts
* gymnastics
Thursday, March 17, 2011
When God Calls
First off, I would like to say "THANK YOU" to Linny over at A Place Called Simplicity. She has a post up today that we can link to and ask others for prayer (and show off our family). My daughter (see sidebar) started this blog, but she is so busy this year with school that I have taken it over.
We are a family of 8, soon to be 9. We have adopted 3 times from China (2007, 2008, and 2010). After our last adopt this past July, we thought our family was complete, but God had other plans for us. Not only is He calling us to step out on faith and adopt again, He is asking us to adopt out of birth order and adopt a 13 year old girl that will be aging out soon.
See, in China, once a child turns 14, (s)he is no longer eligible to be adopted. Imagine never knowing the love of a family. We never thought we would be the family for an older orphan, but God is persistent when He calls. We didn't want to listen at first. I mean, our van only seats 8, so we will have to get another type of vehicle. We only have a 5 bedroom house, so where would we put another child? What about all of the time and attention she will need? Will we neglect our other children? Plus our family already thinks we're crazy. We voiced these and many more concerns to God, but ultimately, He calmed our fears. And we found peace knowing that we are following God's plan for our family.
We are asking for prayers:
for a speedy process (We hope to send our dossier to China (DTC) within the next 2 weeks.)
that we are able to communicate with our new daughter once we are DTC so she will know we are coming for her
that our new daughter agrees to be adopted - In China, older kids are asked if they want to be adopted on Adoption Day, and they must sign their name. Some are not even told ahead of time about their new family.
that we can use frequent flyer miles to travel
that our new daughter had an easy acclimation into our family
that our children at home accept their new sister without any major problems
Please let me know you dropped by. Our blog usually does not get a lot of visitors, and I would love to read your comments.
PS - If you scroll down to February, you will see a picture of our new daughter.
We are a family of 8, soon to be 9. We have adopted 3 times from China (2007, 2008, and 2010). After our last adopt this past July, we thought our family was complete, but God had other plans for us. Not only is He calling us to step out on faith and adopt again, He is asking us to adopt out of birth order and adopt a 13 year old girl that will be aging out soon.
See, in China, once a child turns 14, (s)he is no longer eligible to be adopted. Imagine never knowing the love of a family. We never thought we would be the family for an older orphan, but God is persistent when He calls. We didn't want to listen at first. I mean, our van only seats 8, so we will have to get another type of vehicle. We only have a 5 bedroom house, so where would we put another child? What about all of the time and attention she will need? Will we neglect our other children? Plus our family already thinks we're crazy. We voiced these and many more concerns to God, but ultimately, He calmed our fears. And we found peace knowing that we are following God's plan for our family.
We are asking for prayers:
that we will get our income tax refund for our previous adoption credit from 2010 - It seems like the IRS is holding a lot of them for some reason. We need this refund in order to pay our next fee that is due when we send our dossier to China.
for a speedy process (We hope to send our dossier to China (DTC) within the next 2 weeks.)
that we are able to communicate with our new daughter once we are DTC so she will know we are coming for her
that our new daughter agrees to be adopted - In China, older kids are asked if they want to be adopted on Adoption Day, and they must sign their name. Some are not even told ahead of time about their new family.
that we can use frequent flyer miles to travel
that our new daughter had an easy acclimation into our family
that our children at home accept their new sister without any major problems
Please let me know you dropped by. Our blog usually does not get a lot of visitors, and I would love to read your comments.
PS - If you scroll down to February, you will see a picture of our new daughter.
Monday, March 14, 2011
A Week In Review
Thank God it is Spring Break here.
Last week was another jam packed week. My dad came home from the hospital on Thursday afternoon. We had another sports filled weekend. Below are some pictures of Keaton at his flag football game. Kylie and Kenzie went to their grandparents for a few days. This week is a relaxing week at home with the family. Kayla was accepted into the National Honor Society this past week. Yay Kayla!!!
Last week was another jam packed week. My dad came home from the hospital on Thursday afternoon. We had another sports filled weekend. Below are some pictures of Keaton at his flag football game. Kylie and Kenzie went to their grandparents for a few days. This week is a relaxing week at home with the family. Kayla was accepted into the National Honor Society this past week. Yay Kayla!!!
Monday, March 7, 2011
A Week In Review
No pictures this week as I have been spending a lot of my time at the hospital with my dad. Thanks for all of the prayers and well wishes. My dad is doing a lot better.
Anyway...our week was a normal, ordinary, busy week. We had sports, dance, gymnastics, school, babysitting, and church. I love having my kids in activities, but it does get a little difficult managing our schedule.
Anyway...our week was a normal, ordinary, busy week. We had sports, dance, gymnastics, school, babysitting, and church. I love having my kids in activities, but it does get a little difficult managing our schedule.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Kylie's School Picture
This picture was taken in January before Kylie got her haircut. She looks a lot like Kayla.
Monday, February 28, 2011
A Week In Review
I almost did not do a post this week. Last week was a normal week until Friday. My dad went in for a routine procedure at the hospital and ended up having a triple bypass Friday evening. Between keeping everything running at home and being up at the hospital during visiting hours, I am feeling a little run down. Hopefully next week will be better. Please pray for my dad's recovery.
Tabitha
Tabitha
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Look what came in the mail
Our official fingerprint notice appointments arrived in today's mail. We are scheduled to go 3/17.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
A Week In Review
I had never realize how boring my life is until I started doing these posts.
Nothing new here this week. Just school and sports and scouts and life. We did decide on a name for our new addition (I think). She will be called Kaydi.
Enjoy the pictures from Kenzie and Kylie's weekly soccer games.
Go on over and read about Tiffany and her family. Tiffany is a great photographer and has some really neat pictures on her site.
Nothing new here this week. Just school and sports and scouts and life. We did decide on a name for our new addition (I think). She will be called Kaydi.
Enjoy the pictures from Kenzie and Kylie's weekly soccer games.
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| Kenzie scoring a goal |
Go on over and read about Tiffany and her family. Tiffany is a great photographer and has some really neat pictures on her site.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
A Week In Review
Better late than never...
Last week was just another ordinary (boring) week. The only difference between this past week and the one prior is Valentine parties. Our home school group celebrated Valentine's day at the skating rink where the kids exchanged Valentines and candy and skated for two hours. Keaton has improved so much since last time he went skating. Usually he just wants to hang out in the arcade area, but this time I told him he had to skate. Kenzie and Karli had a Valentine party at the library with their age group. Everyone enjoyed themselves and their candy.
Flag football (Keaton) and soccer (Kenzie and Kylie) are starting up again, so we will be busy. I'm starting to think I need a clone in order to get everyone where they need to be at the correct time.
Here are some pictures of Kenzie (and one of Kacee) at her first soccer game this season. She made 4 goals and earned $4.00 from her dad.
Tabitha
My friend Tiffany is also doing a weekly post. Go check it out.
Last week was just another ordinary (boring) week. The only difference between this past week and the one prior is Valentine parties. Our home school group celebrated Valentine's day at the skating rink where the kids exchanged Valentines and candy and skated for two hours. Keaton has improved so much since last time he went skating. Usually he just wants to hang out in the arcade area, but this time I told him he had to skate. Kenzie and Karli had a Valentine party at the library with their age group. Everyone enjoyed themselves and their candy.
Flag football (Keaton) and soccer (Kenzie and Kylie) are starting up again, so we will be busy. I'm starting to think I need a clone in order to get everyone where they need to be at the correct time.
Here are some pictures of Kenzie (and one of Kacee) at her first soccer game this season. She made 4 goals and earned $4.00 from her dad.
Tabitha
My friend Tiffany is also doing a weekly post. Go check it out.
Monday, February 7, 2011
A Week In Review
This week was, as usual, busy with life and activities. Kayla leaves the house and 6:30 in the morning and gets back 12 hours later since she is staying after school for Theater. Add in all of the other activities and lessons, and we never slow down - Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, clarinet lessons, AWANA, ECI for Kacee, speech for Kacee, chess club, dance club, writing tutoring, dance class, the rare doctor appointment, etc. Add in 4 different school pick ups through out the day too. We did have some excitement here on Friday when school was cancelled in the Houston area due to a forecast of snow - which never happened.
On Saturday, we went to the Houston FCC (Families of Children from China) group's Chinese New Year celebration. It was very fun, and everyone had a great time. The pictures are below.
***If you did not see my previous post, scroll down to see some big news!!!
Tabitha
Thanks to my friend Tiffany for "making" me do this post every week.
On Saturday, we went to the Houston FCC (Families of Children from China) group's Chinese New Year celebration. It was very fun, and everyone had a great time. The pictures are below.
***If you did not see my previous post, scroll down to see some big news!!!
Tabitha
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| Kayla - eating a baby octopus (She even went back for seconds.) |
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| The kids first Dragon dance. |
Thanks to my friend Tiffany for "making" me do this post every week.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
INTRODUCING...
...our new sister. She turned 13 years old today. We hope to meet her in July. We are still deciding on a new name that will be perfect for her; however, we do know if will start with a "K."
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