About our Journey

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Lee and Tami have been married for 22 years. We have two daughters the old fashion way, Savannah is our oldest daughter, she is 23. Alyx, our second daughter is 17. And we have five children via God's gift of adoption, Graci, who came home from China to join our family in 2007, is 7, and Dax, who came home from Guatemala in 2007 to join our family, is 6. Thad and Kamby joined our family in Dec. 2009 from Ethiopia. They are both 4 years old. Susi, our latest addition, came home from China(Aug. 2011) is 6 years old.Now we are on our way back to China to bring home our precious 3 year old son, JJ.

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Valenetine's Day Fun

These boys are awesome!

Kamby loves her new bathrobe and hairwrap that Grandma made for her.

IDK, Susi style!

Miss Graci loses her first tooth!

Graci just loves her baby brother and he digs his big sister, a lot!

Susi so happy eating her cookies since she had to spend Valentine's day morning at the heart center.

Alyx helping Dax skate, his first time on roller skates.

They were up.....

They were down....

Up again....

and down again.

What a fun day skating!

Thad and Kamby reading together, so precious!
I love my babies!

Kamby and bear having a tea party.

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Gotcha Day and February Fun!

Princess Graci Jia on her 5th Gotcha Day!

Susi, Graci, and Kamby -all Chinese princesses today to celebrate Graci's Day!

Then and Now

Alyx, Graci, Kamby, Susi, Dax, and Thad on Gotcha Day (outside the hospital after visiting baby Gracelyn).

These sweeties are best friends and love each other so much! Thad loves giving hugs.......

but they always end up falling down and sometines someone gets hurt. :(

Susi at the aquarium with the sharks swimming behind her.

Having fun at the aquarium with all the fishies swimming around us.

Thad always kept an eye on the fishes, especially the rays and sharks.

And he always kept his distance and never got close to the tanks. He was intrigued but cautious!

Graci showing her first loose tooth, bottom left.

Susi making Valentine's cards at Joni and Friends.

Thad making some Valentine's to give to families affected by disability at Joni and Friends.

Kamby focusing on her Valentine card, she made some really pretty ones.

Graci doing a beautiful job on her Valentine cards. She is so happy to make cards to give to families like ours!

Artist Alyx!

Mommy and my tribe at Joni and Friends. Fun Day!!!!

Everyone working on their Valentine's - Thad, Kamby, Savannah, Alyx, Graci, Susi, and Dax.

It has been such a busy but wonderful week so far. Celebrating our precious Graci Jia, then our first visit to the aquarium in Tempe, and then making Valentine cards at Joni and Friends. We have been running non stop but what a blessing these past few days have been!
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