New Citizens Dinner

We have 3 New Citizens!!!

Welcome to Athens, AL FCC Lily Grace, Paul William & Lily Mei!

We have watched these beautiful children come into our lives via the Internet. Now we get to see them in the flesh!! Tonight, July 21, 2007 we celebrated our three new citizens. Wow, I can not wait till I get to go to China and bring home my sweet little Alison Rose, and hopefully Susan Renee. I am so excited to know that I will be going. No, It's not going to be this year. But, I am going. Hopefully We will have our referral and on our way this time next year.


Marci & Katie had to get as tall as Russell to do a little karate on him. haha they just love Russell, and he loves them just as much.

Below are just a few more photos from our little event tonight. Enjoy them.

Lily & Paul Williams 1st 4th of July

Happy 4th of July!!

This is the first of many 4th of July's for two new American Citizens from China.

I want to to say "Welcome to America!" to

Lily Mei Carter & James Paul William Ogle.

Lily and Paul William were adopted last month from China.

Steve, Lily & Monica Carter, Mary Louise, Paul William & Greg Ogle

sitting on the "FAMOUS" red couch at the White Swan Hotel in China

Starting All Over.........

Well, We have been logged in to China for 14 months and our paper work is starting to expire. Today Russ and I had to go to Birmingham to be re-finger printed. Everyone at that office is always so very Nice!! I wanted to take photos, But NO CAMERAS are allowed. We did however make it to Villa Hope to give the girls a little Thank You for all the hard work they put into all the paperwork that had to go to China. We made it through the review room with out any questions from China!! Above from Villa Hope(Sorry, We don't know the man) Ann, Adriana, and Julie.

After the finger prints and the nice visit we had at Villa Hope we went to a Bike Shop, had lunch and did the tourist thing in Birmingham. We went to the Vulcan Park. Took some photos of B'ham and went up to the top of the Vulcan Tower. There was a small museum about the Steele industry that formed Birmingham years and years ago. If you have never been, Go the next time you go to Birmingham. It was nice. It was about $6.50 per person to go up the tower and go into the museum. It's nice to learn about our Alabama history.

The Vulcan

A little Vulcan History

How did we get to the top you ask??

Well, We walked! Ahhhh It wasn't that bad, only about 162 steps up, then 162 steps down.
Who was up there with us?? Well, NO ONE! So we couldn't get a photo of us together.

Look a little closer.......

Did you see that FULL MOON?? ha ha ha The Vulcan has on NO PANTS!

A view from the top of the Vulcan.