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...to see G-Force in the rain! Who would have ever thought you'd need a jacket in Florida in July?????

Some local doctors say health care reform bill is lacking - WDBO Local News on wdbo.com

U.S.Senator Alan Grayson has asked Scott to be a part of his 'healthcare' committee devoted to providers giving their input on the current state of healthcare and Obama's Universal Healthcare inititive. He spent over an hour yesterday with the Senator discussing current issues. One of our local radio stations interviewed him afterwards and here is what came of it:) Yea Daddy!!


Some local doctors say health care reform bill is lacking - WDBO Local News on wdbo.com

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A Hysterical Moment...

I put this on FB but realized it didn't make it here. It must ...must...be here to preserve for all time:) The girls LOVE taking part in the Disney Dance Party at Downtown Disney on occasion. Ok...lots of occasions. This time they entered the hula-hoop contest. Now. I don't recall either girl ever in their lifetimes picking up a hoop and actually DOING something with it that's supposed to resemble hula-hooping. Usually they break them the same day. So when they agreed to participate in this contest we all knew funny was just around the corner. They did really good and suprised us all! Of course we were doubled over laughing because one of them has a few coordination issues (she shall remain nameless...heh-heh) and the other attacks things with such a vengence that it's a wonder the poor hula-hoop is still with us today. In this photo...what you see is what you get. It was and still is one of the funniest moments we've had ...to date.....And no...they did not win the contest. Double heh. They got a "puffy white thing" for trying though!!

Love these sisters in sister photos having a sister moment:) This is what summer is all about...to us anyway!

One Last Photo....

I'm still waiting for Scott to make adjustments to his awesome photos from our reunion....so...here's a few more from our other camera.

We made an attempt to get one last photo of the girls as the reunion was winding down. Let's just say...how do you get all of them who really don't want to have their picture taken anymore to sit still and smile?? Especially in a pool?? We tried.

Just Because....

More from our beach day! Mel was here too but lately she has been feeling a little 'green':). We'll have pics of her when she's feeling a bit better. We heart our family!!

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

The Dad in our house had a birthday over the weekend. We packed up with Jay/Mel, Julie/Jon, and all the little people to hit the beach. And...it rained. So we packed up AGAIN and headed to one of our fav places...Smyrna Dunes State Park. It's bordered by the Atlantic and the Indian River...and is a giant conservation area for many types of wildlife. Yea for Leni!! Her kind of place. All kinds of fun was had and here are a few of our favorite pics from the day!



The Cadertot. An absolutely hysterical child already at the age of 3.

My sweetest and onliest blondie beach babe....Kristin, caught in a rare thoughtful moment:)

Hunting fishies and crabs at the jettys.

Mommy and the one who makes us look at life through very different eyes.:) She's our angel....

The rare and endangered gopher turtle. The reptile...not the dad. :)

Our Little China Dolls~

Here's the amazing results of what international adoption does!! Seven beauties from Jiangxi, China...all living in the USA for the last 3 years! Our China reunion was an overwhelming success with families coming to Orlando from Texas, Michigan, New York, Maryland, and 2 from Florida! From left to right please meet....Braiden, Abigail, Malia, our Katie Mei, Alexis, Janey and Kayla! We spent several days at a resort community by Disney this last week. We let the girls play their little hearts out....and along with siblings and cousins they did just that! The parents had a spectacular time catching up on the last 3 years and swapping stories about anything and everything. Some even found time to do a theme park or two:) All these little ladies are now the ripe ol' age of 4 and talk up a storm. Their personalities are priceless!! These precious girls have equally precious families and we love the relationships that have formed. Our goal is to keep these former 'orphanage roomies' the best of friends stateside as well. Isn't God good??!! (click on the pic for an even better close-up)

Scott has the mega pixel whoop-de-do pics in it that may take a while to process. We have more photos forthcoming ....when time and pixel loading permits:)

Rare Photos of the Elusive Not Wanting To Be Photographed Mommy!

Leaving...very sad...we had such a good time...and the oreo sisters helped me S-Q-U-E-E-Z-E every drop of air out of our giant blow-up turtle!

We did a re-creation of our infamous Red Couch picture from the White Swan with the girls.....then did family photos. (FYI, every travel group to China has their babies pictures taken on their famous Red Couch in the hotel. It's become an adoption tradition...our group included. Our group mostly screamed at the time. :)) Our family shot turned out like this:) Like the girls shirts? They say "It's my sisters fault!" Heh. Usually is!!


We're bbbaaaaaccccckkkkk! We had an absolutely marvelous time, and enjoyed watching all our girls growth and maturity after being home from China for 3 years! I'm awaiting permission from some of the other families before I post pics of all the girls....so here are some where you will see something not often seen in pics. Me! I'm usually the photographer and the pic director......so this time I was in a few. Not to mention that I prefer NOT to be in them as well. To show you I really do exist...and am a living, breathing creature...here's two random shots from this past weekend.:)

We're off on exciting adventure for the next few days and not sure how much internet access there will be. Actually...we are having an ORPHANAGE REUNION (Whoooooo-hooooo) with 8 families coming in from all parts of the country! Most of these families we haven't seen since we parted ways in the Hong Kong airport.I will be able to upload pics to facebook from my phone so if you want to friend me there....please do so:) We are pretty darn excited about what this weekend holds!!

Proud To Be An American!

She may not realize it yet...but this girl is proud to be in a country that represents Freedom....Democracy....and the ability to worship God freely without having to 'hide' to do so. None of these things were/are available in her country of birth. I was yet again reminded of all we take for granted as we celebrated our country's Independence Day. She's pretty darn cute if I don't say so myself:)

8 Adopted Feet!

Julie took this pic on a recent outing while our awesomest friends were in town. Here are 4 sets of feet....all adopted...from 3 different continents. Europe, Asia and North America. These girls are together now, and great buddies! I love what adoption does for the heart of God and for the people He created! Who knows where these little feet would be had not God intervened in these little lives? We serve the one who is worthy of ALL our praise!

*More pics soon!* This was too cool not to post this way!

For Freedom

May we not forget.....

Get Up On Your Feet And Try This!

We took the girls (and lucky Jon....see post below) to see the Hannah movie the other day. This is what these girls (minus Jon) have been doing ever since. Try it! It's uh.....hard....but these girls know every word:) Cute movie BTW...Now GET UP and GET MOVING and TRY THIS DANCE!!: You know you want to !!!:) About the 30th time it starts to make sense:)

Cousin Time is the BEST Time!!

Our cousins are in town....let the giggles begin! What a fun group this is...and they get along so very well!! Lots of fun planned and from the looks of things...is already happenin'! We have an 8 year old, two seven year olds, one six, one four and last but not least one two who weighs more than the four. Yep. We're on a roll :) It's fun watching this cutest group grow up. I have pics of them (when there were only 4 of them) as little littles on this same couch. Now body parts are falling all over the place. Can you imagine this photo in about 5 years??