Chinese Culture Camp!

We got to go to Chinese Culture Camp last weekend....

and it was SO much fun!

There were over 100 children adopted from China

traditional Lion dancers

which the kids really loved!

Then there were the friendships....

This is a good portrait of the weekend. Ravenna arm & arm with new buddies.

She was SO alive.

As was Miss Georgia (Parker too!)

 They got to dress up in their Chinese silk clothes...

I made them each a necklace, when  they combine them it makes a dragon...so now they run around as the "dragon team"

Man I love these kids!

An incredible time was had by all!

We are off to a family reunion but I will post when I can!



Gobbling up sunshine!

We just started the kids playing soccer.

Miss Georgia was having a bit of an off day heart-wise and too worn out to play so she was staying on the sidelines with me.

I looked over at her to find her doing this over and over again

When I asked her what she was doing she said,

"I'm eating sunshine Mama....it tastes like rainbows!"

She is such a gift in our lives constantly reminding us to choose joy no matter what the situation may be.

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things

Philippians 4:8



Parker Update!

Thank you SO much for praying and for your kind words...

Parker with his latest invention!

We are definitely on a journey with our little guy,

grieving a lot and learning anew how to surrender and trust

that God is GOOD in the midst of this.

We are praying hard for complete healing of his vision

and also seeking the best medical help we can find.

Already God has been so faithful in coming near and encouraging us, showing us that we are not alone.

Last Monday I talked with Dornbecker (a Children's hospital in Portland, OR),

the intake gal said,

"I hate to tell you this but the Retinal Specialist are now scheduling appointments for 2013"

2013.

How could that possibly be? Some of the conditions that fall under Retinal Dystrophy can progress to blindness in 6 months.

If Parker is losing his vision we want to know so that we can pack everyday full of sights that he will never forget!

So again we wept and cried and prayed.

Two days later, I got a call from another lady from Dornbecker...

saying she looked at the schedule again and if we would be willing to do the visit in 3 seperate chunks she could get the testing done by July 9th!

So...next week will be a big one.

July 3rd Parker will go in for a comprehensive visual field test.

July 5th he will have an ERG (electroretinogram)

July 9th we will meet with the Retinal Specialist and a Genetic Counselor!

It is a scary road but we are SO thankful to be on our way at least to initial answers so quickly!

Thanks again for praying!!! Please keep it up!!!!



Our Little Guys Eyes-Please Pray

Would you mind praying for us?

Our little Parker has been having some vision trouble...

his vision blurry even with his glasses on.

I took him in to the Optometrist and his prescription has changed a lot...

and his retinas look "suspicious"

So we are being referred to a Genetics Clinic with the thought that he has some form of Retinal Dystrophy.

Some Retinal Dystrophies are fairly mild and some progress to blindness.

We are trying hard not to fear and to keep our eyes on the Lord.

But honestly we could use a lot of prayer right now.

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

2 Corinthians 4:18

One funny ballerina!

  So Georgia's little ballet class has come to a close.....and I took these at her final class!

Hard at work...

Making a "T"

and a "star"

Look at that concentration!

focus!

a little girl talk at the water break!

She absolutely loved it!

Seeing her dance and so alive, I just kept fighting back tears...

She is SUCH a gift and only here by the grace of God...

and I want to soak up every second of it!

One Happy Hoe Down

Awhile back we got to go to a Barn dance fundraiser for one of our favorite camps....

The girls have really gotten into matching each other!

While the boys wrangled their hotdogs...

The girls got ready for horse rides!!!

Look at how tiny Georgia looks!

I love this proud little smile!

I think she was in heaven!

and her big sister was too!

the boys discovered an awesome hammock

I think a good tiuume was had by all!

Catching up!!!!

So life has been...full, deep and oh so good lately and I just have not been on the computer much which means...it is time for a big old photo dump! So here goes!

In May we had a run of hot weather and we took our raft out into super shallow water for some splashing around!



Miss Georgia Mei wasn't too into the raft but loved drawing hearts in the sand...

and of course making sand angels!

and Parker worked on his super dude sword moves...

while Ravenna was captain of the raft!

and kept the wild animals at bay!

 

Much more to come soon!