New Blog

In celebration of our upcoming arrival, we have started a new blog...

http://ourjoyfilledjourney.blogspot.com

Parent/Child

‎I saw this posted by an adoptive mom today on Facebook.

"Natural child: any child who is not artificial.
Real parent: any parent who is not imaginary.
Your own child: any child who is not someone else’s child.
Adopted child: a natural child, with a real parent, who is all my own.”
- Rita Laws

Korean New Year

Each year our Korean Adoption Group celebrates the New Year. The Lunar New Year was last week and our group had another amazing gathering filled with music, K Pop, delicious food, a magician crafts, and so much more. The kids LOVED going this year. They love the college students being there. Ben and Cami volunteered to be part of the Karate demonstration. The blur in the picture is the guy breaking a board after jumping over the 5 kids. All of the kids loved it! One of the other favorites was the magician. He took an empty semi smashed Dr. Pepp*r can and filled it with the "air" around him. As he waved it around, it filled up and sealed. He opened the can, poured it in a cup and handed it to Ben to try. WOW was Ben feeling like a million bucks! We ended the evening with some delicious Korean food before heading out and dropping Ben off at the Kohl center with Stacy, Brian, and Hank to watch the UW Hockey game. We are looking forward to Korean Culture Day coming up!

Cami's Subtraction Rhyme

Cami's teacher is so creative! She has so many wonderful, fun ways to help the kids learn. Last week Cami brought home this...

Subtraction Rhyme

More on Top

no need to Stop!

More on the floor,

go next door and get

10 more!

Numbers the same?

Zero's the game!

Happy New Year!

2011 is gone and we are happy to welcome 2012. I love the number 12, have since I was in high school. I am not exactly sure why, but I have always considered it my favorite number, a lucky number. Now that we are beginning 2012, I feel a sense of excitement, of hope. We have many things we are looking forward to doing this year including a week long cruise to the Bahamas with my mom and step dad and with Mike, Allison, and the kids. We also hope to sell our land and find the house that will be our "forever" house. Only God knows what is in store for our lives. We pray for His blessings in whatever we do and wherever we go!
Happy New Year and Welcome 2012!