Happy 100th Birthday Great Grandma!!

Meredith's Great Grandmother Catherine turned 100 years old last Sunday!! So Jie Jie, Auntie Feather (Heather), PopBob, Geny, Cousin Scott, Cousin Suzanne, Meredith and I went to Kansas for the celebration. Aunt Pat and Uncle Doug met us there from Washington and we had a party for Grandma complete with cake, ice cream and punch. How fortunate and blessed we all are to have this wonderful woman in our lives!
We love you Grandma!!

Qu Mei and Qu Sha

The top photo was taken in April 2008, in Hunan China.
These two precious girls spent the first year of their lives under the care of this wonderful woman, their foster mother.




On January 17, 2010, Qu Mei (Meredith), and her beautiful foster sister, Qu Sha (Lily) were re-united. It was such a blessing to meet Lily and her family and to have the opportunity for these children to re-connect and establish a lifelong bond that will be so meaningful to them in the future. I am so grateful to Debbie for traveling to meet up with us, so honored to be introduced to Miss Hannah and so thankful that we were brought together.



We look forward to many more reunions and lots of photo opportunities and stories in the future!

Re-connecting

Every so often we are able to re-connect with the other Colorado families that we traveled to China with when we brought home our precious daughters. These times are so very special and I hope we can continue to gather so that our girls can maintain their bond and grow their frindships.
This particular day was spent at the Denver Aquarium and then out to lunch for some yummy Mexican food and fun together at the restaurant. Hopefully the next reunion we will be able to let the kids run around outside more....maybe a park?!?
We love you Joie and Ren!!! (Loe too, of course)!!

One Last Christmas Celebration

Between all of the festivities and other holiday events, we had a bit of a delayed celebration with my sister and brother in-law. Nevertheless, we managed to get in a fun evening of wining,dining and lots of fun with Auntie Heather and Uncle Dan! Thanks for the beautiful hat and scarf - - it is super cute!!

Random Pics

Here are some random pictures from the past couple of weeks....