Introducing Tori Chih-Hua!

I received this photo later on and some of her other photos.... We would imagine this is around 5-6 yrs old... She must be celebrating Christmas Festivities at the Orphanage.... She is soooo beautiful..

The most recent photo we have of her.

This is one of the first photos we saw of her... She always has a smile.

Her smile is soooo perfect........

After asking some questions about her and getting them answered we felt comfortable to put in for her within a few days we heard word that her birthmom had chose us to adopt her and 1 week later we had her adoption documents in our hands...Two weeks later they were back to the facility to start her adoption process. We then found out we will be Skyping soon. We are so excited for her to finally meet us through Skype. I have sent a large photo album filled... with photos of our family to her and lots of other goodies in her care packages...........

We will keep you all posted.....

SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hard to believe that we even had snow this year let alone Dec. 26th. We got about 3-4 inches and the little ones enjoyed it for a little bit... Too cold even for them... Lets hope January and February does not bring us more.

We had some last Jan..... So twice in one year is plenty for all of us....

Merry Christmas 2010

We all had a beautiful Christmas. Tyler showed up around 4:45 am after getting off duty to arouse the little ones out of bed... World record complete wrath of unwrapping gifts by 6am. UGH!!!! I have to say we enjoyed every minute of it... We can hardly wait to share another Christmas together next year... Next year we will have added our last addition to the Family. This will be her 1st Christmas one in which we will be thankful to have had with her.... To my kiddos and my hubby thanks for a Fabulous Christmas together.... Love to all.

Happy 4th Birthday Tessa!

It's hard to believe our little Tessa is getting to be such a big girl. At 4 yrs. old she continues to keep us on our toes... She is still busy as ever and has a smile that can light a room.... Tessa has brought a lot of love to our family and a lot of laughter.... In the wake of adding a sister older then her we wonder how she will try and boss her... She is very excited about getting a new Jie Jie and tells everyone she is getting a new sister...

We love you Tessa and wish you another year of Happiness....

Our Annual Taiwan Picnic Oct. 2010

Another great get together with many children adopted from Taiwan, some families with children also from China, Vietnam and Ethiopia... Everyones families seem to grow with more adopted children throughout the years.... We are truly blessed to have such great friends through adoption.... Ones in which our children will continue to share a special bonds with....

We so enjoy this annual picnic to catch up and see how much the children have grown and blossomed into their new lives in America.

Fun Weekends

We celebrated Moon Festival with some of our Chinese Friends.... We have and awesome group to Hang out with for all of our Chinese Festivals and Celebrations.All the kiddos are sure growing up....

A great day at Kids Fest put on at the Police Dept where Tyler works.