Faith's Preschool Graduation

On Thursday, June 5th, Faith graduated from preschool!

A few weeks ago they took this picture of her in a cap & gown. The sash she's wearing says, "Congratulations on graduating from the Little Dears Preschool." She's holding her certificate.

Last year Joseph graduated from the same preschool. They had a simple graduation ceremony at the preschool for his class. But this year they held the graduation in a party hall.  Below you can see pictures & videos from her graduation ceremony.

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Faith's 5th Birthday

Faith turned five years old on January 4th!

She was really blessed this year to have her Nammy & Papa here to celebrate with her!

She also got several different celebrations this year because the Christmas Reading had to be scheduled on her actual birthday. The day after her birthday was her big party at her school!!

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Joseph's 6th birthday

Joseph's birthday is September 4th and this year he turned 6!! Yesterday it was fun to hear him walking around the house saying, "I'm six years old now!"

We had a Spiderman theme this year and we invited a bunch of his friends from his preschool class and from the village. It was the first time I had done a birthday party with local kids...I was pretty nervous.

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Preschool Graduation

On Tuesday, June 4th, Joseph graduated from preschool!

They took this picture of him in a cap & gown and put it in a frame for a gift! I love this picture!!! The sash he's wearing says "Congratulations on graduating from The Little Dears Preschool!" 

Below you can see some pictures and videos of his little graduation ceremony! 

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Jojo Day!

April 28th is Jojo Day! It's the date that we officially had Joseph in our arms. We took him from the orphanage and he was no longer an orphan! That is the date that our lives changed forever! We were no longer just the two of us. We became a family of three. What a ride it has been! We are so amazed at what a blessing this boy has been and continues to be! His personality is so much fun. He keeps us entertained at all times.

This year we celebrated 5 years with him! Five wonderful years with my favorite boy!

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Easter Baskets at Preschool

Joseph and Faith were so excited about Easter! They brought Easter Baskets to give to their friends at
school. Their friends didn't understand what it was, but they were happy about their gifts. Inside to baskets they got candy and a picture of Jesus with a verse on it.















Here's a few pictures of their classmates with their baskets! What fun it was to give these out!

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Faith turned 4

Faith's birthday was on January 4th and we were all so excited to be celebrating this precious girl! She's our little princess and she has been such a blessing in our family in so many ways!

We had everyone over to our house for lunch that day! Faith was so excited that it was her turn to have her birthday. I still can't believe she turned 4!

Belle is her favorite princess and she had asked me to make a Belle cake for her. She also got to wear a special shirt with Belle!

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Jojo turned 5!!!

Joseph's Birthday was on Tuesday, September 4th. We were all really excited to celebrate this wonderful boy. I'm still so often amazed that we are blessed to have him in our family! He's so vibrant and full of personality!!

He was SO HAPPY all day on Tuesday. Right away when we got up we made sure to make it special! After Tim got home from work and the kids took a nap, we headed to the mall to build-a-bear! This was something that he has been looking forward to for a long time! For dinner Joseph wanted McDonalds...big surprise!

We had a party on Wednesday evening at our house too! I love this boy! I want him to feel loved and honored on his birthday. He's such a special gift from God!

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Jojo Day!!

Four years ago, on April 28th, we were in Ethiopia picking up our baby boy. We celebrate this day every year and we call it Jojo Day. Last weekend we celebrated Jojo Day and it was a lot of fun! The first Jojo Day was a lot of fun too, but these kids just keep getting more and more fun! I can't believe we've had our fourth Jojo Day. I look forward to many more Jojo Day celebrations!

This boy is such a blessing in our family! Tim and I agree that we couldn't have picked a better one...God's choice of putting Joseph into our family is best! I love so many things about him. I love that he is so outgoing, happy, caring, silly, energetic, and downright cute!

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Easter Egg Hunt

On Easter morning we had an egg hunt for the kids! It was a lot of fun. They all loved it and the parents enjoyed watching them! What a blessing to have so many friends to do this with and a fun yard to hide the eggs in!

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Happy Easter!

Happy Easter from Joseph and Faith!

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Happy Birthday Faith!!

Faith turned 3 years old on January 4th! She was so excited about her birthday party. I loved hearing her talk about how her friends were going to come celebrate her birthday!! She was most excited about everyone singing "Happy Birthday" and getting to blow out her own candles.

This girl keeps getting more and more fun! She has a wonderful personality. It's fun to listen to her thoughts and watch her play.

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Christmas Morning

Christmas morning was a special time for our little family. It was the first time that we have had a Christmas with just the four of us. The previous two Christmases were in the States, which was also a special time!

The kids were so excited that it was Jesus' birthday. We explained to them that since His birthday is EXTRA special, we all get to open presents! They were so happy!

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Easter Kids

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Valentine Fun!

Happy Valentine's Day!!! It's pretty fun to be in the States for Valentine's Day! We see hearts, chocolates, balloons and teddy bears everywhere we go!

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Faith turned two!!!

It's hard to believe that our little girl is 2 years old!! She's a very blessed girl...she had 2 birthday celebrations, one in Colorado and one in New Mexico!

Here are some pictures of Faith's birthday:

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Happy 3rd Birthday, Joseph!

We had fun celebrating Joseph’s 3rd birthday on September 4th!! It was a fun birthday! It was so fun for us to see him so happy! Click "read more" to see some pictures of his special day. 

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