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Merry Christmas to Each of You from All of Us!!

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Great Article

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http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20091212/ARTICLES/912119956/1177?p=1&tc=au\ torefresh This is a wonderful news article about our friends' adoption story. We had the fortune of getting to know them on our trip, and the girls really bonded. Neat story, hope you enjoy!

School Success

Molly's first day of 1/2 day Kindergarten at our local preschool was VERY successful. She absolutely loved it, loved her teachers, loved her adorable and sweet, sweet classmates (all 10 of them). She is thrilled to be there and has a lot of catching up to do as Kindergarten isn't the same as it used to be. They really work hard and know a lot already, like how to write full sentences and how to read LOTs of sight words. She's practicing a lot at home and has amazing initiative. It is very exciting to watch her learn so much, so quickly! She continues to amaze us with her relationship with her siblings. It is truly beautiful to see the love they share, something only God could create and grow. It's a good thing!! We truly are blessed more than we could have ever asked or imagined. We're so grateful to each person and family that is in our lives and for God, in Whom All things are possible!

Another stocking for the Mantle

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We'd love to take this time to wish all of our friends and family a Most Wonderful Christmas and Holiday Season! We feel so blessed this year to be adding another stocking to our mantle...The stocking belonging to: Amelia Grace Newell, born 12/26/03 in Kunming, China, adopted 10/26/09. A quick catch-up to those new to the blog. Our little Molly was born in Kunming, China close to December 26th, 2009. She was left at the gates of a women's hospital approximately 9 months later. She was taken in to the orphanage, given the name Pan Jia Qi and then placed in a "Foster Village" setting where she was raised in a rural farming community. While in the community she helped care for other small children, hand-washed laundry and helped cook meals. Her adoption paperwork was placed in the system at the same time that we started our adoption paperwork and we were matched with her in the Spring of 2009. We traveled to China in the Fall with Abby to meet her and bring her h