Getting ready to go to China

Hey guys!! sorry I haven't posted in forever!!! We have been so busy getting ready for China!! Only three more days!! On saturday we celebrated our Christmas because we are leaving the 24th. It was really fun! My grandparents came today to help us celebrate Christmas. Yesterday we all ordered t-shirts for gotcha day. Anna, Ryan, and I all got I heart jake shirts; Casey got a Jie Jie(big sister), and my mom got a ma ma (mom) shirt. They will get here on tuesday!! I am soooo excited!! Merry Christmas!!

With Love,
Sammy<3

We're Going to China!!

We got our TA (travel approval) yesterday!! We were so excited that we forgot it post about it!

This means that we will be traveling to China on Christmas Eve! With this date we will probably be with Jake on the 28th! Our family(minus Jake) will spend Christmas on a plane. Not many people can say that. So please keep us in your prayers as we prepare to bring our little brother home! Merry Christmas!

With Love,

Sammy<3

and

Casey

Thanksgiving!!

We met our cousins and grandparents in Lexington,Kentucky for Thanksgiving. We stayed in a hotel for six days. We had Thanksgiving dinner in a conference room. It was different. On Thanksgiving night some of us went to see The Blind Side. It was sooooooo good!! We didn't go shopping on black friday but we did go to a Christmas parade. On friday night from 7:30 to 12:30 the electricity was off. It was so creepy. We had to celebrate Christmas in the dark!! On saturday we hung out and went to see New Moon again with Mycah and Sissy. We also took some very unfortunate family pictures! All of the older cousins(minus Sissy) watched Get Smart in the hotel lobby. The people at the hotel let us use the lobby like a living room the whole week. I had a lot of fun playing with Lila and Kaleb and Quin and Hunter. They are all so cute!!





Ryan and Quin doing the laundry


Our crazy family picture


The Murdocks


Matt, Nell, Hunter


Us


Lila Looloo


The kids table


Thanksgiving dinner


Kaleb and I


Kaleb doing what he loves-watching tv


Our very unfortunate family picture


Kaleb watching tv again


Lila playing basketball


Kaleb shooting


The conference room where we had Thanksgiving dinner


Hunter!!


Mom and Casey setting up the chocolate fountain




Eating the chocolate fountain


The little cousins (minus Hunter)


Anna, Lila, and I


With Love,
Sammy<3

Dressing Up

Marissa came over today and we dressed up. We decided to make the craziest outfits we could. Casey went first and then me, Marissa wouldn't do it. Casey's outfit was the best.(if I do say so myself.) Here are some pictures of the finished products.

The lovely Casey

We thought the barney

mask was the perfect touch

Casey and Marissa

My gorgeous outfit

The lion hair kept falling off

With Love,

Sammy<3

Trick-or-Treating

 Hi! Sorry this is really late.): I wish I could have put this out sooner.  Anna, Casey, and Ryan went trick-or-treating but I stayed at home to pass out candy.  They went out with Ryan's friend Riley and the VandenBrinks.  They had a lot of fun!!

                                                 My little princess

                                                   My big princess

                                                          All the trick-or-treaters

                                                Sorting the candy

                                                    With Love,

                                                            Sammy<3

Once Upon a Parable

Hey guys!! So, our HPA play on friday went really well. It was so much fun!! Nobody forgot their lines.(except for Casey) Here are some pictures we took after the play.

                                                The stars of the show

      

                                               Our devoted fans

                                                Us and Michelle

                                                Us and Marrissa

                                               Ryan and Casey

                                                 With Love,

                                                         Sammy<3