Nick Wrestles First Varsity Match and Wins

Last night, Nick wrestled his first Varsity Match for Jack Britt High School. He wrestled in the 171 pound class and pinned his opponent in 5 minutes 15 seconds. Nick took wrestling up when we moved, since they don't have an ice hockey program. Nick previously wrestled in 8th grade. We are very excited for his first win as well as his teams first win of the season. Congrats Nick!

First Family of Five Photos

Some Cute Photos

Happy Halloween

Today Tori celebrated her first Halloween. Tori had a small party at her school. Then we carved her pumpkin when she came home. She seemed interested and was kissing her pumpkin. Lately, Tori kisses just about everything...pictures in books, photographs, puzzle pieces, and many other odd things.

Tori was dressed up as Raggedy Ann. I had these overalls made for her and I even found the doll and book about Raggedy Ann. Kailee was dressed as a pumpkin!

We only made it to three houses when Tori fell asleep in Mike's arms at the third house as we were chatting. This was odd since it was only 7:00 and she normally is up until at least 9 pm. I guess the excitement of the day tired her right out.

Visit to the Pumpkin Patch

We went to the pumpkin patch...


"Boy this is heavier than I thought!"


This one is just Tori's size!


Ashley helped Tori pick out the perfect pumpkins!


This is Tori's safe spot...


One very strong girl!


Tori's first horse ride. She kissed his mane and said "Nice".

One Year Ago Today...We Got The Call

One year ago today, we got the call from our adoption agency and they sent us a file with these referral pictures of Tori. In the first one, she is three weeks old and in the second one about two months old. It is hard to believe that she has been in our hearts for a whole year. We can't imagine life without her. She has truly been a special gift to our family.

Tori Applied for her USA Passport

Yesterday we applied for Tori's USA passport. We had to give them her original Certificate of Citizenship and our Adoption Decree. We get them back with her passport. We will be on pins and needles until they come back since they are our proof that she is our daughter and it won't be easy to get new ones...especially her Vietnam Adoption paperwork. We were told it will be about 3-4 weeks. Then we can do some traveling outside the US. We are planning a trip to the Bahamas for Spring Break.