2008 Year of the Rat Celebration

Ravenna and Maddy were both in Xuwen orphanage in Guangdong Province. We need to try & get together more. As that is such a special bond these girls will have & we live close.

The girls are learning Chinese ribbon dancing. Delaney was digging it!

These 3 Chinese cuties are our friends Roger & Jodi's girls. They were in China adopting Maddy (the one closest to Ravenna), the same time we were there getting Ravenna.

The older girls doing some arts & crafts. They liked most of the events, but the Kung Fu demonstratoin was not their favorite.

Ravenna (a little unsure) & Delaney smiling perfectly!

Ravenna & her cousins Hannah, Bridget & Delaney. We took them to the Chinese New Year celebration then out to dinner at "The Old Spaghetti Factory". A very fun afternoon w/ the little sweeties! Thanks for coming girls!

Ravenna trying to make off with some balloons at the end of the party.

It is always so great & quite a sight to see all these little Chinese kids running around together in a room in together up in Coeur d' Alene ID. There is such a great community of adoptive families w/ Chinese children here. We are very fortunate for that & plan to attend all the events we can. As it will be so important for our children as they grow. We also saw & met some nice families who have kids from China with partial missing limbs, like Hudson. So they will be a great connection/resource to have for us & Hudson.

I didn't hear anything today about travel & consulate appt. I am dying. This is killing me! I know it will come soon. Patience is one virtue I lack! I need to work on that.