Pumpkins!

Notice the chocolate chip cookie around her mouth ... she needed to snack while carving up these pumpkins. Here is our end result!

The Patch

We finally made it to the Pumkin Patch! I thought we might not make it this year ... but the Friday before Halloween, we made it! She loved it and have such a great time. She wanted to take home ALL the pumkins, ride in the wheelbarrow ALL night, pet ALL the farm animals, play in the straw maze and eat anything that looked like it might be food. It was a great family evening. We ended the night at the homecoming football game where she experienced a great fireworks display ... can life get any better?

Weekend with Grandpa and Grandma

Sorry for not updating our blog ... we have had computer issues. Anyhow, a couple of weekends ago we had a wonderful time with Grandma and Grandpa! We met in the middle of the state and had relaxing and fun weekend. She loves Grandma and thinks that she is just so funny! She also loves Grandpa Moondoggie ... or as she says "Grapa Moondoddie".

Sweet Sawyer

What a great weekend we had ... again! This has been an amazing autumn in the Pacific Northwest. Last weekend Mac got to hang out at the beach with Jack, and this weekend it was the zoo with Sawyer. Of course, we could not really get them to look at the camera! Sawyer is very special to us for a number of reasons. One of those reasons is that Sawyer and McKaden share the same finding date. On November 28th, 2004, two tiny infants were carefully placed, by two loving mothers, in a place they would be found. We like to believe that this was an act of love and an act to save the life of their child. It they did not indeed love their children, they would have never allowed them to live. McKaden has been home with us for almost a year - the 13th of November is they day we got her. Sawyer has only been home for a couple of months, due to the fact that he was on the waiting child list [SN]. We were really surprised how much a year at home makes a difference! Mac is much bigger than Sawyer - which is actually nice, as she is not bigger than hardly anyone! Just kidding. They are only 3 days apart in age, so it was surprising to see the difference in them. Other reasons we love Sawyer is that we really had to pray to see if we were to have him join our family. When we saw his picture on the waiting child list AND saw his birthday and finding date, we wondered if he was to be a "twin" to McKaden. As we continued to pray about this, another family saw this child and KNEW, without a doubt, that he was their son. So Scott and Shelby got Sawyer and we got to have new friends! How cool is that!

The first time I saw your face

It is one year today - October 3rd - that we saw your sweet face. We cannot believe how much time has gone by since we opened the file named Xin Hong Yi. Daddy and I loved you the very moment that we saw your face! Thanks for changing our lives with your precious life. We love you McKaden Joy!

the beach

What a great weekend we had at the beach with our friends! It was just one night, but we had a great time. The kids loved the sand and running around on the beach. I don't have the best camera, so I don't have many great shots ... but here are a couple. Jack is about 6 months younger than McKaden, but he is bigger! They were really cute together.

piggy tails

I just had to let you see these pictures of Mac with what she calls "piggy tails". How cute is she! She is just looking more and more like a big girl.