Winter Wonderland

Everything sparkled this morning like diamonds--breathtaking!

For the beauty of the earth,

For the beauty of the skies,

For the love which from our birth

Over and around us lies,

Lord of all, to thee we raise

This our grateful hymn of praise.

For the beauty of each hour

Of the day and of the night,

Hill and vale, and tree and flower,

Sun and moon and stars of light,

Lord of all, to thee we raise

This our grateful hymn of praise.

ICE

OK--so we were supposed to get 3-6 inches of snow. Instead the temperature stayed too high and we got lots of rain and ice. It covered everything; every berry, blade of grass, and power line. Not what we hoped for, but at least the power stayed on!

It's Snowing (and Icing)!

Ana has plenty of warm clothes, but they don't match! Here she's modeling her new boots.

It's supposed to snow/ice all day--so I'll post some more pictures later. I'm not letting Ana go out until it's mostly snow falling. Right now there's a lot of ice in the mixture.

Ana was so excited to see some snow falling! She watched it fall for about 20 minutes. The Southerners have a great fear of driving on it--so they stock up and stay home! With hardly any accumulation they closed all the city offices and schools. Hooray for our first snow day!

Adoption Update

Well, as expected we did not pass court. After a couple of days the new provincial government (where we needed to get China's report from) has decided that all children need to be approved by the government BEFORE being accepted to any orphanage. They are as of yet not sure what they will do with the kids that are already placed with families. PRAY that they choose to write the reports for these children. In our agency alone there are seven families to which this applies. Many have been waiting a long as we have. Because of our annual trip to India and Matt's summer classes, timing is really important!
We should hear more on Monday. We appreciate your prayers as we make some major decisions in the near future while being 10,000 miles apart :)

Sunrise

One of the first things I realize when I get to America is that I can see the horizon. In Singapore you rarely get that opportunity (unless you're at the beach.) Today the horizon was filled with magnificent colors--I didn't do anything to this photo--just nature in all its beauty!

Addicted

addicted...to grandma's i-phone. She downloaded special toddler games that Ana loves! Oh well, it's only for another week!!

Adoption Update

Well...we've been informed that we probably won't pass AGAIN! But keep praying anyway. We need a case history completed by Monday. You can also pray for China's family member who will appear in court on Monday. Thanks!