A quick visit with my best friend!

Chase won one of those balls that are blown up that have those "legs" on it, and he got it on his first try!!! :) Well, it busted, and he decided to use it as a hat!! Olivia thought it was cool too!!

Silly boy
Lana and her handsome son, Roman
Me and my "nephew" Roman
Isn't he beautiful?? Look at those eyes!!

At the Christmas place!

This is what she does when she is done..not always this big though!!
Sweet! But I really think she's done!!
She LOVES rocks...
Peppers. Anthony took this...pretty huh?
Us looking at the birds.

Picture time!

The Langley grandparent picture! Cute huh?
Papaw, Olivia and Nana
Anthony asked her if she would go and sit down by the flowers so he could take a picture...and she did!! She's so smart...oh and beautiful!
Sweet, sweet, sweet!
I like this one.

Just a note!

I can't express enough how important and special this reunion was to me. I know that these little girls don't remember eachother, but we are parent's know that these precious little ones were in an orphanage together for 9-10 months. That is a special bond that I don't feel ever needs to be broken. They might not be best of friends in the future because of the miles between, but then again, who knows? We are going to encourage these reunions as much as possible. We are going to attempt to be at them as much as possible also. We love these girls and their families and the time that we shared and the memories and the moments just can't be taken away. Some of us live where our girls might not see anyone that looks like them and some live where there are several around, but one thing is for sure...as long as we keep coming to the reunions, they will always know that they are not alone, they are blessed beyond all measure and that they are loved tremendously! Our family is very precious to us and we don't take the responsiblity of having our bio boys lightly...but to adopt is a different story and that is something that we certainly don't take lightly. God gives us all our children..they are all blessings and we will do whatever it takes to boost their self-esteem, make them feel a part and live their lives the best way possible for themselves but for the most part, for God. We know that HE is the one that gave us these children and aren't we all SOOO thankful??
To our China beauties, you truly are beautiful, not just on the outside but the inside. You are all so smart and we are so glad that we can be just a small part of your BIG lives!
To the families, you are all doing a tremendous job with these girls. They are so well attached, they smile often, laugh alot and are just perfect!!!
To the families that didn't get a chance to come...we missed you so much. I pray that we can all attend the rest of the reunions...we need to see eachother atleast once a year!

We had a blast this summer...so, until next year in Washington, DC!! Love you all!!

More goodbye's

The Marsh family
The Bahm family
Ummm.us!! The Langley family
The Brown family
Peek-a-boo Molly

Saying goodbye! :(

The mommas and the babies
The daddys and the babies
The Sweet family
The Brammers (And Aunt Bridget)
The Kenner's (And Aunt Jessie)

We took over McAllisters

our beautiful family.
This is how it was in China..except way more babies!!
The big kids were on the other side of McAllister's haha
They went and sat in these by themselves..thought that was so funny.
Had to get a close-up picture

It's for the birds!!

Olivia didn't really know if she wanted to touch this bird...snowflake.
Then she decided that she was ok with it.
I know, I will talk to anything!! HAHA
Zack, the tallest of us all, held the smallest bird!!
Close-up of her face...sad huh?

Gatlinburg, TN

Me and big cheeks Molly..isn't she beautiful???
Stephanie and Laney Katherine..LOVE her curly hair!
Daddy and Olivia. Olivia is allergic to bites...any kind of bites...and she got bit about 3 times the day before and he eye is swelling because of it. No we don't beat her!! HAHA
Cam and this beautiful bird.
Chase and this bird unscrewing the screw in his glasses, HAHA We had to tighten it, really!

More friends!

Silly David!! We went put-putting 3D style and this is David with the glasses on !!
They stopped and started the ball many times! They thought they were cool!! HAHA
LOVE THIS PICTURE!! Molly and Olivia!
Getting this one in black and white! How sweet is this?
Me, Olivia, Molly and Robin!

Happy Birthday to us!

The summer is full of birthdays for my family. Well to start with, March is Anthony's, then....May-Cameron, June-me, July-Chase and August-Zackery...so because the Langley's can't be at out house for every birthday, they got us a cake for all 4 of us....thanks Mrs. Betty and MR. Willie.


We were both giving Olivia kisses...she thinks that's funny.

Fun days!

Our "gansta" girl!!
Haha...got you Jordan! Very cute Miranda and Chase!!
Aww she loves her daddy!!!
Anthony and Gracie..she kinda resembles Olivia to us...what about you???
Heath tickling Paige...she LOVED it!!!