Fun Day With My Kidos!!!!!!!!

Hello Everyone
Today's post has NOTHING to do with our adoption journey and EVERYTHING to do with being silly, daring, and some might describe stupid. When I say stupid I do mean ME the one who had NO business participating in her kids special playtime today. I started out being a spectator but after watching my kids having so much fun I aloud the flesh to take over and quickly found myself at the top of the stairs. So as I'm sitting at the top of the stairs ready to take off I conveince myself I can do this once and I will be fine. Even after developing a headache from the one run down, did that stop me....NO. I was hooked!!! I went back to the top of the stairs again but this time added some extra weight with the help of my daughter crawling inside the sleeping bag with me. Now I've taken two trips bouncing vigirously down the staircase and feeling even worse mind you...did I stop?...NOOOOO of course not!!!! I must be fair to both my kids right? Now as my exit trick I will add even more weight to the trick and take my son down with me. As you can see in our photo (the evidence) we went much faster and it scared and hurt more then the first two times. We reached the bottom of the stairs and every area of my body hurt tremendously. So now even though my back, neck, and head are killing me I will answer the question that is probably racing in your head...Does she regret what she did? NOOOOOOO I don't, not at ALL! It was fun while it lasted, I made my WHOLE family laugh so hard we ALL cried, but most importantly I gave them a memory of me they will never forget Fun, Crazy with a side of STUPID!!!! Have a great day everyone see you tomorrow...

Loving Gifts

Yesterday was sweet. The Treanor Fam handed off the care package for our princess. On Friday Fried Rice (her stuffed dog) and the letter with pictures of us will get on a plane and take a long trip to a distant foreign land. I pray that it is delivered into her hands by someone who will take the time to explain everything to a little girl who doesn't understand or know who we are and what the whole adoption thing really means. I pray that the Holy Spirit visits her and helps her to understand so she isn't scared. I pray that she receives us well as she looks at the pictures of her forever family. Please pray these things along with our family...AMEN

Care Package

Today we have put together a care package to send to Alicia. Included is a stuffed animal dog named, Fried Rice, a girly journal with appropriate matching pen and then the best pieces... a personal letter from us introducing ourselves as her forever family along with pictures of all of us...including our cat Mocha. We are so over joyed that we FINALLY get to tell her who we are and that we love her so much. Please pray with us that our friend, who is delivering it for us, will be able to get it to her personally.

Here are pics of our package:





So off we go to deliver this into the hands of our friend that I pray will be able to hand deliver it to her....good bye for now

New Video of Pictures

Last night my daughter Cecilia worked very hard at putting together a video of all the pictures we have of our Chinese princess Alicia. Please scroll down to the bottom of this page to watch the video. Before clicking on the video make sure to click pause on the pink the my music box below the video so that you can hear the song on the picture video. Enjoy watching her life as we know it to be.....

Blessed Beyond Belief!!!!!!!!!

Today is a blessed beyond belief day...especially since we have been walking through several days of warfare. Eric and I have been bearing witness to Satan really being MAD at the Treanor family...We say GOOD, AMEN, GLORY TO GOD for that!!!!!! If Satan's mad then we are doing good for God's Kingdom. YAY score one for the Treanor Fam!!!!
In these last several days well no I need to say these last several weeks Satan has been causing repair issues on our home. First it's a wall in our daughter's room that has to be completely torn down and redone from a crack that is going ALL the way from ceiling to floor...CHA-CHING!! Next I came home (after ladies In the Morning breakfast 2 weeks ago)to find that we have had a leak going on under our kitchen sink (secretly) that found it's way straight down and out to our wood flooring and finally announce it's self to us with warped and buckled wood. My first though was are you kidding me!??!!! My next thought (as I was on my knees cleaning the mess up under the sink) was just laughter. God showed me who was responsible for this mess and so I then broke out into laughter while telling Satan NO!!! you aren't going to win... I will keep fighting!! Our last strike from Satan came to us last Thursday when our AC went out. At this point I did start to panic and get upset. This isn't something that you can just put on your "To Do List" and get to it when you have the money. You need AC in the middle of the summer. So Saturday afternoon we where finally able to get someone out here to look at it. It was what we were afraid of...we need a new coil... CHA-CHING!! Monday morning we get a call on how much it will be... $1400..OUCH!!! Our hearts are broken now because this means we have to use money that we have been working hard to save for our adoption. All I can think about is the things that we sacrificed as a family (vacation, daily outings) to put that money away. We have no choice though we have to get it fixed. So we agree to everything and are told it will be Wednesday morning til they can get it done. Man, two more days and two more nights of this. Thank you Jesus for unusually cool temps. Tuesday morning we get a call from Eric's boss (who took upon himself to check out another business) that he has found a place to do the same work but for $350 less. ARE YOU KIDDING ME???!!! PRAISE YOU LORD!! So all in all we got the AC fixed Wednesday morning and are loving the sound of cool air blowing through the vents. So this was blessing #1 from my sweet Savior.

Blessing #2 came to us last night. We have been given an opportunity to send something to our Alicia. We have been able to do this a couple of times already but this time is very different. This time we get to send pictures of us (sharing with her who we are), we get to send a letter telling her, "We love you Princess!!" How sweet is that? How precious is that gift? I only pray that we can put our heart onto paper. That we can share us with her in a way that she understands and receives us as we truly are....a family that loves her dearly.


Blessing #3 just shows truly how much God loves us, that we are doing what He wills for us, and how powerful He just is. I went to get the mail today and what did I find in the mail but a letter from Eric's brother (the executor of their father's estate) with a check enclosed(from a sale of the estate) that not only covers the cost of the AC bill but extra, quit a bit extra. This is my sweet Savior's way of saying, "I got it all under control and I will make sure that EVERY detail is taken care of perfectly. My grace is sufficient for you. Lean on me and I will see you through." Yes He is and Yes He will...Amen

With all of the many details falling into to place lately I truly feel deep in my heart that Eric and I will leave soon to bring our Chinese Princess home.

Great Times!!!!!!

This is an old post that I forgot publish. I actually wrote it on July 20th.

Last night Eric and I got to spend a wonderful evening with two amazing women of God. One of them works for Show Hope and the other one has been on a missions trip to Luoyang, China (where our daughter is from). The both of them have met and spent time with our Alicia and both of them have fallen in love with her. It's a great gift from God when you get to sit and hear stories about a girl you've never met before but love so much. At the same time it's also hard to hear descriptions of where she lives. This time with my new friends could easily be described as bitter sweet I guess. We bid a big thank you to our new friends for not only sharing about our daughter with us but also treating us to some great Asian cuisine... Good food+ Good friends= GREAT TIMES!!!!!!!!

Matching Grant Update and other Fund Raising

We have to date now received $1,840 (of $4,000 that's needing to be raised and will be matched dollar for dollar by Aug 27th)to our matching grant with LifeSong for Orphans and Grace Chapel. Thank you too ALL that have contributed to it. Every dollar given is being matched and so we are that much closer to bringing Alicia home. As you can see on our personal fundraising account...CHIPIN (Scroll down to icon on bottom right) we have received $550 and adding this to our personal savings we have $2,200. This money will help Eric and I when we are actually in China with expenses that aren't covered by the matching grant funds.
On behalf of our whole family we thank each and every one of you from the bottom of our hearts. In your obedience to God's calling on your heart you will be blessed greatly by our loving Father.