Sunday, February 13, 2011

Chinese New Year and LID Anniversary

Well, today we are celebrating the second anniversary of our adoption paperwork getting logged into China (LID). It has actually been 2 years, 9 months, 1 week, and 1 day since we began pursuing our second daughter, Hope. It is sad that the wait is so long, but...

Our minds were taken off it this weekend as we celebrated Chinese New Year with our fabulous group First Coast Families with Children from China. We are very active in the group and enjoy watching the group grow as more and more children come home from China. What a blessing! What a special group of people!!!!

The families and their guests numbered--I think--somewhere in the 400-range for the evening's activities. The children danced, did crafts, ate, and all-around had FUN! The adults had a blast with the silent action, food, watching their children perform, etc. What a great night!



 Derek's parents were able to celebrate with us:
Here is Cherish's dance group. (Special thanks to Laurie McDonald for video taping this performance!) The children performed to "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" and the age range of the children is from 2-4.
The children were so brave and CUTE!!

1 comment:

Alyson and Ford said...

Happy Chinese New Year! The little ones did great, always so cute to see them perform (of course, AA wouldn't do it at all!).

Alyzabeth's Mommy