Congratulations Sydnee on your graduation!

We are so proud of you!!!!!!!!

We sure wish we could have been there to see it, it sounds like you got a few scholarships, way to go. It pays off to study hard, and stay focused!

Lauren Congratulations TONIGHT on your graduation

We are so proud of you, we wish we could be there as well. I hope Karen is cooking a good meal for you, with peach cobbler for dessert.... Because that's what I would want.

Best of luck for you both in your future, stay safe, make wise choices, and keep God close.

Chinese Adoption Reunion

We went to the adoption reunion, and were able to see one of the families we traveled with to China, most of our group lives in California or Florida so we do not get to see them much. The reunion was around Orlando, if only the girls new how close they were to Cinderella's Castle. We actually were going to go to Disney, but did not want to tell the girls until we made our mind up when we got there since it was during a Holiday weekend, and we were not sure how things were going to go. We are so glad we didn't say anything because Florida was getting flooded, and it was raining on us the whole time we were there. So we will just have to go back soon to see Cinderella!

We did tell the girls we were going to see some Chinese girls before we left for Florida and they said " Were going to China" no in Florida. When we were there they asked me if there were Chinese boys in China, yes girls. I even showed them a Chinese boy.

Dance Recital

Hope refused to be in this picture, she was not happy about getting a rose, she wanted a gift not a flower! Well I guess I can't make them both happy all the time.

They did a really good job, I was so afraid that once they saw the people watching them that they would just stop and not dance, but they didn't.

They were extremely beautiful, I must say.

Walk Like MADD

We would like to thank all our friends and family who donated to our walk, it means so much to us to have you support us in keeping our family as well as yours safe. I am so happy to say that we raised around $ 4800.00 for MADD. We were the TOP Friends and Family Team ( our Church ), and Dirk was the TOP Walker!!!!! For the Montgomery, Alabama MADD Walk

Official Strawberry Pickers

The girls had a field trip at their school Friday, and they got to go to the strawberry patch. They were so excited about this that I didn't even have a problem putting them to bed the night before. I did however have to convince them that it was okay to grab the strawberries, because they do not like to get their hands dirty. They had a great time and enjoyed eating them, as did I.

The Miss America Pageant at Our HouseYes, it's the wave!
The walk!

and No I am not entering them in any pageants!

at least until they are older, when they really understand what it's all about, and it's their choice, not mine, and they know that you can't always win, and with twins there will aways be one that doesn't.

Oh the challenges that lie ahead!

Took some pictures of the girls last weekend when we went to the beach, but the sun was not in our favor and the beach was very crowded. We had not planned on taking pictures on the beach, I really wanted some on the dunes, but they had these signs up that said please stay off the dunes, so well we stayed off the dunes! So these were all that even made the cut at all.

Happy EasterThe hunt is on....

Finally a picture with the Easter Bunny (without tears)! He must have been a very special bunny!!!!!

Habitat for humanity had a carnival at the Boys and Girls Club here in town and Dirk had to pass out information for MADD ( Mothers against drunk driving). So the girls got to enjoy the carnival, they started playing some music ( Sweet Home Alabama) and Hope was out on the floor dancing, as if there was no one watching. She won't even do this at DANCE CLASS! I guess they are not playing the right kind of music for her! Faith finally joined her as well. The slides were the hit, although I was afraid someone was going to break their neck the way those kids would come flying down that slide all together at times. We had a good time and glad we were able to help in some way, maybe, just maybe we saved one life today!!!!