But even before I was born, God chose me and called me by his marvelous grace. 
-Galations 1:15

{Oh and PS...I made the high school volleyball team! woo!}

Beauty.

"I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made" -Psalms 139:14

Everyone who meets Anna Grace or sees her picture can tell, she is beautiful. Yes, I am biased but you all have to agree when I say that she is beautiful. The almond shaped eyes, the long black hair, the perfect little lips, the cutest nose ever, how well she pulls glasses off, and she is just plain beautiful {Ok I am very biased but still.}

Not only is this precious one beautiful on the outside but she is even more beautiful on the inside.

She has a sweet personality, is everyone's best friend, is the sweet heart, Loves all, sees the best in everyone, and is always happy.

I can only pray that one day I will be just like this little beauty of mine. 

I love you precious girl.

Home

6 months ago today a precious boy came home.

A Child we had just met.

We took him away from any security he had ever had

To

A place he had never been

With people he barely knew

In a new world

Across the World.

And SO far away from the ONLY home he had ever known

Yet, He did amazingly.

6 months have passed and our fireball continues to amaze us

His name is JianHui (and if we call him anything but we get a lecture ;)

He hates cheese (he would assume starve than eat it)

He has a sweet tooth and pretty much anything with sugar he can down

Andrew is probably the sweetest child you will ever meet, but will show you his spicy side

He is strong willed and if he doesn't want to do it, he won't

He makes you laugh, with his facial expressions, power ranger moves, or just being silly he makes you laugh out loud.

We know that we have been blessed beyond belief with this precious child

God placed him in our lives.

And
We will be FOREVER grateful to the ONE who went before us and 6 months ago brought this precious child who we call our son, brother, grandson, nephew, friend, and many more things....


Home.

To Infinity and Beyond!

California (:

Well, my week in California was absolutely amazing. I got to visit one of the greatest families ever who I just adore!! They were absolutely amazing and I am SO glad they allowed me to come stay with them for a week (THANK YOU, Karen, Katie, Becky, Doug, Ashlee, and Matt!) I had soo much fun visiting all of the really cool places in California!

On Sunday I got to go to church with the family and then just got to hang around their house all day and watch the girls swim! It was relaxing and fun (: At about 8pm I went with Ashlee (Karen's older daughter) to watch a movie at her friends house. A LOT of fun too, Thanks, Ashlee and Brittney (:

Katie (:

On Monday we went to Chinatown. That was breath-taking. It is just like China, food and all! We shopped some, got some lunch, let the girls play on the rides and shopped some more! (I think my Mom will like what I got her ;)

On Tuesday we went to Huntington Beach. It was sooo coool! We walked around, shopped (haha), watched the volleyball games going on (!) and had lunch at Dukes! It was probably one of my very favorite days! Karen, Tia Annie, Katie, Becky, and I all went. It was so much fun! It was so great to spend time with sweet friends after 6 months!

On Wednesday we went to a very cool little water park! It was a lot of fun, too! (do we see a pattern here? Yes, everything was fun!) We walked through the lazy river, Matt and I went down water slides, Karen took pictures, I took pictures, we had lunch by the "kiddie pool" , watched the girls play in a mushroom type thing that was making it "rain" , and had an awesome time (:

there I am...sheesh.

On Thursday we went to the Long Beach Aquarium with the Lucky Mommy's! I LOVED being surrounded by precious little girls and going to a really cool aquarium! It was awesome! We petted sting rays, sharks, and starfish. The girls had a blast looking at all of the cool animals, petting them, and exploring. It was another great day!!

On Friday we went to Seal Beach. We met up with some friends and had a blast hanging out at the beach all day!! I love the beach and especially loved this California beach (probably because it was in California...)

On Saturday I was supposed to go home but due to difficulties with flights I got to stay another night! Woo! So poor Karen had to get up at 5am to take me to the airport only for us to turn back around at 8:30 to go back home! I felt so bad! But I had an amazing day! Doug, Matt, and I had a tour of Hollywood! IT WAS AWESOME ;) (I am also 15 14 {happy em? :) } and a girl haha)

Now that I am home I miss the girls and the rest of the family like crazy!! Thank you Yingling Family for an amazing trip to California I will never forget!