New Pictures of Lia!!!

We received these pictures and an update on May 3rd.  I can't wait to finally meet my girl.  She looks so sweet and SO much like a Perry kiddo to me:)  Come on paperwork!!!

Our agencies coordinators got to spend some time with Lia and her foster father...

Lia with her foster baba (father;)...

40 years old...WHAT?!?!

Most days I honestly don't feel 40...but apparently I really am.  My amazing husband planned a surprise birthday trip for me.  We went to the beautiful Riviera Maya, April 10th - 14th and stayed at the Zoetry Paraiso De La Bonita.  It was one of the most relaxing trips I have ever been on:) We didn't do much except just be together...chatting, eating sushi and laying in the sun.  It was WONDERFUL!!!  So blessed to be married to my best friend;) 

Private transfer from the airport with champagne...

Lots of YUMMY sushi...

My favorite was my early morning quiet time and beautiful sunrises...

My "spot" to relax and read...Choosing to SEE:)  GREAT book!!!

View of the pool area from the main entrance...

We saw tons of HUGE iguanas...and a few raccoons too;)

A gorgeous sunrises each and every morning...

We did venture out once for a boat ride to Puerto Morales...shopping;)

View of Puerto Morales...

This was the large, very nice hot tub in the spa... We spent some time here relaxing;)

Yep...another picture off our deck:) I seriously would have been happy to never to leave it. SO relaxing!!! Breakfast out there even...

And right off our deck...our private chairs in the sand waiting for us each morning with a bucket of ice cold Coronas and water;) AWESOME service!!!

This was a first for us...dinner IN the pool:) Very romantic!!!

One last picture before we said goodbye to Zoetry...

My friends also surprised me with a birthday dinner a couple weeks before my big day:) LOVE my girlfriends!!!

Such a PERFECT way to begin my 40's!!!

Easter Sunday 2012...

Easter Baskets~Church~Family~Dinner

Their goodies...

My SENSATIONAL six:) LOVE them so much!!!

Made these masterpieces for me...for my 40th birthday:)

Easter Egg Hunt...

Eating their candy:)

The girls really concentrating on their egg painting...

Piper giving Liam kisses... 

Jesus is RISEN!!!

Topsail Island, North Carolina

I can NOT believe that it has been almost 2 months since my last post:( We have been VERY busy...but in a fun, good way:) Over the kid's Spring Break this year...we decided to load up the big black bus and drive to Topsail Island, North Carolina. We chose the Topsail Beach area because it was near Hampstead, NC where the Sydes Family lives. You see...Stephanie Sydes (click her name to order a book about her journey to her daughter Julie;) and I have been chatting online for a couple years, before I brought Levi home even. She contacted me to let me know that our children had shared the same foster home/parents. She was able to send me many pictures of her Julie and my Levi together...long before they had us but only each other. Such a precious gift!!! Levi started asking to see his Tian Tian (Julie) while we were still in China. He really wanted to go see her over the holidays last year and we really wanted to make it happen. So...on his birthday on February 8th, we told him that we were going to spend Spring Break with them. He was SO happy and excited:) We rented a house on the beach just minutes from their house and got to spend 4 days with them. Levi cherished their time together so much. They were both very upset when we had to say our goodbyes:( They are continuing to stay in touch by writing letters and Skyping. They share such a special bond...

Playing in the sand...

My beautiful Lorelle...

Levi and Julie in the hot tub...

Loved my quiet mornings...

My little China boys...

Lance with his coffee...our beach house in the back;)

My China princesses...

Liam and Lorelle playing catch...

Liam and Leytan jumping the waves...

Lance with his girl...out for lunch:)

Me with my Leytan and Lily Bug...and Yes, Leytan is almost taller than me and Lilyan not fall behind;(

Me and my little peanut...such a mama's boy;)

My sunshine and little monkeys...lol!

My littles petting a shark... We saw several sharks and sting rays being caught on the pier. Pretty cool!

Lance with our kiddos...minus Landan who chose to go on a ski trip to Colorado with his friends. They grow up way to quickly;( Leytan will probably ditch us next year...UGH!

My beautiful Lilyan...

Digging for sand fiddlers... 

Cool dude!!!

On our last day...we visited the Battleship North Carolina. The kids LOVED it...especially the boys:)

It was a wonderful Spring Vacation and such a special one for Levi...and all of us:) God is GOOD!!!