LIFE ...as we know it.: April 2011

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Happy Birthday Kylie

Kylie turned 12 today. We celebrated her birthday by going out to a local Hibachi Steakhouse.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Pictures of the Kids

A few weeks ago we went to Alto to visit the kids' grandparents. While there, we took some group pictures. Here are a few of the better ones.

Kacee has been enrolled in the Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) program since she came home. However, once she turns 3, she is no longer eligible for ECI services. Therefore, today (her third birthday), she started preschool at the local elementary school. Here are some pictures taken this morning on the way to school.

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Happy 3rd Birthday Kacee!

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.

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.

virtual reality roller coaster ride

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

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Here's a little information about us... Hello, and thanks for visiting our family's blog. This is a blog primarily ran and updated by my mom and me, with the sole purpose in mind of telling our story and sharing our unique and beautiful but chaotic family with all of our friends. The unique thing about our family is that we are made up of 2 adults and 6 kids--3 of whom are adopted internationally from China. Our world turned upside down for the first time when, in 2005, we began the process to adopt our 1st angel, Kenzie, and even more so when we traveled to China in 2007 to pick her up (She was 9 months old). Feeling like our family was complete for awhile, we continued as a family of 6 people for a little over 2 years until God placed Kacee into our lives and we began the process to pick her up and bring her into our household in the summer of 2010 at age 27 months. Still, we felt incomplete as whole, so began to pray and watch God change our hearts as we stepped into the process to pursue an adoption of an older child, a 13 year old girl, Kari. She arrived home in November 2011, and I am happy to say that after 3 adoptions and a lot of love and blessings from God, our crazy family--now made up of 8 people--is now complete forever. -Kayla

LIFE ...as we know it.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Easter