Happy Chinese New Year!

Happy Chinese New Year!

Yesterday we had a wonderful dinner with friends and family at a local Chinese restaurant that we have celebrated each Chinese New Year together since bringing Maci home. Lilly, the owner has been so generous making sure our every need is always met. She brings out candy for everyone and little red envelopes with money inside for the children too. She really loves Maci and constantly remarks on how beautiful she is. We were joined by a room full of family and friends who came out to celebrate Maci's heritage with us. We are so blessed. As usual, Maci gave out little red envelopes with money inside for each child, and a hand made bookmark for each adult. Each year I make something for everyone - it's a tradition that I really enjoy. Each bookmark had a separate quote from Confucius. Of course Maci was the star of the show and enjoyed each and every moment of it. She wore a beautiful new dress which was sent to her by her special friend and doctor in China. She had been counting down the days to the celebration and the first thing she said when she woke up was "Happy Chinese New Year everyone"! It was really sweet.

Kelsi goes to Districts tomorrow so I am taking the day off to go and join her and her bowling team (Go Bulldogs)! Daniel was gone most of the weekend between friends houses, birthday parties and basketball games. They won their first game of the winter season on Saturday. Their team is in the highest bracket and I believe ranked first. It should be a challenging season for them, which will be good.

Evie continues to fit in so well with our family - it's as though she has always been with us. She is so happy here and said she really enjoys the constant "circus" we have going on at our place. Maci is glued to her hip all of the time...I'm dreading the heartbreak from the kids when it's time for Evie to go home. :-(