The boys attempt at cookie making.... again!!!!

Cody and Ryan found it more fun to have a "cookie dough fight" rather than "cookie dough creations". Never the less.... they are no Betty crocker or should I say, Emeril.

Making Christmas ornaments at school

Ryan and his 4th grade class made christmas ornaments at school last week. They turned out very nice, but some broke between school and home.... not even a hot glue gun could fix it!!!

Celebrating a wedding

Congratulations to Jeff and Brittany!!
We attended our friends wedding today and it was absolutely beautiful. They have dated for 7 years and we wish them many more together. I also had a chance to add a couple pictures of the boys. I feel like I haven't had time lately to take many photos of them. Oh, the cakes were delicious!!!!

Introducing our newest member of our family*updated information

We received the call yesterday about 2:45 pm. and this is what we know so far:

Chinese Name: Gou-Quixi
Birthday: Sept. 20, 2006
Her weight is: 14.3 lbs.
Her height is: 26"
She is in the Chengdu City SWI, Sichuan Province

we will receive everything else tomorrow via Fed-Ex!!!

LOVE the hair!!!
* We have received more information on our new Daughter!!
Chinese meaning of her name..
Last name: Gou (ease)
First name: Qiu (spring season)
Middle name: Xi (royal seal)
She grows up to be a blessed and beautiful person who has a comfortable life.

Here are a few more stats on our girl...

She hold her head up while lying on the stomach
crawls on hands and knees
Stands alone for a moment
Sits alone quite steadily
Laughs aloud
Active.....(oh my!)lol
Fond of listening to music..(Cody loves that!)
Quick in reaction
Impatient sometimes...(mom can relate!!)
Having a ready smile
Fond of playing games
Distinguishes between acquaintance and stranger’s
Deep sleeper (thank you Lord!!)
Favorite toy is a stuffed toy (I think that's pretty common)

Senior pictures

Cody's senior pictures are finally here!!

Doll Shopping!!

We are hoping to hear from our agency any day now about a new referral, so I have once again, started shopping for more dolls.

Some of you already know of the loss of Cody's friend, Jon yesterday. It has been a trying week and a half for the students and especially Jon's family. Jon was in a golf cart accident on Oct. 29th and has been in a drug induced coma until God called him home around 10:00 am Wed. morning. Jon was blessed by many prayers while he was with us. The students and friends from school kept the faith and held prayer circles daily with most staying at the hospital constantly. Jon was truly a light and blessing to all that knew him and he touched so many lives. He will be deeply missed. I ask that everyone pray for his family that Gods Grace will surround them and give them Peace and Comfort, especially the next few days. To visit his site go to: www.caringbridge.org/visit/jonmetcalf

A Great Halloween Party!

Ryan had a GREAT time at Reece and Hannah's Halloween Party! Everyone's costume was adorable. They started out playing games and a costume contest before they got dirty. Next was lots of food (pizza and roasting Winnies) hot chocolate and trick-r-treating, I think one of the favorites was the toilet paper roll, which was a lot of toilet paper!! They all took a swing at the piñata, many, many swings, a seed spitting contest and then a little hayride to top off the night! I have to say, Reece and Hannah and of course mom and dad, did a wonderful job again this year!!

Coco dressed for Halloween