Please pray for Hannah Moore

My dear friend Susan (and Richard ;) have a beautiful 5 year old daughter from China that has been in her forever family for almost 4 months. Hannah has a medical condition that is requiring brain surgery that will take place on Monday, March 31.

Please keep this precious family in your prayers. Hannah asked her mommy if she would be there for her in the hospital and Susan reassured her that mommy or daddy would be with her at all times. Then, Hannah hugged her mommy and said "Thank you mommy" It brought me to tears because I know there are many little ones without mommies and daddies to be there when they face pain, fear, sickness, loneliness, etc... It makes me think of my Linzhi too. How precious these babies are no matter what age. Every kid needs a family.

Please pray for Hannah and the entire Moore family.

I'll post updates =D

Many blessings,
Amy

Easter Sunday Pictures....

Busy week! Will post soon... =D

Easter Saturday at Gram and Grandpa's house

Today was a fun day at Gram and Grandpa's. The girls had so much fun looking for all the eggs that were hidden, they had some extra help from cousin Phil too! Grandma Sharon made a lovely lunch (so nice when someone else cooks) =D... then we just hung out and visited. It was a great day from start to finish. This evening Trevor and I went to Target for last minute Easter shopping. It was so nice to hang out with my boy!!!! I do not have a picture of Trevor to post this evening but I will for tomorrow's post.

Happy Easter!!!

~Amy =D

Our Good Friday

For many reasons Good Friday is a sentimental day for me, I am always much more reflective on my life and the one who gave his life. It rained here much of the day which I think is very fitting as it is a bit of a bittersweet day. I did however have a wonderful bible study at church with Rod, we had a nice visit as well (CJ did too, he met with Rod in the morning). I came home, gave the girls a much needed bath along with a day at "Mommy Amy's beauty shop" I styled the girls hair and gave them a nice foot massage with some thick, yummy smelling lotion, took off old nail polish and well... just spruced them up for the weekend of family get together's. Trevor is on Spring Break so it was nice to see him around the house too. Once Trev was done with his paper route, we took the kids to China Chef for our traditional Friday night dinner of sweet and sour chicken, General Tso (hot) and a cheeseburger =D

Since we had no major meltdowns at the restaurant, we decided to take the girls to see the Easter bunny at the mall (I'll post the picture later). Anyway, we only had one family ahead of us so the girls didn't have much time to change their minds... when it was our turn, Rachel walked right up and let me put her on his lap...Miss Linz wanted NOTHING to do with the "Easter boony" she started screaming and shaking and would not let CJ put her down so he walked away from her and I stood watching Rachel as she sat on the bunny's lap with a funny "deer in headlights" look...snapped the picture and moved very quickly off his/her lap!!! It was hilarious! So the picture is of Rachel only, both Linzhi & Trevor decided to sit this one out...maybe next year =D

After the mall we dropped Trevor off at his friends house for a little get together and we came home to start coloring our Princess eggs. Rachel has been eye balling these eggs all day, we decided to name them after family members as well. =D Linzhi just wanted to hold them and I believe she licked one too...that's our Linz...with her arms being so limited she uses her mouth for almost everything, this is something she'll be challenged to break once her arms get moving more to her favor. WHAT a day that will be!!! Come one June 16th!!! That is our first visit scheduled with Shriner's Hospital in Chicago.

I also have decided to get my blog revamped, I put an order in and I'm so EXCITED to see what Danielle can do...more to come on that!

Have a wonderful Easter to whoever reads my blog =D

Amy

Jesus, Easter and Goldfish Crackers

On Sunday evening, I sat the girls down on the couch with their evening snack of Goldfish crackers, milk for Rachel and water for Linzhi... They were anxiously awaiting our favorite book to end the night but I thought it was time to tell them the kid friendly version of the last week of Jesus' life. Holy week is very sentimental to CJ, Trevor and me and I really wanted to girls to be introduced to Easter other than "The Easter bunny" so I took the Crucifix off the shelf, the girls were able to touch the nails in his feet and hands, his hair, and his "towel" then I began the story of how Jesus gave his life for us. They were looking at me with big, tender eyes, both girls said in concerned voices a few times "poor Jesus" Linzhi of course repeating Rachel, it was very precious for me to see how they felt pity for him, they were both concerned that he was hungry and thirsty on the cross and asked me if "someone gave him a water bottle" I said no, he didn't have anything to eat or drink. So as I continued to talk I saw Rachel pick up a Goldfish and gently put it to his mouth, I didn't say anything and she didn't either, I don't even think she saw me looking at her, it came right from her heart and I know her heart belongs to Jesus! Now Linzhi kisses everything and the golden Jesus on the cross was no exception, I think he was kissed 4 times total =D. After I told the whole story the sad and the happy parts, we held hands and prayed to Jesus and asked him to stay in our hearts forever! I did this same thing with Trevor when he was little and I have to say each time is just as precious for me to see my babies loving the one who died on the cross for them, for all of us. My prayer is that my children never leave the path of God and that they always share the reason for the hope and joy they have with others.

Many Blessings during Holy week~

Amy

China day at Children's Corner!!

This past Friday was China day at the girls pre-school. Ms. Michelle planned this on a Friday so Miss Linzhi could participate since she only attends school on Fridays....THANK YOU Ms. Michelle! The girls loved it and talked about the Dragon all weekend! I thought it would be a good idea for the girls to be dressed in the traditional Chinese dresses I brought home from China and of course the girls were so excited because they both LOVE to wear dresses, especially the beautiful, delicate, matching Chinese dresses ( I took a risk sending them to school in these precious dresses). We also brought in fortune cookies, Rachel was so excited to be able to share her cookies and her Chinese sister, she kept saying on the drive to school "Linzhi is REALLY from China and that is far, far away" She looked so serious and proud that her sister came all the way from China. It really made Mommy's heart feel good to see her girls bond even more. Oh and the dresses came home in perfect shape!

Blessings!

Amy

Trees, kids and poopy

Not much to report, it's been a nice week, the weather is getting a little warmer and I'm starting to see a few buds on some of the trees. This time of year I become obsessed with tree buds, I check my trees every other day to see if I can get a glimpse of any pretty green sprouts breaking through...

Here are some cute random pictures of the kids, gram and gramp with the girls and my younger brother Sean with Trevor....Oh and Linzhi went "poopy" in the potty today at grandma and grandpa's....Yeah LINZHI!!!!! Mama's tired of diapers! :-)