Born on the other side of the world, and placed in our hearts . Now she is home. Before she had a name, our children lovingly referred to her as "the China girl"
Friday, July 4, 2008
Happy 4th of July!
...from Wyoming to the rest of the (Bloggin') world....
On top of Grandpa's float... Nina did some serious flag waving during the entire parade!
My patriotic gang!
Sisterly 4th of July beauty shop :-)Getting ready to shoot off some poppers, glow worms, and sparklers.
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Happy 4th of July!!! Great pictures!! Kids seemed to have lots of fun!!
Oh Barb...Happy 4th to yall too! I have chills from going back and reading your one year adoption posts...oh thank you for sharing your heart. So many of your feelings are feelings I have experienced the past year as well. It's been one ride, hasn't it? I know we wouldn't trade one second of it, because it truly has brought us closer to the heart of God! I agree with you especially when you talked about God never getting us at the cute baby stage but loving us unconditionally anyway. Unconditionally...have we learned that kind of love or what? And hey, I'm STILL learning it! Love you!
The adventures of our family continue long after this adoption journey has ended. For that purpose we will be starting a new Blogfor friends and family. If you would like access to this new blog, please email us at wyochinagirl@gmail.com
We are an international family with roots in the USA, Switzerland, and China. We have 6 children between the ages of 8 and 14. Our youngest two daughters were adopted from China in 2007 and 2010. We live in the "Forever West" State of Wyoming, USA, where we enjoy living and celebrating our different heritage with its unique traditions.
We're nuts about God, family, Swiss Chocolate, legos, traveling, green smoothies, soccer, video games, gardening, Nutella, laptops, tapioca pudding, princesses, reading, home-made bread, potstickers, friends, and many other things that the Lord has blessed us with.
"The flower that blooms in adversity, is the most rare and beautiful of all" (Mulan)
July 2007 at home!
August 2007
September 2007
October 2007
November 2007
December 2007
January 2008
February 2008
March 2008
April 2008
May 2008
June 2008
One year later
July 2, 2008
Two years later
July 2009
love will grow
do you trust me
little girl?
when your merry eyes
seemed dimmed with dreaming
do you grieve?
in their troubled depth
lie memories
of other mothers
this I know
do you trust me
little girl
realize that after me
there will be
no other mothers-
that for this human measure
of "forever"
I am yours?
trust me first
my darling...
love will grow
Grace Sandness
Looking for our travel journal?
Our travels to adopt Nina took place in June and July of 2007. Go to the archive section below, or click on the link below that reads "first travel entry".
3 comments:
Happy 4th of July!!!
Great pictures!! Kids seemed to have lots of fun!!
Yvonne & girls
Oh Barb...Happy 4th to yall too! I have chills from going back and reading your one year adoption posts...oh thank you for sharing your heart. So many of your feelings are feelings I have experienced the past year as well. It's been one ride, hasn't it? I know we wouldn't trade one second of it, because it truly has brought us closer to the heart of God! I agree with you especially when you talked about God never getting us at the cute baby stage but loving us unconditionally anyway. Unconditionally...have we learned that kind of love or what? And hey, I'm STILL learning it!
Love you!
GREAT PICS!!!
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