Summer fun

We have had a relaxing summer so far, staying busy doing a lot of not much!
Jadyn has been taking swim lessons and going to Taekwondo. She's also enjoyed a lot of time in our pool.


this girl loves the water



she's finally mastered floating

Silver Mountain Water park- 4th of July



Happy 4th!

Jadyn was invited to enjoy a reunion of kids who were grated wishes from our local
Make a Wish Foundation. She had a great time.

Carousel ride.
Thank you Make a Wish!

Getting ready to swim

Our lil Mermaid

Nothing better than a BBQ hotdog on a hot summer day!

Happy Summer

What has this girl been up to lately?

Enjoying Taekwondo
This is her good friend from Pre-school.

She earned her first stripe on her orange belt

Her only wish for her 8th Birthday was a new "Panda" room. Many hours were spent on that hot pink wall, making curtains, wall hangings ect. She loves it!

She loves 2nd. grade. I work in her class 2 days a week. She really enjoys it and so do I

yes, that's me left in the dust taking this picture of her and her friend at the mall!
She's so grown up.

Her favorite food ever! Noodles. This makes her day if we go for "noodle lunch"

You will find her in this spot most evenings, watching You Tube videos and cracking up.

Jadyn's annual heart check up once again went perfect. Here she is getting a Holter monitor put on for a 24 hour test.
The results were perfect, we couldn't be happier!

Mommy/ daughter selfie

Chinese New Year 2015 Year of the Sheep!
We spent it in Portland again this year enjoying dinner with Auntie and many other adopted children from China.

Goofy Kid

Her newest love and she's pretty darn good at it
Hula Hooping. Blurry as she's too fast for my iphone camera : )

Sorry, I'm not so good at updates!

Jadyn had her first professional hair cut today. I've trimmed it several times but I'm not good at getting it even. We had a little over 1" removed. 

Since I've been absent from posting Jadyn has had a birthday! This kid is 8 already!

Our Lil Martial Artist

Jadyn earned all the strips on her Gold belt she needed to test for her Orange belt. Proud of this girl! 

It was a Merry Christmas!

Our Christmas was once again spent in Portland with family. This girls favorite holiday didn't disappoint. 

Her Elf was naughty this year, Jadyn really enjoyed waking up each morning to see what she had been up to during the night! 

    This was a night when Elf was behaving. 

    The "Giant Panda" was her favorite gift

    Jadyn named her Coco

    She now shares her bed with Coco

    Decorating cookies on Christmas Eve

   A photo op at Lowes! 

Selfie!

She loves curly hair, can hardly wait to get those foam rollers out in the morning.

She'll have to enjoy her hair at home today as we are iced in, no school!  

Halloween 2014

Jadyn has known for months that she wanted to be Maleficent this year, so I planned ahead and bought the head piece and wings when the movie came out. I made the dress and she became a beautiful Disney character. 

 We changed it up this year and painted her pumpkin. Turned out pretty neat! 

It was a fun Halloween 🎃

She's got her Gold belt!

2 months into taekwondo classes, Jadyn earned her second belt. 

She was so excited and did a great job in front of a panal of 6 black belt judges. 

End of summer 2014

Sad to see summer end. We purchased 2 jetskis, Jadyn enjoyed them until Daddy accidentally dumped them both off. I need to toughen this girl up! 

She loves playing in the river.

School pictures

Can't believe how big our girl is getting. The last 5 years have flow by. 

First day of 2nd. grade

I love this kid

5 Year Adoption Reunion and a Family Visit

We left for a 8 day trip to meet up with some of the families we went to China with,  and for a family visit in Kansas. Long delayed flights and even longer car rides made for a tired girl!

on our way to Branson, Mo

Mary & Jadyn 

Max, Lila & Jadyn. Little China buddies (all the kids were adopted the same day)
 

August 3, 2014 marked our 5 year anniversary of adopting our sweet girl. It was so good see the families we went to China with and how much their little ones have grown.

craft time

and lots of swim time

at a Chinese acrobat show

9 ladies, 4 bikes!

so pretty

a few of the bike riders

at Table Rock Dam with our great friends

Jeron enjoying some go-cart time!

Our dinner Chef, Bob. Who we learned, was adopted as well.

                  After 4 days in Branson, Mo we drove to Kansas to spend time with family.

our sweet 94 yr. old Grandpa Z.

they both loved their time together

At the Zoo. our girl was HOT

her favorite exhibit, the fluffy lil owl.

he looks so cranky!



I mentioned we had long car rides, right?