Sunday, July 13, 2014

Our 5th Forever Family Day....

Forever Family Day is a super special day for us.

It's the day in China we forever became a family. The Lord blessed us with this beautiful special baby girl and I cant image our lives without her.


Today we wanted to celebrate and make sure Reese knows how special today is and how special she is. We talked together and decided to spend the day at the aquarium with a special cousin.
 
 These two have a special bond as friends and cousins. We are thankful for sweet KK.




 We touched sting rays...


 We saw strange coral....



  and of course we saw fish or every shape, size, and color
 we got to climb and crawl in crazy spaces...
 together we went everywhere... like a blur we were on the move...
 and of course we are at the age to pose for a couple of grownup shots...


 

 but the dolphins were by far our favorite... the dolphins just loved the girls and kept swimming up to the glass and laying their heads against it to be touched.
 it was incredible....

 and the girls loved it...


 it was like the dolphin wanted them two to come in and play... it was so special.







 they kept coming back to the girls as long as we stood there.
 

 

 the divers put on a super show and tried an underwater hug with the girls..



and awesome day was had by all...

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

5 years later.....

It's hard to put into words how our lives have been blessed these past 5 years....



It was 5 years ago today we boarded a plane to Newark to begin our journey around the world ...a journey of a lifetime...a journey to our daughter. My first flight ever and the first of many for this one trip.


Some thought we were crazy ... some thought we were brave... I thought we were a little of both...God thought we were faithful. I really don't know what we were then but I know what we are now... blessed beyond measure.



Thank you Lord for seeing beyond our faults and failures and blessing us with our awesome daughter, Reese.


Reese sweetheart, you are so special. The beauty you see and the joy you express in the simple things humbles me. The enthusiasm you show each day in whatever you set out to do inspires me and the bravery you've shown so many times as you have faced a medical procedure or new situation leaves me in awe of you.

You have forever changed not only me and your Dad but so many others.



You are so loved sweet baby girl. Thank you Reese for loving us back. 
 
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