...And you may ask yourself
- What is that beautiful house? And you may ask yourself - Where does that highway go? And you may ask yourself - Am I right? ...am I wrong? And you may tell yourself - My God!...what have I done? (Talking Heads, 1980)

Nine years ago Mark and I set off on a journey. It was a journey that would embed the children of China into our hearts forever and teach us that God's plan is WAY better than our plan. It has been a journey into faith, obedience and abundant blessings. Over the past nine years we have seen God's hand at work in our lives as we traveled through the wilderness in search of His plan for our lives upon this earth. In April of this year God revealed the next chapter of the Lucas story. Join us as we embark once again on another leg in this Marvelous expedition.
10.27.2009

Raking 101

First you learn how to rake....



and then....



Guess what next week's project is?

10.25.2009

Message from Mikey

This says it all....


10.22.2009

CFGM Update

Well, CFGM has reported that the LOA was sent out Tuesday, which is actually Wednesday, so it should arrive on Friday, which is really Saturday so that means Monday.  Did everyone follow that?

I am now in official "Holycr*pI'mgoingtoChinatopickupanotherchildandIhaven'tdoneanythingyet" mode. Do you think he is going to be mad at us when he finds out it is really cold here?  I bought him a really cute little winter hat.  I guess all I need now is everything else! Mama's going shopping this weekend!

Look what my friend Andrea got for us!  I love, love, love them!!  We have has mismatched, hodgepodge christmas stockings forever and now we have a matching set.

 

That's right - they are already up! There is a pretty good chance that we may not be here for Christmas so around here - Christmas is going to start in October.  Merry Christmas everyone!

10.14.2009

CFGM alert

My Chinese Fairy-godmother has informed me that our LOA should be coming very soon. Now to fastrack the I800 and we are set.  I spent yesterday on the phone trying to locate Officer Miller - but no one could seem to find her.  They can see her desk....but she is never there.  No one seems to know anything.  Do you think officer Miller may be trapped in the copy room and need help? Did she quit and forgot to tell anyone.  Or - maybe, just maybe, she wanted some quiet time to go over my paperwork without any distractions so she locked herself in the closet with a protien bar, a bottle of water and my precious paperwork.  Oh wait - she doesn't have my paperwork yet - she must be trapped in the copy room.  I will call for help!

9.18.2009

Max & Mikey

This had been a good week.  I am officially a great aunt! (i think)   My niece, Sarah, and her husband Andrew welcomed Max into the world on Wednesday.  We have all been waiting for the big arrival and we are so excited to finally know he is here.  Max will live in Montana so we won't get to meet him until November. 

WELCOME TO THE WORLD MAX!  I hope you like it here!


And then......Look what I found in my inbox this morning.  My Chinese fairy godmother got these for us.  Look at that handsome kid.  I found 18 new pics in my inbox this morning - but here are the highlights.

Dinner Time!  Do you think he will ever like chicken nuggets after getting this spread?

Ummm, are they pointing a gun at me? You can see that MY perfect child prefers to play with the fighter jet rather than handguns.  That's my boy. 

Squeaky Clean & Ready to take on the world.

 

Someone has a loose tooth!

 

 


9.10.2009

Superman

New Pictures! 

Just look at him showing off his muscular physique, nimble athletic ability and then sipping on an ice cold coke after a tough workout!  Watch out girls - here comes Mikey!

   

First day of school. Not just that  - but first day at a new school.  They did great and they say it seems like they have been there forever. I have been walking them to school for now. Eventually, I am sure I will begin to cramp their style and they will want to walk themselves.  I have already staked out bushes to hide in so I can spy on them in the event of a mutiny, but for now - I will revel in the glory of them still loving to have mom with them. Long live cool moms 4 ever!