Jia visits many schools....

Jia and her teacher Mrs. Castillo

Jia and Dad fill out some papers

Mom and Jia fill out some more papers!

Mrs. Parnham-ready for Monday?

Jia visits Miss Leslie- her preschool teacher

Miss Leslie kept holding Jia and crying

Miss Madeline, Jia's other preschool teacher

The girls worked really hard to get Mom's room ready to go!

This week was planning week for Drew and I. The girls came with me to my school on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Katie and Jia went with Drew on Thursday, and Anna stayed with me again. All of the girls were a HUGE help in getting things prepared.

Today was a big day for Jia! We started out with a Meet & Greet at Silver Palms where Jia is going to attend Kindergarten again--the good news, she has the same teacher, which is what we were hoping for. The truly odd news is that there is another Jia in her class! The other Jia is also adopted from China. We kind of wished they had put her in another class as we think this will be confusing for both girls, but it might also be a good thing.

After that Jia and her sisters came to my school and helped a little more. When we went out for lunch I suprised Jia and took her to her pre-school to see her teachers there. She has not been back in over a year. Her teacher Miss Leslie (this is the angel that carried Jia around in that cast) cried when she saw Jia and said that Jia was the most special student she ever had and that she would always be her favorite. God gave us Miss Leslie to help Jia when we were in need, because there are not too many people that would have done for Jia what she did. The other teacher Miss Madeline was also there and so happy to see her.

Then, back to my school once again, this time for an Ice Cream Social that they have for the teachers each year. I think Jia and Anna ate 100 gummy bears along with the ice cream.

Now--I need a prayer for Monday morning when the kids show up.

JIA IS SIX! SHENG RI KUAI LE!

OUR 6 YEAR OLD!

COCO HELPS JIA CHECK OUT THE BALLOONS

Jia agreed that this was "many presents"

Jia and Mom ready to party

Wannado City-Jia as a surgeon

Wanna Do City- Jia as a Paramedic

South Florida = Beach, Right?

"FATHER, I ENTRUST MY SPIRIT INTO YOUR HANDS!.
-LUKE 23:46

When most people think of Florida they get visions of the beach. Something that couldn't be further from the truth for us. We live on reclaimed Everglades wetlands. If you drive 5 miles west from our house civilization stops and you are actually in protected Everglades land.

So... you can't really live in Florida and get further away from the beach than our house. It is about a 30-40 minute drive. However, today Anna felt the need to take Jia and Drew graciously agreed. Katie an I opted out for a trip to Barnes an Noble.

Fun was had by all.

God bless you all on this Good Friday.

Anna's Okay!

"I told you to drink plenty of fluids"

Anna's sister the Asian "Dr. House" gives some TLC

Dehydration. She gets to run her mile and do 10 push-ups tomorrow. Lots of whining going on in the house tonight...

How can my little Gator not know she needs A LOT of Gatorade in the 90 degree weather??? (BTW, for those that don't know, Gatorade was indeed developed by scientists at the University of Florida). Just thought you ought to know....

Sweet Faces (most of them furry)

Long day for my babies

An exhausted Anna has a nap

Daisy's helping Katie with her homework.

My little Chi-Chi's

Katie the vegetarian supplementing Mom's cooking

Coco and Bella

Coco Chanel

Bennyfoo

Doesn't seem like we have too many calm days around here. Today we got a call from Flanagan High School-Anna was running the mile during Personal fitness and she passed out. We needed to meet the ambulance at the ER. Anna is athletic but she is our "baby" we were hoping to get there before they put an IV into her, but she braved it alone. By the time I got there she was feeling much better. They did blood tests, EKG's, chest x-rays but she is fine.

Pics today--a few of the girls, but we have a gazillion cute shots of the animals, so I'm going to post them too.