"Gotcha" Day

It seems unbelievable but 6 years ago we adopted Shaelyn! Today is her "Gotcha Day" We've never really celebrated it but I decided that we really need to acknowledge this special day. I took the day off work and she spent the day with friends doing special "China" things and we went to a special Chinese restaurant with the family for supper.
Shaelyn, we are so happy that you are the little girl that God chose to join our family. Hope you had a fun and special Gotcha Day!


Holding the paper lanterns that they all made














Going down the slide at Playworld with her friends

















New chopsticks and a jade bracelet!

Heritage Camp - China

Shaelyn got to go to Heritage Camp this week. It is a camp for internationally adopted kids and they put them into their birth country by age. The four sections are China, Eastern Europe, South American and Korean. It was so much fun again and it's nice that they get to meet other adopted kids from their country. Here are some of the cool crafts she got to make - a paper lantern, a map on China and fabric painted Chinese words on a shirt. What a great experience for her again.













Shaelyn and Ellie - Ellie was in our adoptive group and her Mom
got to teach this year













Shaelyn and Rachel - a new friend she made this year













Shaelyn's class














Singing "Many Cultures, One World" during the program today















This is part of the Lion Dance the 6th graders learned