We had
a
wonderful weekend visiting with the ten other families who traveled to
China in the fall of 2003 with us to get Lili. I think it is a
huge
testament to FTIA, that every single family but one was there, and they
(like we will be soon) were in China adding another precious little
girl
to their family of seven now. We wish the Ross family a safe
journey
home this week and may even have a surprise for them at the airport . .
. US!
July 24,
2005
We
traveled
to Indianapolis this weekend and had a great time yesterday at the
Children's
museum, and today at the FTIA Reunion Picnic. The China group
grows
larger each year (This is our 3rd time) and each year the folks at FTIA
do an even better job of entertaining and feeding us all. I can
not
think of a single reason why everyone should not have had fun. We also
met some of the couples that we will be traveling to China with to get
Maggie Jo in September. This evening we went to Ruby Tuesdays with two
other families we traveled with to China in 2003. I
am
anxious to make another DVD/Video of our trip. If anyone is
reading
this and has not seen our 75 minute DVD of our trip to China in Oct/Nov
2003 to bring home Lili, just send me an email sos@loganrec.com
and
we will see about getting one in the mail to you. Below are a
couple
of fun pictures taken at the Indianapolis Children's Museum, and a
picture
of Lili's buddies from her trip home from China. -Scott
Lili and her brothers in the Dinosaur
nest
(Indianapolis Children's Museum)
The "Tug - o - Lili"
The picnic bench
picture from 2005 FTIA Picnic
Front
row: Emily, Madison, Emma, Lili, Delaney, Allison, Olivia
Back
Row: Krista, Carissa, Eddie
Background:
The Greer Family from our Church
July 20,
2005
We have
been
extremely busy the last month. I could probably write 10
pages.
All is well with Lili and her family. We are all on pins and
needles
as our dear friends from our first trip to China are there now and have
another beautiful daughter. It is making me crazy waiting to read
their email each day. We are "on deck" as we will learn later
this
week about Maggie Jo. I have gone back and read our
referral
information we received from China on Lili and wonder with anxious
energy
who our new daughter will be. She has been in our hearts
for
months, but not yet in our eyes and minds. I know we will be
blessed
again, but just don't have a cute little pair of eyes to dream
of.
Lili is praying for her sister each day and says "Maggie safe" if you
ask
her to say a prayer for her. Below are some pictures of the past
month. We got a call that the family who were supposed to visit
the
cabin over the fourth were not going to, so we hastily made a trip up
on
Thursday and home on Monday. Traffic was terrible because of all
the Michigan Construction. The Excursion was up to the task and
the
new diesel Powerstroke 6.0 blessed us with 20 mpg. Tracy was
ready
to skin me alive when we took all 19 feet of it on the snowmobile
trails
and I stopped in the middle of a bridge to snap a picture.
We will be in
Indianapolis
this weekend for FTIA's annual picnic celebration. There is a
chance
we will get our referral this weekend, so check back on the status
right
here! - Scott
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A walk in the woods
following in her
brother's footsteps
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We have used this log every
year we have
gone to the beach for pictures |
The Eastern UP of Michigan has had
below
normal rain this season. Notice the water is almost dry over the
center of the Upper Falls
Lili's handsome brothers!
Christopher (8), Michael (13)
and
Nicholas (9)
Room to spare? Getting my door
open
was the challenge.
(The flag is a magnetic and is for my
brother Spencer in Iraq and the men and women he serves with)
June 11,
2005
We have been
very
busy the past couple of weeks. We bought a different vehicle in
anticipation
of the new addition later this summer. We found the Ford
Expedition
to be too cramped for our family and all the things Lili and
her
brothers require on trips, so we upsized to a Ford Excursion. It
has an extra three feet behind the boys in the third seat. I
imagine
the Sierra Club will no longer consider us a good green family.
We
opted for the Power Stroke Diesel because of it's pulling power and
better
mpg, nearly 20 mpg on the highway. It's colors are scarlet
and
gray, so Woody should be smiling down upon us. . This weekend
we are in Holmes County, Ohio with Tracy's sisters and their families
and
her mom and dad. It is an annual trip we all go on together,
although
the location changes each year. We have been enjoying the slower
pace of the Amish lifestyle and had a meal to die for last night in the
home of a local Amish family. It was some of the best cooking I
have
ever had, and my mom and wife are both world class cooks!
Lili
and I watched Nemo (Disney's Finding Nemo) this evening while the
boys were playing card games in the hotel Lobby. We were
locked
out of our room for three hours this morning as the high-tech lock
refused
to open no matter how much we glared at it. The hotel management
was so apologetic, that I felt bad. It really was not that big of
a deal, except my cameras were safely in the room as we traveled the
back
roads of Amishville. About every half a mile we
were
faced with getting around a horse and buggy and dodging oncoming
traffic,
so we found roads that were not on the map or in the GPS system to be
more
to our liking. If you have never been to Holmes County, I would
recommend
it. It is much more built up that when we were here 4 years ago,
but has not lost it's quaintness that we find so appealing.
