Laibin Project video

I have attached a link to the Laibin Project video. This young man is raising money to build a foster home village in China for orphaned children. If you watch the video closely you will see Maeve make two appearances at 7:36 and again at 10:09. This was filmed while she was still in foster care. We are so thankful that we found out about this video as it adds more to the picture of Maeve's life in China. I am so happy to find out that she lived in this foster home village. We know it made a huge difference in making her the strong, well adjusted, wonderful child she is!!

(thanks, Ellen, for letting us know about this!)


http://vimeo.com/6674672

Fall Adventures

We love the fall around here. Unfortunately this year, we have not been getting much of the desired fall temperatures. It is already so cold here in the Midwest. Aidan had a soccer game this morning and it was 37 F outside. Susie is at work, so the kids and I only lasted ~10 minutes until we bolted back to the car to finish watching from there. Anyway, the kids have been able to do some fun fall activities already. They went to an apple orchard and picked tons of apples and also went to a pumpkin patch. Everyone is having a daily debate over their individual Halloween costumes, so it will be interesting to see what they each end of choosing.
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Maeve is loaded up and ready to go!
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Cian sizing up the witch in our living room.
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Fintan and Maeve trying to find their pumpkin picks.
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Aidan...when did he get so big?
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Cian and Maeve.
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An attempt to get a good picture of the foursome. Oh, well we gave it a shot!
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