Do I see Romance

Sweet (I think they like each other ;)

Going through the tunnel

"What would you like to do Brookie?"

Sharing a secret.

Happy Birthday Lori

Lori, I hope you have a great day. I did this slide show to remind you of all the crazy times we had. I had more pictures, but I knew it would take to long to get them all here. I hated that I could not find more recent ones. LOL. I guess that means we don't get together much any more. I did enjoy taking you out for your birthday Tuesday. It was nice to be with all the ladies and be able to talk. Kevin was a dear, for watching the girls for us. We will have to do it again soon.
I hope you enjoy the slide show and that it brings back some great memories. I could not find the picture of where we got our license and had went to the mall. That was one crazy day. So many memories was made that day. Those big green glasses I will never forget. I could not find that picture. I will never forget how we almost got hit by that train. (there was no warning signs) I am so thankful that God took care of us that day. Just want you to know I love you and will never forget the good times. Happy Birthday. Don't you hate that we are getting Old?

BamaChina

Brooke tells people she lives in BamaChina. She is so funny. She told one person that she lives in Bama, but she came from China. We don't talk much to her about China. She picks up on any thing she hears us say, and she don't forget it.

Today my sister and I went to a Chinese place to eat. The waitress looked at Brooke and said "she from China"
I said "yes"
The lady said "oh where her mom at?"
I pointed to me and said "I am her mom"
The ladies eyes got as big as a saucer and she said "you her mom."
I tried to explain that we had adopted Brooke. I don't know if the lady ever did understand. She seemed so confused. She could not take her eyes off of Brooke. To top it all off, Brooke looked at her and said "Ni hao" (Hello)

Kid At Heart

James, Danny, and Kevin was being kids at heart. Watch Kevin slide. Don't laugh to hard.

Look out Hollywood

"I'm Cool"

Look out Hollywood

Just Thinking.

Fishing

Sweet

Logan, ready to fish.

Brooke holding her little pole. (Notice she has a life jacket on. I am scared of water)

Brianna, putting a cricket on. (Gross)

Courtney trying to catch a fish.

This was Brooke's first time to ever fish. The fish was not biting. I don't know if Brooke will ever want to go again. I think she got bored real fast. We plan on taking her to a friends pond so she can catch some. A girl just has to catch one fish in her life.

More Later

I am about to go to sleep trying to post pictures. I will try and post more later. I have so many that I can't decide what to post. Maybe I should just do a slide show.

I have so many clothes to wash from this trip. That is the bad thing about a trip......clean up.

Brooke slept so good. She did not get Kevin and I up. She slept all night. I think one night I heard her whine, but when I went to check on her she was asleep. Kevin and I slept GREAT.
The past few weeks we have not slept good because we have had to be up with Brooke a good bit. I think when it came bed time we all was ready to crash.
I am looking forward to my nice bed tonight. I just hope Brooke sleeps as well as she did camping. Until later good night.

Camping Pictures

"Let me hold your hand"

Courtney Running.

Miss Brooke

This part of the camping trip, the girls loved. This was a beach area, and they loved it here. The first day was hot and the water felt great. The waves was pretty rough, so I did not let the girls go way out in the water. They was just going to get their feet wet, but the waves would splash them before they would even know it. Of course I got wet also, because I had to hold Brooke to keep her from going way out. LOL Brooke loves water.

We are back

My beautiful Brooke

My beautiful Courtney.

The gangs all here. (We was at a walking trail)

Brooke, Anna, and Danielle

We are back from camping. We had a really nice time. Having some of our friends and family with us made it really nice. I have many pictures, but don't know when I will get them on here. My parents and Kevin's mom rented a cabin where we was at. That made it really nice for us. Mom cooked a really big breakfast one morning and we all ate up there. I think there was 19 of us in the cabin eating a wonderful breakfast. Kevin and I cooked our chocolate gravy for everybody and that was a big hit.
The first night at camp, my dad fixed his great Barbecue and had it for everybody. That night there was 21 of us at the cabin. It was crowded, but very nice. My parents got a cabin on the Lake. The view was breath taking.
The first night my dad and one of his friends played music. Kevin's mom sang. We really enjoyed the music. In fact I think many campers around us enjoyed it also. We had people come up and surround our camp site. Several jeeps pulled up to listen to the music and singing.
We met some really nice people who was camping beside us. The man could cook so good. He would cook over the fire and his food was always good. He would make some of the neatest food, and always wanted us to try it. He made one of the best peach Cobblers I have ever ate.
His wife homeschools also, so we had a lot in common. Their children and ours played wonderful together. They was great camping neighbors. We plan on getting together again with them one day.
I had something neat happen on this trip. We met a family about a year ago who was waiting on their referral for their daughter from China. We had been planning on meeting for supper one night, but it just has not worked out. They got their daughter a year ago. When we pulled into register for a camping spot I saw this beautiful little China Doll coming toward me. I recognized Anna's mom. We both saw each other at the same time. Brooke and Anna just stared at each other. Anna is a mommy's girl, just like Brooke. With them both being a mommy's girl that made it hard for them to play together. Hopefully the more they are together they will become friends.
Both of my girls had a great time. We did not realize it was Fall break, when we made plans to go camping. The place was jammed packed. In fact by, by Friday night there was hardly any campsites left. I will post a few pictures tonight and then hopefully get some more later.

For Melanie

These are some of the pictures that Melanie has edited. I just took them and made a little something for her. I love the work Melanie does. There is so many more pictures that Melanie has done, but I could not fit them all on. It took me forever to do these because I am still new with this. Click on the picture to enlarge.

Bad Neighbor

This was our neighbor. I think he got ran over. We found him across the road from where we live.
We have heard big cats before at our house, but never saw one. We have heard stories about people seeing them. My dad spoke to one of my neighbors who saw a black cougar crossing the road with two cubs back last year. I love living in the country, but this is a little scary. I am sure they would not bother you unless they had rabies or you had them cornered, but I will not take any chances. We live close to a cove. You can not see it from our house, but if you walk across the street and into the woods you can see the cove.
We found it very interesting to see Mr. Bobcat so close to our home. I think others found it interesting also because you could see cars go by and slow down to see this cat. One truck had people in it taking pictures.

Another surprise from Melanie

This is so cool. I love the way Melanie surprised me with this picture. I find this so touching to see Brooke holding this red thread. I can't explain how this made me feel. When I saw this picture and started thinking about the red thread, I had different emotions running through my mind.
Thanks Melanie. We Love you.

Ice Cream for two

Brooke can not stand anything on her hands.

Wiping her hands.

Sweet.

She finally got her hands on the ice cream. LOL

Fun in Katie Lin's Tent.

Chuckie Cheese wiht KL

Lots of tickets.

Not very many tickets.

Sweet Girls

Fun With Katie Lin

Two years ago

This year.

Last year

Two Years ago today I saw my beautiful Brooke's picture. She has changed our lives and brought us so much love, joy, happiness, and laughter. Brooke always makes me smile. She has been a wonderful Treasure from God. I can not believe it has been two years since we got Brooke's referral picture.

Somebody's 40

Happy Birthday, Kimmie. I can't believe my big sister is finally the big 40.
I love you, and hope your day is great.

Imagination

Putting a worm on the hook

Fishing

The girls was playing and they made fishing poles. LOL They really have a imagination. They started fishing off of our porch. Don't you all see that beautiful green water?

Trip to the Library

Look at that hair!!!

I found one mommy.

Enough Pictures, MOM

My book Worm.

Too Cute

This was Brooke's second time to the Library. She loves it. Courtney has turned into a huge Book Worm. She loves to read.