Nice weekend

We have enjoyed a relaxing weekend. My mom and dad took my sister and me to Paula Deen's restaurant then gave us some money to gamble on. I ended up winning $400.00! I split it 3 ways, but the money I brought home will pay for Alex's passport to China, so I was very happy. On Saturday we spent the evening with our friend's Carolin, Brian and their three kids. We went to the park and out to eat. We love spending time with them. They have been great friend's of our for about 4 years now.
Today we shopping and it's my nephew's birthday, so we will go over their house for a little while. Not looking forward to work tomorrow.
Still waiting on our I-171H, USCIS needs to hurry up. We want to see who our baby girl is.
Enjoy the older pictures I've been going through. Hope everyone has a great week..

Did anyone else see this last night?

Adam came in last night and made us all come out and see this. I have to admit it was pretty cool looking. Some thing I have never seen before. What was it? That breathtaking vision in the night sky is the result of ice crystals refracting the light of the moon. The halo rings the moon when high, thin cirrus clouds made up of millions of these crystals cover the sky. The moon's light enters into the hexagonal-shaped ice structures and is bent before passing out another side of the crystals, causing a ring of light to appear around the moon. But this phenomenon is not limited to the moon -- given the right conditions, you can spot a sun halo as well.
Halos typically appear as a ring of white light around the moon or the sun, but they can also appear in color patterns. The most common type of halo is the 22-degree halo, so-called because the ice crystals refract the light of the moon or sun at an angle of 22 degrees. A less-common type of halo is the 46-degree variety, which has a larger diameter than the 22-degree but is also fainter.

According to folklore, a moon halo indicates that bad weather is on the way. There may be some truth to this since the halo is usually caused by high-altitude cirrus clouds that precede a warm front and an associated storm. I sure hope this part isn't true.

Old pictures I took and love

I have nothing new on the adoption front so I've been going through older pictures I took. i used my micro lense for some of these, I love it. I'm going to post some of my favorites.

Just waiting on the I-171H and getting ready for adoption raffle

Well we are still waiting on the I-171H to be issued, it's our last form before we can hand everything over to A Helping Hand to finish then send to China. We were really hoping to have it this week. When i called it hasn't even been assigned to anyone yet, frustrating!!

We are getting ready to start one of many adoption fundraisers to help get the last $7000.00 we need to bring Leah Grace home. We came across a website belonging to Launis rag quilts. This wonderful women makes beautiful quilts then will donate the quilt to help support raising money for your adoption! How great is that? We can't thank her enough. We hope to sale many chances for the quilt at $5.00 each. I've attached a picture of the quilt. Let me know if you are able to help me sale chances. We appreciate everyone who helps to get Leah Grace home this year.