Weekend Full Of Fun With Cousins!!!

This past weekend we had by brother, Jon and sister-in-law, Becky's two children. They went to New York City for the weekend to celebrate Becky's birthday. Ethan and Emma came Friday night and stayed until Sunday lunchtime. We had a lot of fun them! Friday night was supper and then joke telling around the table. What a hoot! Saturday was pancakes, a trip to the store with everyone, checking out a BR Kreider job, playing in the basement, naps, baths, games, stories, and then bedtime. Sunday morning we managed to have all 3 kids dressed, fed, and ready for church by 8:26. I tried to take a pic of them in front of the clock for proof! :-) The 3 of us are late almost every Sunday, but this Sunday we were early! Thanks Jon and Becky for asking us to keep the kids. It was a fun time. Glad you had fun in NYC! Happy Birthday Becky!

Happy New Year!!!

Hoping that all our family and friends have a Happy New Year! We as a family are praying for 2008 to be the year we meet our daughter and bring her home into her forever family!

Jeremiah 29:11--For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Merry Christmas!

Well, it's been over a month now since I've updated our family blog so it's about time I did! The past month has been full of fun times with family and friends! We had our first snowfall at the beginning of the month. Benjamin enjoyed two days of sledding. We enjoyed 4 Christmas gatherings in the past 4 days. One more tonight with the extended Kreider family. Saturday we had our Christmas. It was a fun relaxing time just the three of us. Yes, it is still the 3 of us. There really aren't any new updates with our adoption. It continues to be a long and growing longer wait. We are anxious to see what 2008 will have in store for our family! Sunday was spent at Mom and Dad's house. Brad, Bradi, Raegan, and Sydney came in from Michigan. It was so great to see them and how the girls have grown! We missed not having Scott with us this year. He is in South Korea teaching English for a year. It was special this year to have Grandma Kreider with us. Monday was spent waiting for the heat man to come (Sunday night we went home, only to find that we didn't have heat) and going back to Mom and Dad's for Christmas with the Weavers. As always it was a day filled with lots of laughter and cheer! We enjoyed our church's Christmas Eve service as well. After church, to our surprise the family received a package from Brent's brother Scott. He sent us items from Korea as well as a letter to the family. It was really special!!! Tuesday was spent with Mother & Daddy (The Wiles). My brother's family and grandparents were there to enjoy the day. As noted in the picture slide I received a very special gift from my brother. He is an amazing woodworker. He made our daughter a shelf and carved into it the Chinese character daughter. Talk about a tear jerker! It was more of a bawling fest! Thanks Jonathan! You have no idea how much that meant! So, here we are the day after Christmas! Brent, Benjamin, Grandpa, and Brad are hunting with neighbor Paul at a pheasant farm. I'm sitting here feeling so blessed by the family we have in our lives. Thanks to all for the many ways you have touched our lives this past year. We hope that you and your family had a Blessed Christmas!