Every Boy's Dream

Sitting in the driver's seat...

 Trying on the gear...

Practice drills...

Thanks, Jason, for a great tour!

Birthday Message

Fourteen years ago, I was smitten with you.

Eleven years ago, I committed to you.

Today, I am completely and totally blown away by you.

Thanks for this amazing adventure.

I couldn't love you more.

Happy 35th birthday!

Came across this verse, yesterday.  “Once our eyes are opened, we can’t pretend we don’t know what to do. God who weighs our hearts and keeps our souls knows that we know and holds us responsible to act …” Proverbs 24:12  What a crazy, exciting, wonderful act He's given us!

No Sweeter Sound

Rob had his first piano lesson, last night.

He didn't want to go.

It was definitely something new for him and a little scary at six.

He braved it up and went.

He loved it! 

He came home able to play his first song.

Nothing has ever sounded sweeter to his parents than Jolly Old St. Nicholas, on a warm September night.

After the lesson, the kids devotional actually encouraged them to try something new. 

It reminded us to forget our fears.  

God has filled His world with wonderful opportunities. 

He has hidden many special talents in each of us. 

It's our decision to find them.

"I can do all things through him who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13

First Day

Today was the day that Charlie and Jack started preschool.  Charlie returned for his second year and will be in the Busy Bluebird 4-year old class.  Jack will be a Busy Bunny in the 3-year old class.

Notice how big Jack's backpack and Charlie look. 

Or you could just say, notice how SMALL our Jack looks!

Any words of wisdom, Charlie?

You were a Bunny, just last year!

There were no tears, just smiles. 

Especially at pick-up!

Meet Charlie II

Rob's First School Day

This year's send-off wasn't nearly as traumatic for the household as last year's.

Rob with his two crossing guards.

Right on time!

What should we do now, Charlie?

We'll be just fine without our ring leader!

5 + 1 = 6

"No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him." 1 Corinthians 2:9

China has a population of over 1.4 billion people.

Guangzhou has a population of over 1 million people.

The distance from Beijing (where New Day is) to Guangzhou (our last China stop) is 1,173 miles.

And we just happened to run into the man who took Jack from his province to New Day.

That meeting unlocked the key to Jack's past. Our referral papers were incorrect. Without Doug Bush recognizing Jack, we would have never found out about New Day. In addition to what we learned from ND's blog and website, New Day sent us over 300 pictures of Jack's time there. Here's a little snippet...

Because of what we learned, there's a new little girl at ND.

She is now going to have heart surgery like Jack.

Meet Jayden.

Seeing her eyes along with the other ND kiddos melted our hearts...

Who said three boys was enough?

Let's do it again!

That's right.

We're going back to China.

No April Fool's, Grandmas.

It's real.

We started the process August 13, 2010.