The Big 5

T'K is now the "BIG 5"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She was so excited for her birthday to finally be here! She had been talking about it for weeks and had 3 parties planned! We have only managed to have one so far!!!!

5 roses from her daddy.

Usually birthdays are small family affairs, but not this year! A lady in our Spanish Church approached me about having a joint party with her daughter. I told her that it sounded nice and she got it all together for us! She even bought T'K a dress to match her daughters. I got a kind of tickled, because there is was my Chinese daughter having a Hispanic birthday party! It worked out nicely!

Birthday Girl

T'K and Alina, the Birthday girls


Ali and Hannah, T'K's two best friends....Beautiful Girls!!!!

Opening Presents

The party was held at a local party place, Slinkees! Think huge Chuckie Cheese and you will have the right image in your mind. T'K was worn out by the time it was over, but she had a blast!!!!!

Working with CSI Haiti Relief

The last few days we have been extremely busy working with Compassion Services International on their Haiti Relief Project. Donations have been pouring in and we have been helping with the sorting, packing, and labeling for shipping. Wednesday of this week CSI shipped a 40' shipping container stuffed full of donations to Haiti.

I am so proud of my kids for giving of themselves tirelessly to this project. Some nights we worked until 9 or so getting it ready to ship. I never heard a word of complaint, even from T'K. They did take breaks to watch movies, eat junk out of the vending machine, or play with other kids.

T'K packed this box all by herself!

She wanted to be sure Mr. James taped it up right!

Clowning around with beans and rice.

Packing, packing, and more packing!!!!!!!!

Can't wait to see pictures of these care packages being distributed in Haiti. I pray that each package brings much needed relief to someone there!