Grandmother Hansen turns 104 today!!

Forgot to mention that Tyler's sweet Grandmother turned 104 TODAY!! What an amazing life this lady has had! We will post her photo as soon as we get it. She lives in Houston, Texas with Tyler's AMAZING Aunt Mary Anne! We love her for taking such GREAT CARE of Grandmother Hansen!

Happy Birthday Grandmother Hansen!

We love you!

Winding down 2009

I figured I better catch up.....
We celebrated another Halloween. This was Quinn's 3rd Halloween. Of course he loved his costume...A Police Officer! That is what he wants to be when he grows up. Parker was Robin Hood. He originally wanted to be Elvis. But the school requires a "Literary Character" and that was better for Parker to do. He actually loved being Robin Hood. We made a bow with real wooden arrows. I made the hat myself!

Then I made Spider Cupcakes! They were quite a hit with the boys!

Then on November 9th we ditched school early to go to Disneyland for Parker's 8th Birthday! Oh it is hard to believe he is 8 already! Quinn's birthday is right around the corner on January 17th. Not sure what we will do for him.

Finally we received Quinn's new California Birth Certificate. It will just make life easier for him to have that. If something ever happened to his original Kazakhstan Birth Certificate...I can't even imagine the obstacle in getting a new one. This way...if Quinn ever needs a replacement...it is right here in good old California. It lists Tyler and I as his parents...yippeeee!! To us this just "seals the deal"...he is OUR SON!

The other photo I took of Quinn was at his school. His teacher, Mrs. Mayhugh needed some class pictures taken for their awards they get. I took the photo of all the kids and just love how Quinn's turned out! What a little cutie!

Oh big news!! Quinn lost both front teeth! The 2nd one took forever to fall out. Well Quinn had to sort of pull that one out. It was just hanging there all crooked. He looked pretty funny! We started calling him "Jethro"...no offense to people called Jethro.

Parker and Quinn...more photos of our summer

Here is a few of my favorite photos of The Mighty Quinn and Parker!
These were taken over the summer. We are getting ready for Halloween now! Parker will be Robin Hood and Quinn is going to be a Police Officer. I am hoping that I can get a photo of Quinn with a real Police man...that would be cool. The school allows them to dress up, but they have to have a book that matches their character. It is called Literary Character Day. What a great idea!

So check out our blog after Halloween. I am really trying to get better about posting! Ha

"TIME" a very powerful word and concept

Hi!
We have been home 2 years and 4 months now. Someone asked me the other day if I could give our adoption experience one word what would it be? The most fitting word is "Time". All of it takes "time". Time to do all the paperwork, time to get yourself prepared to leave to go meet your child, time with the child in the country and time to finally bring your child home. Then the "Time" word really goes into action. Our home "time" was the most valuable "time". The other "times" were just stepping stones to this "time". That's a lot of TIME!! Ha Ha Ha

So in a nutshell...it took us "time" to bond with Quinn. And Quinn needed "time" too to bond to a family. What an experience this has been. So thankful to TIME!

Okay, okay already!! Here is some photos!!

Hi!
I have had some requests for some updated photos. The boys are off for the summer. I personally don't want summer to end! I like having the boys home! We are having fun! Quinn is going into 1st Grade and Parker will be in 2nd Grade...can you believe it!

PHOTOS, PHOTOS, PHOTOS!!!!

Hello, Just over due on some photos. So I am putting a few up...for a few people who complained...and you know who you are!!! Ha Ha Ha