Meet the Players

This is intimidating.  (You mean adopting?  Adopting is intimidating?)  Well, yes, but we were actually talking about blogging.  We promise to write much more on the adoption thing later, but for now, we figure that if we're going to start a family blog, the first thing we should do is introduce you to the family. 

First, us:

We love God and we love each other.  We also love football (but not all quite in the same way, of course).

Our firstborn, Peter:

Peter is seven years old and in second grade.  He loves legos, playing piano, and reenacting movie scenes.

Next came Thomas:

Thomas is four years old.  He is in his last year of preschool before kindergarten!  Thomas loves vehicles, dinosaurs, and dragons.

After that, Mercy:

Mercy was born and died in February 2010.  She had trisomy 13.  She left a hole in our hearts and we miss her.  As time passes, we are able to be more and more thankful for her life.

Next, Ruthie:

Ruthie is almost nineteen months old, just started walking, and lately her vocabulary has exploded!  She loves to read books and play with her brothers.

And finally, there is the child we are, Lord willing, adopting from China:

We don't know much about this child yet, but we do know that God has clearly led us to expand our family further through adoption.  We sent in our application to adopt about two weeks ago, so you have found us at the very beginning of this journey!  Welcome!