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Cow Appreciation Day 2009

7.10.09

When I was little, I distinctly remember digging through the trash cans at Roy Rogers (and even the dumpster!) to get little peel off things from the bottom of the cups that had free food on it. I remember jumping up and down yelling, “Ohh! I got a free fries!” and “A free soda!” My older sister and I actually gathered enough of those free food peel off thingies to have our family of 5 have a whole meal–without us having to share an order of fries! We tease my mom about it now.

Well, today was a bit different but it did make me remember Roy Rogers trash picking. Today was Cow Appreciation Day at all Chick Fil As. If you dress like a cow, you get a free combo meal! So, we spent most of the morning coming up with our costumes including tails and floppy black ears and then headed out as a herd. We had to stop at the post office which was comical. Evan told me to just speak to them with “moo”s. As we arrived at Chick Fil A, they rang a cowbell as we came in. And, sure enough, a completely free lunch for all of us–and we didn’t even have to share an order of fries. Sweet.
p.s. yes, Ashlyn’s ears are zebra ears. At least they are black and white.
p.s.s. entered Drew’s picture in Chick Fil A’s photo contest online which is judged solely by how many votes a picture gets. SO, go HERE and vote for silly faced Drewsy so we can get some more chick fil a food!





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family vacation montage

7.7.09

Warning–this is 9 minutes long. My kids love it and want to watch it over and over. I do not really expect any one else to watch this whole thing–except maybe my sisters and their children.

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we’re through review!

7.6.09




About 2 weeks short of 2 years ago, our dossier (i.e., huge pile of paperwork proving we aren’t criminal and explaining why we want to adopt, etc.) was received by the China office for adoptions. Today, we got word that our paperwork has been reviewed and approved and has moved from the review room to the matching room. This is big news for us! Since we have joined the special needs program, it means that when we do accept a referral for our daughter, we will only wait about 3 months until we will travel to get her. If we were not through review yet, the process could take 5 months or more as long since they would have to dig through thousands of dossiers in the review room to find ours then review it and approve it before they approve our travel date. For the nonspecial needs program, it’s just nice to know that your paperwork is in the right spot.

The office itself is very private and rarely lets any visitors in for pictures or interviews. But, I was able to find these pictures online of the mysterious matching room where dossiers sit waiting to be matched with a child. It’s nice to know ours is in there now too!

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happy birthday usa

7.5.09




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