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Twin Day

Today was twin day at school. At first the girls were sad because they hadn't coordinated with any friends to dress alike. Then they rummaged in their closets today and remembered that they were triplets and had many matching outfits. :-) They found the outfits themselves and got matching leggings out of  their pajama drawer. After  I took a picture of them, Lucy wanted to get in on the action so they got her dressed to match them too. Then all the fluff and frills piled in the wagon and went to school. Have a good day girls!

Orphan Alert: Oh my heart.

This is Xavier. He's special to me. We want to adopt him ourselves, but there seems to be just to many road blocks in our way and waivers necessary to bring him into our family. In the mean time his time is running out so I hope a family can make him their own. Xavier 8 years old, shy and very small for his age. He is a sweetie. He was transferred to the orphanage with a small group of children and he is the only one that has not been adopted yet out of that group and he is keenly aware of that.

  He walks with a slight limp and is missing some teeth. Please contact Madison Adoption Advocates for more information on him. The staff from Madison has met him personally when they went to China last year and he particiapated in one of their camps. They have lost of pictures and even a few videos of him. They have his file until February and have a grant for him as well.



earrings

Angie has been working up her courage for years to get her ears pierced. A few years ago Amy and Karianne got theirs pierced. Angie was third in line and after watching them, she decided this was not something she wanted to do. Well today she finally did it! She was so brave and didn't cry. A pretty big deal for her to overcome her fears. Lucy has been asking for a while to get her ears pierced as well. Lucy realized she did NOT want her ears pierced a second after the deed was done. She cried and cried. She told me for the rest of the day that she did not want earrings and asked me to take them out. Poor baby. Here's Lucy looking in the mirrow, pretty unhappy with the results.

What a cutie!

This little boy is on the shared list from China. He is soo cute. He just had eye surgery and seems to be adjusting well. I'm a little partial, love a guy in glasses. He's had a cleft lip surgery and still needs surgery on his palate. you can read more about him here on Love Without Boundaries' blog.

aftermath

3 trees down, 2 more to go.

flying kites

My best friend from jr high came and visited me in AZ and brought all the girls some kites. The next day it was a rare cold windy day here in Phoenix. We took the girls out to fly their kites. Quickly there was just one still flying and not tangled in someone else's kite. We were all very cold and as we headed back to the car it snowed?? The picture was taken about 5 min. before the video. Brent since found out tht the stuff is called graupel. Somethiung between snow and hail. New word!