8.13.08 |
TONS OF NEW PICTURES & UPDATES!
It's been a while but there are a bunch of new pictures from our summer posted. We updated the Summer '08 picture album with the following pages:
-July 4th/Moving Day
-Fun in Santa Cruz
-Eli's Adoption Day Celebration
-River and Beach Fun
-Canopy Zip Tour with the Hoffs
-Camping with the Lockwoods PAGE 1 and PAGE 2 |
7.30.08 |
Happy Adoption Day, Eli! One year ago today we took Eli home from the orphanage. It was such a memorable day (click here to see the photos from 7.30.07). Tonight we celebrated with a party! |
7.21.08 |
Happy Birthday, Sarah! |
7.16.08 |
It's official... escrow has closed and we've moved out of our home. We'll be living with family for the next few weeks or so until we line up a new house and a job for Kevin. In the mean time, we thought we'd share the link to pics of our old place for the memories. (click here to see the pics) It was a good house and we'll miss it dearly, but we're excited about the new things God has for us. |
7.08.08 |
New video of Dave & Meg's wedding reception is now posted. Go to the "Dancing" page of the wedding album and click on the second video link under the picture of Dan and Meg. |
7.04.08 |
Here are a bunch of pictures from the past couple of weeks. |
7.03.08 |
We finally posted pictures from Katie's Happy Adoption Day Party. We have decied to celebrate our children's adoption day by having a big party, eating traditional food and telling them all about when they were adopted. We chose to celebrate Katie's adoption day on June 18th, the day we brought her to our apartment from the Baby House. It is amazing that it has been three years since we brought her into our family. We love you, Katie! |
6.18.08 |
Tons more pics were uploaded today! Go to the Summer '08 album on the Pictures page to see all the latest from our summer adventures. New postings include rock climbing, swimming and weekend away. |
6.14.08 |
WE SOLD OUR HOUSE ! That's right, if you hadn't heard, we're moving. We've felt God opening doors for us and hope to buy a home in the foothills. The first step in this process was making sure we could sell our house, and we feel that we got a good deal so we're on to step two and three: finding a job and a new house. |
6.13.08 |
For a bit of nostaliga, click here to see the past "Pictures of the Day" and notice how much the kids have grown! |
6.13.08 |
David and Meg got married on May 31st. We had so much fun at their wedding and are so happy to have Meg as a new member of the family. There are a ton of pictures. Click here to see them all. |
6.11.08 |
Summer fun has begun! In the first few days of summer, we have gone to the American River, Mia's 3rd Birthday Party, and Fairytale Town. |
5.16.08 |
More from back in March: Visit with Jodi, |
5.12.08 |
We have not updated our website since January and it has been brought to our attention, by many people, that it might be nice to see new pictures more often than every 6 months :-) This winter and Spring have been very busy and we are going to try to update pictures of some of the things that we have been doing but, more importantly, we are going to try to keep up on the new things that we are doing. Here are some of the recent (in the past 5 months) things we have done: Nut Tree Trip, Easter '08, Remembering Gpa, Tahoe Weekend, Skiing, |
1.28.08 |
This weekend, we got to attend a marriage conference with our church. It was a wonderful time at Tahoe, and it was just the two of us! (Thanks Mary, Steve and Lloyd for babysitting!) Click here to see pictures of the beautiful snow and some of the kids too! |
1.1.08 |
During Christmas break, we took a trip to the Northwest to see Sarah's brother and his family. Click here to see 4 pages of pics! |
12.03.07 |
Click here to see the exciting things going on at Agape Orphanages International (the organization we're involved with to build orphanages in Brazil). We're about to have our big Helping Hands boutique, this time to benefit the construction of the first orphanage building in Brazil. As always, there's lots of great items so if you (or someone you know) live in the greater Seattle area, drive out to Enumclaw for a great benefit sale! Use the link above to get more info and directions. |
11.25.07 |
Happy Thanksgiving! We had a fun Thanksgiving break and we got to introduce Eli to lots of our family for the first time. Click here to see all the new pictures! |
11.14.07 |
Happy 3rd Birthday, Katie! On Saturday, November 10th, we had Katie's birthday party (and Daddy's too). Click here to see the pictures from the special day of celebrating Princess Katie. |
11.12.07 |
Kevin had a wonderful trip and got back safely from Brazil! He's doing daily reviews with excerpts from his journal and pictures of the sights. To see them, just go to the news page on the Agape website and click the day you want to read about. Or, email us and we'll add you to our update list. |
10.30.07 |
Kevin is on his way to Brazil!!! The kids and I just got back from dropping Kevin off at the Sacramento Airport where he will board the first of 3 flights that will take him to Manaus, Brazil. When he gets down there, he will meet up with my brother, Tim and they will spend a week meeting with lawyers and the mayor of Urucurituba, the town where the orphanage will be, and tour the site where Agape Orphanages International will purchase land and build their first orphanage. Thank you all for your prayers for Kevin and Tim's safety and for the time they spend in Brazil to be very fruitful. Tim called me today and was so excited about all that he has seen the Lord do in the past week that he has been in Sao Paulo. |
10.29.07 |
Here are the promised pictures of Eli's first birthday party that we had at Uma and Grampa's house. We also had a little party with Great Grandma and Ger and with Carolyn, Joshua and Mikey Quan (since it was his birthday too). It was a busy week! |
10.27.07 |
Kevin is going to Brazil in 3 days! Read all about it by clicking here. If you aren't subscribed to his email update list, just send us an email (see bottom of page). You can also see past eNewsletters from the organization by going here and clicking the links. |
10.23.07 |
Happy 1st Birthday Eli! We love you little man and are so happy that we have you in our lives. |
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10.10.07 |
We finally updated the blog with some things Eli has been up to lately. Click the button on the left to read all about our cute little boy. |
10.6.07 |
Here are some more pictures that we have taken lately. |
10.1.07 |
We have had fun the past few weekends hanging out as a family. Katie has started talking a ton and parrots everything we say and Eli is walking all over the place and has just started drinking from a sippy cup and eating everything that we do. He has 8 teeth now including one molar already. He also has a wonderful grasp of the english language (even though he has only heard it for 2 months) and is starting to speak quite a bit. It is amazing that we have had him just 2 months and already he is such a big boy. Click here to see some recent pictures. |
9.12.07 |
We just uploaded the beta version of the new site for Agape Orphanages, Intl. If you want to test it out for us, go to www.aointernational.org. If you see any errors or have any questions, please let us know; we hope to go live with it next week. |
9.11.07 |
Better late than never is our new motto. Here are three pages of pictures from the recent weeks. The first is when Carolyn and the boys came over to play, the second is from going down to Santa Cruz to meet Aunt Amanda, celebrate Gpa's birthday, meet Uncle James and hang out with the kids' grandparents and the third is just a few of the kids playing with the kids in the daycare. |
8.26.07 |
We had our first outing this weekend to the Heartsent Adoption Agency "Asian Afternoon". It was an event in the East Bay to celebrate Asian adoptions through our agency. Since we had two such adoptions, we decided to venture out. Click to see pictures. |
8.24.07 |
We are home. We are alive. We haven't updated the website in forever. We are sorry :-) We have been so busy and so tired that as soon as the kids go to bed, we have been going to bed too. Plus our cute little Eli likes to play in the middle of the night. It has only been for the past 2 nights that we all got some sleep. We also both had to start back to work this week so things have been extra busy. We have posted a ton of pictures on five different pages |
8.15.07 |
After being "on the road" for almost 2 days, we finally made it home! Everything went without a hitch, other than the fact that our stroller never showed up at the gate in San Francisco (now we have to wait and hope they find it for us). We'll post more about our travels, as well as more pictures, once we get caught up on our extreme jet lag. |
8.15.07 |
We're in Hong Kong and about to board for SFO. This is it; we're finally bringing him home! If you're meeting us at the airport, our flight looks to be on-time so far. Read the post below for flight info. |
8.14.07 |
Two pages of pictures are now posted from our last days in Hanoi.
We're still on schedule to leave for Saigon tonight, then be home Wednesday morning. If you're meeting us at the airport, our flight is United Airlines #862, arriving on Wednesday at 9:17 PST (note: this will be at SFO's international terminal). We'll be going through immigration & customs so it may be 9:30 or later before we come out of the security area, however the flight is often early so you may want to check the flight status before coming. You can contact either of our moms if you want to coordinate a meeting area; click to email Mary Hoff, or Barbara Lockwood. |
8.13.07 |
Our second interview at the Embassy went great. While there, we met two other families and their babies, plus we saw a few more heading in or out. They told us that unless their computers go down, we will have our visa at 4:30 PM tomorrow! Our coordinator, Thuy, will get the visa, bring it to the hotel, then take us straight to the airport for our flight down to Saigon. From there we catch a ride to a hotel where we will stay for 6.5 hrs., then we go back to the airport at 4 AM to catch our flight to Hong Kong, then eventually, back to the U.S. We'll post more info as we get time. |
8.13.07 |
WE GOT THE CALL! Today at 2:30 local time, we're heading to the Embassy for our exit interview. We should then receive Eli's passport with US visa by Tuesday and fly back to Saigon where we'll catch an early morning flight on Wednesday. Because of the date line, our return to San Francisco should be Wednesday at 9:17 PST. More info coming soon... |
8.12.07 |
Les and Sarah received their call for their second embassy appointment. They will have their interview for Chloe's visa on Monday. We are praying that on Monday morning we will also get the call for an appointment on Monday afternoon so that we can make the flights on Tuesday night. We are all kind of in limbo right now because of interviews and flights. Right now Les and Sarah have an appointment, but no flights till next Saturday. Diane and us have flights on Wednesday but no appointment. Please pray that we will all get everything worked out on Monday so that we can all leave on Wednesday. |
8.11.07 |
Today Kevin added a fun story about Katie and adoption to the blog. Also, we have our tickets changed and confirmed for Wednesday the 15th. As of right now, we will land at SFO on the 15th at 9:17am. This is all still tentative since we are still waiting on Eli's visa, but Yoshi worked some miracles and got us on that flight when we were not able to from our end. Thanks Yoshi. |
8.10.07 |
We have been hanging out in the hotel room, trying to figure out flights home and waiting to hear back from the embassy. Here are some pictures of our efforts to keep us all sane. Plus we updated the blog with our baby food findings. |
8.09.07 |
DELAYED... we posted a blog entry for today about our delays. |
8.08.07 |
Eli's medical appointment is finished. He weighs 18 pounds and is 29 inches long. There is more about the doctor appointment on the blog if you are interested. We also have a page of pictures from our walking trip to the French Quarter, plus a fun dinner out. |
8.07.07 |
Today we've added two new picture pages of our trip to the temple on Hoan Kiem Lake, fun in the hotel and some shopping. |
8.06.07 |
We have finished our first Embassy appointment. Check out the blog to read more about it. We didn't do any pictures today since cameras are not allowed at the Embassy and the rest of the day was spent in the hotel. Check back tomorrow for new pictures. |
8.05.07 |
We've been in Hanoi three days now. Tomorrow, we'll go to the U.S. Embassy for our first appointment, but until then, we're continuing to enjoy wandering the streets of Hanoi (see the latest pictures). You can also read more about our experiences in today's blog update. |
8.04.07 |
We had a little more time today so we posted even more pictures of Hanoi (2 pgs worth!), plus another extensive blog entry.
Note:
We are having problems with our internet/email, so we might not respond very quickly (if at all to emails). |
8.04.07 |
A new blog entry and a new page of pictures are up (these ones are from our last day in Da Nang and our arrival in Hanoi). |
8.03.07 |
We're in Hanoi now and have uploaded a long blog update, plus two new pages of pictures (one of pictures from our hotel stay in Da Nang, and another of pictures from Da Nang Beach). We have limited internet access now (because it's $3/hr. in our hotel) so we'll only be checking email and posting updates once a day. |
8.01.07 |
Two new picture pages of hanging out in our hotel room & exploring Da Nang are now up, plus the 1st pictures of Eli smiling! |
8.01.07 |
We posted a page of pictures for Diane and her friend, Laura (the other people traveling with us). Click here to see some of their pics. |
7.31.07 |
We just posted pics from the G&R ceremony, plus we added to the blog so make sure to check them both out. |
7.31.07 |
Les and Sarah (the couple traveling with us) just got their daughter today. Chloe was in a different province, but near Da Nang so they had to wait until today for their G&R. If you want to see their adoption blog (with new pictures of Chloe), just go to http://chloelieu.blogspot.com. |
7.31.07 |
New pictures of getting Eli from the orphanage are now posted (2 pgs). We'll put of pics from the G&R ceremony soon. |
7.30.07 |
HE'S OURS! We just added a quick text update to the adoption blog. We'll add the pictures when we get a chance, but for now, we thought we'd give you a sneak peak: |
7.29.07 |
The first pictures of our son are posted! While we didn't get to take him home tonight, it was probably for the best...he was very tired and needed to relax in his environment after meeting us for the first time. See the pictures page and read the blog entry (on left). More to come tomorrow. |
7.28.07 |
We just posted our first page of pictures for Vietnam (sorry, we haven't been to see Eli just yet). We also added another blog entry with some exciting news! Click the button on the left to read it.
Note: We also added a new album under Pictures for Vietnam. |
7.26.07 |
We had a safe flight and are now in Vietnam! Click the button on the left to see today's Adoption Blog entry with more details. |
7.25.07 |
Only one more day until we leave! We can't wait to go get Eli, but we're also praying hard for Katie to endure the long flight there. By the way, incase you're wondering about the specifics, our flight leaves from SFO on Friday at 11 in the morning, and we're planning on returning on Aug. 11th at 9am (in the international terminal). |
7.21.07 |
Happy Birthday, Sarah! Click here to see her baby picture |
7.21.07 |
The final pictures from back east have been posted. The first page is from our adventures in Philadelphia and the second page is from the Kazakhstan reunion (don't forget to see the "over the years" sequence at the bottom of the page!). |
7.21.07 |
Now that our adoption is moving, we're beginning to blog again. View the adoption blog by clicking on the icon to the left. |
7.18.07 |
We're home! We had a wonderful trip back east seeing our friends and family. We're still slowly posting pictures from the end of the trip. Right now you can see pictures from our first day with the Dresslers by clicking here. |
7.14.07 |
More pictures are posted from our visit with the Squyres family. Click here to see the "last days with the Squyres" page. |
7.13.07 |
WE GOT TRAVEL DATES! Our agency says we will have our adoption ceremony in Da Nang, Vietnam on July 30th, so we will probably leave on the 26th or 27th and plan to return to the U.S. around the 11th of August with little Eli! |
7.13.07 |
More pictures are posted from our time with Amy and Andy. Click here to see pics from our trip to the amusement park. |
7.11.07 |
Today we uploaded three more pages of pictures; "Day at the river", "Last day with the Dentons" and "First day with the Squyres". |
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We're in North Carolina right now, but we just posted the second page of pictures from Rick & Niki's. We also posted a new slide show/video of Katie and GG! (Click here to see pictures & video!) |
7.09.07 |
We just uploaded the tribute video that Kevin made a few years ago for his dad's retirement dinner. Click here to link to YouTube.com and view it. By the way, our new YouTube.com user name is "lockwoodsadopt", just in case you use YouTube frequently. |
7.07.07 |
New video posted of our July 4th celebration. Just go to the previous page of pictures we posted and click on the link at the top. |
7.05.07 |
New pictures from our trip back east are posted! Click here to see our July 4th celebrations with Rick and Niki's family. |
7.03.07 |
We're back east visiting our friends Rick & Niki, Sarah's sister's family, plus our Kazakhstan traveling buddies, Jen and Jessie. |
6.21.07 |
We just got back from our short camping trip and posted some great pictures. We also posted pics from Amanda's graduation. As an added bonus, both pages also have VIDEOS to watch! |
6.11.07 |
Check out all of our new pictures that we just uploaded. There are pictures from our spring trip to Santa Cruz, the Bradshaw graduations and the start of our summer break. |
6.11.07 |
NEW FEATURE: Click on any picture to view a high-resolution, larger version. To download the larger version for printing or saving on your computer, just right-click the picture and choose "Save Image As... ". |
5.15.07 |
We just posted two pages of new pictures! The first page is from Mother's Day (click here) and the second page is from various activities in the past week (click here). |
5.15.07 |
Katie has been officially "readopted" in the State of California! Today we went to the court house and had our readoption hearing where the Judge to finalized the processing of Katie's California birth certificate. When the printed copy arives, she will have a birth certificate with our names listed as her parents. |
5.13.07 |
A new video of Katie's adoption is on the web! Check out the website of our adoption agency (from Katie's adoption) and see the new video they put together. It's not what we thought it would be (mainly, they didn't use Sarah's voice, even though we got it recorded at a studio) but it is still fun seeing our trip pics and video in a new compilation (some of the photos are general "photostock"). To see the new video, click here, then scroll down on their website and click the play button. |
5.06.07 |
We just posted pictures from our 1-day trip to Sonoma. We went for Audrey's birthday party and had a great time! Click here. |
4.25.07 |
WE GOT NEW PICTURES! This morning, another adoptive mother (who is currently in Da Nang) was able to visit Eli's orphanage. She took him a photo book we sent with pictures of our family and she also took pictures of him! She also said that he appeared to be in great health and was being well taken care of. Thank you, God! |
4.24.07 |
We finished Eli's bedroom. We painted, we stuck wallies on and we decorated (at least a little bit) Click here to see pictures. Still no news for us on the adoption front... we just sit still and wait. |
4.15.07 |
Although it's a week late, we just posted pictures from our Easter vacation. It was a wonderful time together, making memories with each other and our families. Click here to see the pictures. |
4.15.07 |
We've posted pictures from Eli's second baby shower in Sacramento. We've also added a new "album" directory for all the Spring '07 pictures; you can click the Pictures link to see it. |
3.23.07 |
Eli Thanh Lockwood is 5 months old today! We can't wait to come and get you, our little son. |
3.14.07 |
We have been having a lot of fun outside lately with all the nice spring weather we have been having. Here are some pictures of our play time outside with all the day care kids. |
3.13.07 |
This weekend was a ton of fun because we had our very first shower for Eli. Sarah and Katie headed to Santa Cruz for the shower and Kevin headed up to Silver Spur for the annual Men's Advance with our church. Since Sarah had she camera with her, there are no pictures of the Men's Advance, but plenty of the shower. Click here to see them. |
2.26.07 |
We just posted a bunch of new pictures from our adventures this month. There's still no more news about Eli, however we just received Katie's USA passport; click here to see it! |
1.31.07 |
We got some new pictures of our son's orphanage in Da Nang from another adoptive family plus...we finally decided on a name...Click here to find out what it is and see the pictures. |
1.23.07 |
INTRODUCING OUR NEW BABY BOY! Click here to see more pictures! Also see our blog to read more detailed information! |
1.22.07 |
WE GOT A REFERRAL! Click the link on the left margin to view our Vietnam Adoption BLOG (or click here). |
1.12.09 |
POTTY TRAINING! We are so excited to say that Katie has started potty training this week. On Wednesday we went out and bought big girl panties and in the past 3 days she has only had 2 or 3 accidents. It is so amazing to think that she is old enough to not be in diapers all the time already! |
1.08.09 |
We just added lots of pictures from our Christmas break. Click here to check out all the pictures of Christmas, the snow and other outings we went on as a family. |
12.9.06 |
Our "Helping Hands" boutique fundraisers are finished. We had a great time meeting all the customers and sharing our story. We were also blessed by the ways God provided donors as well as shoppers. In all, it was a very successful fundraiser; thanks, everyone! If you didn't get a chance to stop by, but you still want to buy something, click the "Shop On-line" link to the left for tons of great items you can buy on our site.
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| 11.23.06 |
Our boutique made it in the newspaper! Actually, the main story in the paper is about our adoption (they wanted a public interest story), but they also put in a piece about the boutique. (Click here to see the stories and images of the pages) The fun part about it all is that the editor let us write the articles; it's the first time we've ever been "published". =D |
11.14.06 |
HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY, KATIE! Click here to see all the pictures from Katie's birthday celebrations in Santa Cruz and in Sac. |
| 11.11.06 |
Welcome baby Megan Rae! See the pictures here. |
| 10.31.06 |
On November 3rd, a new movie about a fictional Kazakh journalist was released world-wide. The problem is that the creater and star of the film (Sacha Baron Cohen, AKA "Ali G", AKA "Borat") is not from Kazakhstan and has in fact never even been there (the "local" portions of the film were shot in Romania). Cohen presents so many inaccurate and politically incorrect depictions of the country that it's hard to find any truth in it all. On the other hand, the film has created quite a stir, leaving many people curious about Kazakhstan. The Kazakh government has now placed enormous ads in the New York Times and has aired big-budget TV commercials about the country (a major motion picture called "Nomad" is also coming soon). In addition, there has been a lot of news coverage about the country and it's depiction in the movie (See in informative newscast by CBC and another by ABC). Also, you can read more about Kazakhstan's rising popularity in Almaty and Astana (where Katie is from). Whatever happens, please help spread the word to others that the movie's depiction of Kazakhstan and it's people is 100% fictional. |
10.15.06 |
We're in full swing getting items ready for our Helping Hands Gift Boutique adoption fundraiser. We've added a new website for the fundraiser with dates, times, locations & an on-line store! |
10.14.06 |
Our new Adoption BLOG is up! This page will have all the latest updates and information about our adoption. To access it, just click the new icon in the left margin of any page. |
10.04.06 |
We've changed the Adoption page to include a new section for our Vietnam adoption. Check back often as we'll be adding new content regularly. |
9.20.06 |
This past weekend we had fun attending a picnic put on by our local adoption agency. It was so much fun seeing all the other children recently adopted from China, Guatamla and more. Click here to see pictures! |
9.01.06 |
New pictures from our camping trip are posted. Click here! |
8.26.06 |
WAITING FOR OUR SECOND CHILD... That's right, we are in the process of waiting for the referral of our second child from Vietnam. Today we got our fingerprinting for INS, marking the final step in our application process; now we're just waiting! More info is coming soon along with a re-designed Adoption page, so stay tuned. |
8.10.06 |
ALOHA! We had a great trip to Hawaii with Kevin's family. We have lots of new pictures so Click here to see all the pages! |
8.10.06 |
NEW LOOK! We hope you like the new look of our site! |
7.21.06 |
Happy Birthday, Sarah! |
7.16.06 |
We have had a busy last couple of weeks! There are three new photo albums posted for you to view; our recent vacation to Tahoe, a memorial service for Kevin's grandpa, and a wedding for a friend. Click around and enjoy. |
7.15.06 |
We're busy working on the computer these days as we have recently taken over the ownership of a website business from Lisa, one of Kevin's relatives. It's a resourse site for child-related things (especially daycare) in the Sacramento region and it's called SacramentoKids.com! Check it out and give us feedback. If you're a resident of the greater Sacramento area, please refer us to any parents or business owners you know; we'd love the help! |
7.6.06 |
Today marks exactly one year since Katie has been with us in the U.S. It's so much fun thinking back to that day we arrived on the airplane with our new bundle of joy. To reminisce with us, click here to see the picture page from that day. |
7.4.06 |
Happy 4th of July! We hope you and your family had a wonderful holiday. Ours was very low-key. We spent the day at home together, then enjoyed an afternoon/evening with our church as we had a BBQ and lit off fireworks together. |
5.21.06 |
One year ago yesterday, we
were sitting in the Director's Office at the Baby House, when
the nurse brought Katie into meet us for the first time. Our
hearts melted at the site of this adorable little girl, grinning
ear to ear, who was going to be our daughter. Over this past
year, Katie has continued to amaze us with her funny antics,
her sweet kisses and her desire to explore. We feel like we
have always had her in our lives and can not imagine a day without
our beautiful daughter. She is now 18 months old, growing by
leaps and bounds, learning something new every day and stealing
our hearts more every day. We continuously thank the Lord for
knitting our family together in such an awesome way. To the
pictures from our first day together as a family click here. |
5.21.06 |
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5.12.06 |
Last weekend we had a great time
in Santa Cruz attending Kevin's graduation from his credentialing
program. While we were there, we also got to take Katie to the
beach for the first time. See
the pictures! |
4.23.06 |
Sarah and Katie made the front
page of the website
for All God's Children International, our adoption agency!
Click the link above, or view an image of it here (incase they've already changed pictures) |
4.23.06 |
It's been a busy, but fun weekend!
We've posted two new pages of pictures; one with Kaite
and friends, and another of our ski
trip! |
4.18.06 |
We are finally getting around to posting
lots of pictures
(two full pages) of our fun time with the Dresslers with the girls
in matching dresses, plus some of Katie's first Easter. |
4.14.06 |
HAPPY REFERRAL DAY, KATIE! On April
14th, 2005 we got our referal for a Kazakh baby. Now, exactly one
year later, we have the happiest, most energetic little girl who brings
us so much joy! |
| 4.11.06 |
Katie is turning into quite a fun little
girl. She is growing up fast and we are trying as hard as we can to
capture every moment on camera (either still or video). Here
are some of the latest of our little girl. |
3.14.06 |
Congratulations to Rick and Niki who
are the proud new parents of a very beautiful and very healthy little
Genavieve Grace. To see their website and all the pictures from the
entrustment ceremony, click here.
We are so happy for you guys! |
3.11.06 |
We posted a new
page of misc. pictures from March. It's been a busy last few weeks,
especially now that Kaite is walking, but it sure is fun! |
2.28.06 |
KATIE IS WALKING!!!
This is really big news since most of her younger friends have already
taken this "big step." It started a couple weeks ago with
a few brave steps here and there, but today, she began walking all
over the house. She is VERY proud of herself! |
2.21.06 |
New Pictuers Added! Click
here to see all the recent photos. As you can tell, we've been
updating this site a lot more lately. |
2.14.06 |
Happy Valentines Day! We hope it
was a special day for you. We celebrated a day early and got to
go on a nice date. Actually we were celebrating our 10th anniversary
of being a couple. We added TWO new picture pages; one with Valentines/Date
Pictures and another one with some misc. pictures including
Katies
First Steps! |
2.04.06 |
We had a great time today, exploring
the Sacramento Zoo, Fairy Tale Town and the Towe Auto Museum. See
the pictures here! |
1.31.06 |
We've uploaded a new
page with some misc. pictures from January. |
1.28.06 |
We just found out that Jen,
Jesse and Anelle are going to come visit us at Easter! If you
don't know, Jen and Jesse are the couple who was in Kazakhstan with
us on our trip. Their daughter Anelle was from the same "baby
house" and is only two weeks older than Katie. |
1.16.06 |
Wow! It has been a while since we've
put something new on here. Truth is, our computer crashed a long time
ago, and we have just got things up and running again. Now that we're
back on, we'll be posting info very soon, so stay tuned! We've already
posted our most recent pictures of our trip to Rancho Seco Lake. Click
here! |
11.20.05 |
On Sunday we took advantage of the
beautiful weather and went hiking at Folsom Lake. It was so much fun
taking Katie on her first hike. See all the great
pictures here! We've also added two new categories on the picture
page to help keep things organized. |
11.14.05 |
Happy
1st Birthday, Katie!!! We had an exciting weekend celebrating
her birthday with a party on Sunday afternoon. We also had her dedicated
at our church that morning. It was a busy but fun filled day. Thanks
to all of our friends and family who were able to make it up for the
day. |
11.09.05 |
Congratulations Stewart family! A family
that we have gotten to know well through our agency will be traveling
to Kazakhstan very soon! To check out their site, click here. |
11.08.05 |
So it has been a full month since we
have updated the website... I guess we are officially parents without
a minute of spare time. Here are a sampling of pictures
from our last month. As you can see, Katie is growing a ton and is
really getting a fun personality. |
10.09.05 |
After being busy for a couple weeks,
we've finally been able to update the site again. Click
here to see all of our recent adventures, including dinner with
a wonderful Kazakh family we met in town. |
9.21.05 |
We got some new pictures of Anelle
(the family that we traveled in Kazakhstan with) and thought you might
like to see them as well. Thanks Jen and Jesse! |
9.19.05 |
The weeks seem to fly by lately as
we settle into our routines of the new school year and life of a family
of three. Katie is now 10 months old and changing daily. We had actually
taken some pictures of her at 9
months old that we hadn't posted until today. Also check out a
sampling of new pictures of her here.
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9.19.05 |
This weekend we went to Carmel for
a Cross
Country meet for the team that Kevin is coaching. Check out the
pictures of the Bradshaw team and Sarah's little sister who was running
in the same race. |
9.6.05 |
We celebrated the three day weekend
by taking Katie on her first camping trip to Fallen Leaf Lake with
her Grandma and Papa. Check out all the fun pictures here.
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7.25.05
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Today was Kevin's first
day of student teaching in the second grade at Elitha
Donner Elementary (click to see the school's site). Although he
is already teaching at Bradshaw Christian, he has to teach a minimum
of four weeks in a public school classroom to complete his credential
requirements and finally be done. |
7.23.05
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We just posted pictures from the Bridge-to-Bridge
race. We had fun going to watch all the fast boats for our 3rd year
in a row, however we didn't stay as long as in years past because
Katie only lasted so long in the 105 degree heat. Click
here to see what we saw. |
7.21.05
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARAH! |
7.20.05
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We made it through Katie's first doctor's
appointment. He said that Katie looked great and was appropriatly
developed for her age. We began getting her new vacinations and started
some blood work to determine if she has anything that we need to be
aware of. There is a new
page of pictures posted with some fun shots from daily life. |
7.18.05
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Katie has been with us 24/7 for exactly
one month! And what an incredible month it's been. We have been through
so much together, both in Kazakhstan and in America. Many times when
we're holding her or playing together, it feels as if she's always
been ours. We are very proud and happy parents. Happy "gotcha-day"
Katie! Also, we've posted new
pictures of getting settled in. |
7.15.05
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We just added pictures
from Katie's first time at church. It was a wonderful day with our
church family as we introduced Katie to lots of new people. We were
also able to attend the church swim party and baptism later in the
day. Katie's favorite part was splashing her feet in the pool while
watching everyone getting "dunked."
We've also resized things on this front page to make room for more
lengthy updates so you can read more with less clicking. =D |
7.11.05
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We set up a new index page under the
Pictures link called "At Home with Katie." This is
where we will be posting all the pictures of Kaite since we arrived
home. To see the first set that have been added, you can click
here. |
7.10.05
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Our friends David and Carolyn had a
baby boy while we were gone. His name is Joshua David Quan. Click
here to see all his cute premie pictures on their personal website,
www.DavidQuan.com. |
7.05.05
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A new update letter about our journey
home has just been posted and e-mailed. Click
here to read it. |
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Click here to see previous update letters in the previous format |
