February Stuff

Keelan got an academic letter.  He had already earned a letter in band last year.

Bad pictures, taken far away with my phone camera.

  But they'll have to do.

And he got his letter jacket.  (An early birthday present!)

We celebrated Chinese New Year at our adoption agency's annual party.  Of course there was face painting.  (I don't know why I didn't get a picture of Sam's finished product!)  There were red envelopes with gold coins, which I neglected to get photos of, as well.  But we had fun and ate lots of yummy food.

Tessa's first face painting.  She loves "Mee Mouse"!

Jim and Keelan changing spark plugs, with a little help from Samuel.

Caylie worked hard on her Valentines from school.

Samuel and Caylie went to a Valentine's party at church.  Lots of fun!

Keelan and me.  :)

 Caylie is learning to help in the kitchen.  

(Tiny girl has to stand on a stool, of course!)

Sam looks pretty good in my glasses, dontcha think?

Caylie's Birthday

Caylie is 8!  She is doing so well.  She's been with us for 3 1/2 years now, is in first grade, has lots of friends, and is learning to read both English and Chinese.

Her birthday is on Valentine's Day, so there is always an extra celebration!

Early present from big sister Brittany.

Birthday morning!

Hello Kitty ice cream cake.  Caylie has loved Hello Kitty since the day she arrived in the U.S. and Brittany gave her her first Kitty.  She still sleeps with that Kitty every night.

Beautiful birthday girl!

Cutie pies!

Happy Birthday, Caylie!!

Taylor's Birthday

On February 3, we celebrated Taylor's 24th birthday.  He is doing well these days.  Still living in the little apartment near our old house, taking the bus to work at Goodwill, where he's had a job for 2 1/2 years.  We are proud of him!

And yes, one of his presents was a big container of cat litter, ha!

Taylor chose to eat dinner at a Japanese Hibachi grill.  We've gone there the past couple of years for his birthday.  We didn't know those other people around our table.  I'm sure we kept them quite amused.

Jim, Samuel, Keelan, and Taylor

Caylie

Justin and me.

Brad and Tessa came over for birthday cake.  Poor Brittany still wasn't feeling well.

Happy Birthday, Taylor!