Travel Approval!

It is official!  We have been approved to travel very soon to complete EmmaGrace's adoption and to bring her home.  We are very excited to finally reach this milestone in the adoption journey.  Later this week we should hear back from our agency as to when our consulate appointment has been scheduled.  Once we have the date confirmed in writing we can then purchase our airline tickets.  We have already booked our hotel rooms - we jumped the gun a bit.  This isn't our first adoption rodeo.  We just wanted to make sure we could reserve the hotels we desired. 

Isn't this smile precious?  We just can't wait to bring this little sweetheart home! 

Meet EmmaGrace...soon to be the next member of the O's!

Jean & Scott will be traveling without our "entourage" this time when we go to China. We expect to travel during the last part of February or early March. We are planning on spending sometime in Hong Kong to get over the much anticipated jet lag. We are praying to get to EmmaGrace by her birthday at the end of the month, she and Jean share the same day for their birthday. Keep an eye out on the blog as we will try to keep it up to date as we move into this next chapter of our lives.

On other fronts, it looks like Nate will be going to college this fall. Drew just made Eagle Scout a few weeks ago and Lily is doing great in everything she tries. The "bigs" of the family ran a half marathon to raise funds for our adoption and yes we all finished!

We are truly blessed and ask for your continued prayers as we navigate the path the Lord has laid before us. Scott just wishes the path was more well lit; going off track is no fun!

And the next chapter will include another trip to China...!

We are currently in the process of adopting a second daughter from China. Although we are still in the paper chase phase of the adoption, we are all very excited. Please check back in the next few months to see what progress we have made. Off into the sunset we go to enjoy the next adventure God has made possible.

Spring 2011, Virginia Beach, Trip to Ohio, and Ballet Oh my!

What a trip we had after getting the news that we were heading out to North Dakota. Seems like we tried to fit in all of the Virginia Bucket List all at once!

 On top of the lighthouse in Virginia Beach, it was nice to get away.

 Visit to Ohio wasn't complete without a visit to Grandpa Rayle.

Our dancing star during her recital in South Riding, VA.

Nate was featured for his work at Work Camp with the Diocese of Arlington.

 Lily found a chocolatey friend at Hershey Park. 

China Town, Washington, DC