Last night of VBS

This week the kids had VBS at our church. Not only was it a blessing for the kids but Gerry and I was able to spend some much needed time together too. We were actually able to go out to eat without hearing mom, mom,mom or I don't like it here can we go to McDonalds? I really don't like going to those places but only do it for the kids lol. But just to let everyone know we DID NOT go to any McDonalds or Burger King thank God. The kids had a lot of fun at VBS and came home very tire. These pictures are from thier last night at VBS, they sang all the songs they learned. As you will see Tara totally enjoyed singing but Andre didn't. So needless to say he just stood there. But the good news is Andre wasn't the only one not singing. Afterwards the church had hot dogs and cake and sat off fireworks.

Andre enjoying the water slide and running around with his friends. Tara just got done eating an ice cream incase you can't see it on her face, lol. Marget and Sheila sitting around trying to stay cool. Good luck girls it won't work lol.

VBS kick off Calvay Chapel

Here is Tara having fun jumping. She enjoyed it so much but only went in it one time. But it was sooooo hot on Sunday it really was hard to enjoy being there. It had rained just before the kick off and it was sooooo muggy.

Tara at Nana and Papa's house while taking care of Nana. She looks like she is being sneaky about something. She has to be up to something probably chasing the cat's or dog who knows with my sweet little Tara. I love her hair, thanks to her big brother. Andre loves to play with her hair and does really well doing it for me.

Little Miss Tara

Our very first picture of our little spicy girl, Tara, known in China as Luo Xin Xiang. We received her referral picture on September 3, 2005. As I sat there looking at that sweet little face I just cried and couldn't stop saying how beautiful she was. All while I was on the phone with CCAI. They are a wonderful agency and I am so glad we used them for our adoption. This sweet little girl was born on December 6, 2004 and is located in Hunan Province. We traveled to China in October.


Tara Lee
December 6, 2004
Hunan, China

Andre at Lake Erie in PA. We went to PA to help out my mom, who broke a toe and needed surgery. I was able to get away for a little while to take the kids to the beach for a while. He has been taking swimming lessons so he enjoyed going into the water without mom:( He is at an age that I am finding hard to find a happy middle. He is growing up and I want to keep him little so he tells me about it when I get a little too over bearing. lol I just love him and I'm growing with him too.

Sweet little Andre

This is the first picture we received of Andre. It killed me to know he was over there without us and couldn't wait to bring him home. I loved that sweet little boy from the moment we were told about him and couldn't wait to hold him for the first time. He was the most percious little boy I had ever seen. This picture was taken by Suzanne, she is the person who helped find him for us. Actually, there was a lot of people that was involved. We are very grateful to everyone who helped us adopt him. I don't dought for a second that God was involved from the begining. We had a tough time but in the end God made sure Andre came home where he belonged. Andre was born December 19, 1998 in Russia. We traveled to Russia in December, what an experience it was. I ended up sick, I believe from the heat on the air plane ( it was so hot I went to the restroom to cool down). They believe keeping everyone hot. Gerry ended up taking care of everything, exchange of money, food, paper work ect. while I was sick our first night in Russia. Actually if it weren't for Gerry and whole lot of prayer I don't know what I would have done. We had to go through some tough process to get Andre and we ended staying in Russia a lot longer than expected, three weeks.