Introducing.....Emily

After receiving an email from a fellow adoptive mother pleading for homes willing to take in teenagers, we knew that we would love to help out. We searched through 250 profiles of students and we fell in love with a 15 year old from Taiwan named Emily. We filled out the necessary paperwork for Forte International, and then we were matched with Emily. She arrived in the United States on July 28th. The kids were so excited to welcome in another "big sister". We have fallen in love with this precious girl. She has the best personality, and she is so cute and funny too. We will truly treasure the time we will have with Emily over the next year, and we are trying to learn as much as we can from her.

Sleeping Beauty

Paul and I went to Aruba for a week to celebrate our tenth anniversary. When we returned I left my suitcase on the floor, and LeeLee one day curled up in it to take a nap. I was gone and I returned to find everyone sleeping, I couldn't find LeeLee anywhere, and I started to panic. I finally found her sleeping in the suitcase safe and secure. We assume that she figured that I couldn't leave without her if she was in my suitcase. By the way Tricia kept me children while I was gone, and she was the best! I don't know what we would do without her!

Swing Dancing

One of our college students, Anna Ruth is an excellent swing dancer. We went swing dancing with her one Friday night, and LeeLee wanted to dance all the dances. Anna Ruth accommodated her some, but we got to see her do some really great dancing. We love you Anna Ruth, you are such a blessing to our family!

Free Chicken

Chick-fil-a offered free food on Friday, July 13th, if you dressed up like a cow. It was just two tempting for us. So, we dressed up and headed out to moo for the cashiers and get a free meal. We had so much fun dressed up like cows. Everyone else at chickfila may have looked at us funny, but they were all jealous that we were eating for free.

Tug of War

Rags and Hunter love to play tug of war. Rags usually ends up the winner. They do this everyday for about an hour. I love to watch them, and I can't wait for the day that Hunter wins.

And she's out of there

When I went to get LeeLee out of bed one morning, this is what I found when I opened the door. She has incredible balance. I told her to hold on, and I went to get the camera. She was still waiting for me upon my return. She cracks me up. She will be a great gymnast someday.

The Blessing of Rain

Everytime a little bit of rain falls we thank God for what he is giving us. When it started raining hard a few weeks ago, we went out to play. These are the sweet pictures of LeeLee playing at the bottom of the gutter. I love the one of her looking up.