Our Family

I don't know where summer went but boy we continue to have a very busy schedule. Samuel is starting Kindergarten and Soccer Season is starting in a few weeks.

Steven is starting Freshmen Year oh I am so not ready to have him drive yet this fall either ......what can I say he is still my baby.

Sarah is doing great at daycare she really gets along great with the kids her words are just starting to blurb out by the bunches these days and its nice to see that she is still picking up new signs at daycare and teaches me a few new ones. Especially when I don't understand her words then she will sign lol...... she is full of cuddles and love these days and I can tell she is starting to feel more and more comfortable and it feels great. She is such a blessing I can’t imagine what it was like anymore before she was part of our family. I have to laugh because she is starting to learn that even when Mom scolds her sometimes its hard for me to be serious cause she gets so cute and sometimes smiles and starts hugging and kissing me……lol….how can you stay serious.

After Labor Day her and I will be signing up for a Parent / Child Dance Class at the Chinese American Association of MN. I am very much looking forward to that Sarah loves music and just starts jigging away the minute you turn on the tunes. It's just tooo cute!

Pioneer Park

Picnic at Pioneer Park

What a beautiful day and what a perfect day for a Picnic. Today we met with our agencies Travel Group 91 for a Picnic in Stillwater at Pioneer Park. Most of the group was able to make it and it was so nice to meet all the little girls. They are all so adorable. The are all walking now and just chatting up a storm, lots of smiles and cute laughs.
The boys had a lot of fun and Sarah after being a bit shy warmed up rather quickly and then was off in her element on the playground and running with the kids. We had lots of great food everyone brought and it was just a perfect afternoon all around. The view from the Park was fabulous.

Geocaching

On Tuesday we went on our very first Geocaching outing with our Friends Ron and Beth and Hope. Thank you Guys we had so much Fun and as Samuel says "You guys are awesome" :-) And he was so proud to be allowed to use one of Ron's GPS Systems.
We did have a fabulous time, all got home exhausted and the kids slept great but it was fun. The kids are already looking forward to our next outing and we did see quite a few caches needing to be found located in our neighborhood so we may tackle a few on a couple of upcoming evenings.

Samuel and Sarah

More Updates

Sarah continues to do as well as can be expected, some times we wonder what is related to being two and what is related to the attachment process and the changes that are going on in her life. For the most part we are trying to keep low profile don’t have much family or event exposure. She had her first experiences with tornado warnings and having to be woken in the middle of the night, once thru which she slept right thru. She is such a happy but also very determined one our Sarah. She is learning quite a bit more sign language and new words like "mine" and "no" of course, she loves to sign and insists on her nightly book before bed time.

We also had her appt. to get caught up on shots and ohhh boy she did not like that, but then how many kids do you know that do ;-)
We celebrated Steven’s and mom’s birthday, we decided that we will pick up Geocaching as a family “sport” and we also had a get together with Cousin Kyan when they came to visit for Auntie’s graduation this past weekend, which was a lot of fun, we all went to the Mall of America.

Garry and I are back at the Gym a few nights a week ok so more me then him right now as he has an accounting course to finish, yak. And in 3 weeks its back to school for the boys. Steven will be a Freshman this year yikes I am getting old ;-)
This Saturday we will also attend the annual Crossroad Adoption Picnic and we will meet many new families that have been on the same journey we have, we hope to see our little friend Millie again as well. And believe it or not we are coming up on our 6 months report to the CCAA so it is definitely time to get those family pictures done.

Dragon Boat Festival

July 15. 2007

We went to the Dragon Boat Festival in Saint Paul MN with our good friend Joan and her girls Elizabeth and Isabella, we all had a lot of fun the weather was just beautiful but we missed Daddy with us. We played a lot on the playground and we watched some of the Dragon Boat races and did some booth shopping. We spend some time there watching the acrobats and the music it was such a relaxing and enjoyable day.

Final Adoption Day

Time flies........

So it appears life has gotten even busier and I have gotten behind on posting. We had a lot happening since the last entry including our State Finalization of Sarah’s Adoption. What a wonderful feeling it was to have that done and no more paperwork no more final steps, this is it we are all DONE. The court meeting went really quick once we got into the court room and the judge was very nice, asked us a lot of questions about the process and how it all went for us. Now we can go ahead and get Sarah’s Passport and US Birth Certificate.