Easter Egg Hunt #1!!!

Kiah's not too sure about visiting the bunny so she decided to just run past him several times

Jake's favorite part of the afternoon.... THE MOONBOUNCE

BASKETS are ready!!!

Today we went to the 1st of 3 Easter Egg Hunts. This one was sponsored by a local campsite that I never even really knew existed! The Easter bunny was there and they had egg hunts set up for 2 different age groups. 1 - 3 yr olds and then 4 and up. The only problem with this is the 4, 5 & 6 year olds were RUN OVER by the 8, 9 and 10 year olds as they were hunting for eggs. Jake was crushed to only get 4 eggs. However, he was pleased that there was CANDY in each of them!!!

Kiah did a little better with 9 eggs. My mom actually found the SUPER DUPER SPECIAL egg which she knew was a big deal but graciously pointed it out to another child since he didn't have many eggs. My mom made mention of the egg during the hunt but I was so involved with making sure Kiah got some eggs that I didn't realize what she had said. Shortly after the egg hunts were over the mom of the little boy walked up to us and handed this very special egg back to my mom. The lady said, "Please take this. It is really yours." My mom handed it to me and as I looked down at it I noticed that inside the see-through plastic was a scrap of paper that read: You've won $25.00. It was so nice for this lady to give the egg to my mom. My mom is one of the most generous, giving, loving people I know. I aspire to have this quality. She is a great role model. I immediately decided that I would donate the money to a child's cleft sugery though Love Without Boundaries. When we claimed the prize I made sure that they knew that was where the money was going. It was wonderful to see kindness was returned with kindness especially during this special season of Easter.

What was McDonalds thinking???

Last night we took the kids to McDonalds for happy meals. (I promise we DON'T do this often!) Jake quickly noticed that they were handing out new toys. They had both girls toy and boys toys so we, of course got one of each. Jake got a super cool Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. When the turtles head is smashed down (who thought of this???) a little motercycle guy spills out of his turtle shell.

Kiah on the other hand, was not as thrilled with her toy. Evidently they are giving away Wizard Of Oz figures. When I first saw the advertisement on the big ordering board... hey... I thought it might be pretty cool. HOWEVER, when we pulled the figure out of the bag and opened it... Kiah took 1 look at it, tossed it on the floor of the car and starting crying. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING when they made these horrible versions of the characters!!! Kiah is scared of it and Jake simply said "EW!". This thing has been picked up and thrown down more times than the plastic kicking balls we have in the backyard! Right now it is laying face down.... on the carpet.... in the far end of the family room. Unless it gets up and walks by itself (by looking at it... this MAY happen)... I think it will be laying there for awhile as NO KID in this house wants to look at it let alone PLAY with it!

Next time Kiah will be getting a boy toy.

Saturday pics.

Kiah and her "FAITH" necklace

All dressed up and no where to go.

Accessories include: ducky easter basket, sunglasses, glamorous clip-on purple earrings, HELLO KITTY bandaid box with MANY various size hello kitty bandages plastered all over her body covering her imaginary boo-boos and of course.... her Hello Kitty underwear.

The pictures below are of Kiah putting on her Hello Kitty band-aids.

first nice spring day...

smiling Kiah

so so cute...

first ice cream of the spring season

Luke turns 17 months old today!!!

Happy 17 months baby boy!!!

After this weekend....

husband worked all weekend.... kids were "recovering" from their illnesses.... did lots of housework which was quickly trashed.... cooked many unappreciated meals.... The only person that was 1/2 way pleasant this weekend was KATELYN!!! Surprise surprise surprise!!!! Until I picked up a piece of paper off of her floor that was a TO DO list for Spring Break. I had many concerns about this list but my all time favorite was #8. Her and her best friend Kelleigh are planning to heat Kelleigh's parents pool with BLOWDRYERS!!! WHAT!!! COME ON NOW MAN!!! Have we all NOT seen the "blowdryer in the bathtub" scenes in movies??? Why would you want to up the anty with a FULL SIZE POOL and MANY blowdryers???? And what about this SEEMS fun... OR SAFE??? And she couldn't seem to understand WHY I was upset about this!!! Geesh....

Why I haven't posted recently....

Kiah on the verge of tears

Jake.... just crying.

Can you say SICK SICK SICK and CRANKY KIDS???!!!! Oh My! And I'm not just talking about Kiah and Jake! Katelyn has been sick as well!!! And me and Brandon too!!! Jake has a bad cold with fever, Kiah has strep throat, me and Brandon have the run-of-the-mill colds and Katelyn has a bad rash on her back. Again... Oh My!!!

Hope to be back to full blogger strength soon!

Oh... by the way.... today is day 76!!! Getting closer to our new boy EVERYDAY!!!

Check out our new update on Luke's site:

www.myadoptionwebsite.com/Luke

PRAISE THE LORD!!!

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TODAY is a GREAT day!!! TODAY is a WONDERFUL day!!! This morning I opened my email and received 7 wonderful pictures and 1 video of our precious son Luke waiting for us in China. Some of the pics were taken before his surgery on 2/6 and some were taken after on 3/6.... just 6 days ago!!! I am going to be giving some BIG HUGS to some lovely ladies when we get there in May!!!




Blessed be the Lord, because He has heard the voice of my
supplications! The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart
trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly
rejoices, and with my song I will praise Him. Psalm 28:6-7.

Our beauty queen.... with her Barbie high heels, shirt tucked into her underwear, Dora watch and messy ponytail. Simply perfection!!!

Kiah and Sofia having tea!!!

The girls just hanging out

Today we met with our new friend Maritza and her new daughter Sofia. We met Martiza this past spring at a mutual friend's birthday party. Maritza and her husband were *patiently* waiting for their referral from China. They got caught up in the slow down with China adoptions and ended up waiting 2 years to see who their daughter was. Sofia is simply beautiful!!! She is from Shangrao SWI in Jiangxi province. Shangrao is about 1 1/2 hours from Yingtan which is where Kiah is from! The girls had a great time playing!!! We hope to see more of Maritza and her lovely daughter.

Mamie Carol and Grandpa Chet's visit!!!

Last weekend Brandon's parents, Chet and Carol (AKA Mamie Carol and Grandpa Chet) came to visit for the weekend. We had a GREAT time with them. Here are a couple pictures from our time together.

Pictures from last week.

The Tigger Ponytail holder.... this looked really cute at Disney when I bought it (MANY years ago). It just doesn't look too cute sitting atop a toddlers head.

Side view of the Tigger Ponytail holder. Not a hit with Kiah.

When I asked her to go lay on the sofa... this was not exactly what I meant.

"bed head" Kiah and her most prized Hello Kitty barrette