Fun Filled February

For the past 2 months, we have had jam packed Saturdays of basketball. We have the routine down by now. Olivia's game(s), Zacharys game, RAFAELS for pizza, and then Jared's game(s). For eight weeks I have been doing this with the help of my parents and friends while Mickey is running the elementary basketball league at church. I know, I signed up for it~ call me crazy! But I want the kids to stay active and involved. Anna is along for the ride cheering, playing her DSi, or dancing..whatever she prefers. We have had 2 Saturdays with 5 games. Exhausting!

Jared with the ball

Olivia playing some "D"fense! She rocked it against the big girl.

Anna rocking it out to some Miley Cyrus.

And then Valentines. Anna had a great time filling out her Valentines for her class at school and at church. She did very good for the first time, we were proud. When the kids got home from school on Valentines day, I had made some heart shaped pizzas, cherry almond mousse cups for dessert and some red party punch. The table was decorated in red and pink, and they were really excited.

Coming to America Parties

January 18th marked our "Gotcha Day" in China. However, we actually celebrated the day we were "home" in a couple of "Coming to America" parties.

We celebrated the first one in Anna's Kindergarten classroom. We brought our scrapbook album loaded with lots of China pictures and also some souvenirs to show her classmates. We had an interesting Q&A time as well, as you can imagine with 5/6 year olds :) We topped it off with mini cupcakes that I made in the shape/colors of the American flag, cookies and juice. We enjoyed getting to share with the kids where Anna is from and a little bit about her birth country.

And then on January 30th, the official "WE'RE HOME~in AMERICA" day, we celebrated after church with friends and family at the Chef Lin Chinese Buffet. They have the widest selection of Chinese food around here, and some American food as well to satisfy the finicky eaters. Our friends and family have been so supportive of us throughout this whole experience, and have made our lives alot easier over the past year through many different circumstances. We thank them for their love, friendship, and support!