One home...Many hearts: Celebration Swimming

Welcome to our story...

God has richly blessed us with a big, fun, happy family...
We have 9 children... 3 homegrown & 6 born in our hearts!

Blake... our oldest is 24 and a fine young man, with a heart for the Lord. His interests include; God, his family, mission trips, making music, playing classical guitar, playing drums at church, and writing.

Brianna Faith... is 19 years old and has a compassionate & tender heart. She's a wonderful big sister. She began talking to us about adoption when she was 11 years old. She is "Faith in motion"

Brent... is 15 years old. He's an awesome guy! He's in highschool. He has a special heart for family and God. He loves sports & spending time with family. Brent loves to laugh & is full of life!

Bethany Lidia... now 14, joined our family in August 2006, at 9 yrs old. She's from the beautiful country of Guatemala. In just a short period of time, she learned English, started school for the very first time (at 9 yrs old) and is now in 8th grade. Lidia's passion is sports & dancing!

Benjamin Ross... 14 years old. We first saw his picture in April 2007. By September he still hadn't found his forever family... well, we discovered that was us! Ben came home in May, '08. Ben is deaf, but his special need is that he needed a family. Ben loves making home-runs & hanging out with family & friends. Ben is from Tianjin, China.

Briella Xiyao... our beautiful 13 yr old daughter from Fujian Province, China. She joined our family on July 13, 2009. She's always wearing a big smile! Home 2.5 years now, she's very fluent in English & also sign language. She is extremely smart & a great student. She loves basketball & playing with all her sibs!!

Bellamei Ying... our exquisite Inner Mongolian princess. Bellamei is 13 yrs old and held my hand for the first time on July 18, 2011. She has melted into our big family seamlessly and it is truly an honor to be her mommy.

Brinley Grace FuChuan... is 8 years old and joined our family in July 2007. She's from Jiangxi Province, China. She has the most gentle, sweet spirit... we're so blessed to have Brinley Grace. She has my grandma's heart. She's an angel!

Bayla Shea Chao-Yu... our youngest. She's 7 years old, 5 months younger than Brinley. Bayla's from Hunan, China & came home at 11.5 months. She's bright, funny, endearing (and spicy!) We all can't get enough of her hugs & kisses.

To celebrate Bellamei officially becoming a Jordan, we went to the pool. She has never been in a pool before, but you wouldn't know it.. she isn't scared of anything it seems. They had a blast! Here are some pics of them - I had planned on getting in too, and even bought the silly hat for me too (required) but the pool was absolutely freezing. Then, we came back to the room and the girls showered and Bellamei got a 2nd treatment of conditioner for her hair and it is so much softer now and shiny too. I blow-dryed it for her and I even trimmed it a little, as her bangs were way down to her nose. I didn't take off much, but it is definitely better. In one picture, you will see her sporting her new watch I brought for her. The last picture is of George, our guide - he is so fun!