Welcome to our story...
God has richly blessed us with a big, fun family...
We have 10 children... 3 homegrown & 7 born in our hearts!
Blake... our oldest is 25 and has a heart for the Lord. He enjoys; church, family, mission trips, making music, playing guitar & drums at church, and writing.
Brianna Faith... is 21 and has a compassionate & tender heart. She's a wonderful big sister. She began talking to us about adoption when she was 11 yrs old. She is "Faith in motion"
Brent... is 17 - he's an awesome guy! He's in highschool. He has a special heart for family and God. He loves sports! Brent loves to laugh & is full of life!
Bethany Lidia... now 15, joined our family in August 2006 at 9 yrs old. She's from the beautiful country of Guatemala. She started school for the very first time (at 9 yrs old) and is now in 9th grade. Lidia's passion is sports & dancing!
Benjamin Ross... 15 yrs old. We first saw his picture in April 2007 & 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 15 yr old daughter from Fujian Province, China. She joined our family in July 2009. She's always wearing a big smile! She has a passion for the deaf & very proficient in sign language. She loves basketball!!
Bellamei Ying... our Inner Mongolian princess. Bellamei is 14 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 9 years old and joined our family in July 2007. She's from Jiangxi Province, China. She has the most gentle, sweet spirit... she's an angel!
Bayla Shea Chao-Yu... our youngest. She's 9 yrs old, 5 months younger than Brinley. Bayla's from Hunan, China & came home at 11.5 months. She's bright, funny (and spicy!) We can't get enough of her hugs & kisses.
and our caboose... Braxton Emanuel Jordan - 8 yrs old? (see post below) He's from Guangdong Province and is now officially our son!
4 comments:
What beautiful photos!!! LOVE IT! He looks so happy! Him and BIG bro look awesome together!! :)
This is Traci...your sister...
Great pictures Lee. Jake loved the one with Ben feeding the tiger. What a neat zoo.
Everybody loved the pictures all the kids say the panda sleeps like maggie and simba , on their back. ha ha . cool zoo
Loved hearing about everything! and seeing all the Z kiddos;) Our Wren didn't sign at all either, and they told us that she was making progress with the materials sent...um...NOT. I'm so glad that Braxton is making progress and EAGER to learn!!! THat makes your job SO much easier! Wren simply wasn't interested in learning sign. She's just now at almost 6 months home starting to show more interest. It's SO frustrating! So I'm celebrating with you that he WANTS to learn! Huge blessing. Think of you often! Prayers for a safe journey home.
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