Ellie at Camp Smile, July 2013

                                                                                                           

Ellie had such a great time at Camp Smile (sponsored by UCP/Mobile and held at Camp Grace in Mobile, Alabama)!  We wondered how she could ever have as great a counselor this summer as last year when she had Pranaya...but Jordan was incredible as well.  The truth is that they are BOTH AMAZING young women and FANTASTIC counselors to whom we will always be grateful for the way they (and the other staff as well) loved on Ellie so well, and gave her this awesome experience.  THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!                                             

Holiday photos...

Holiday photos...

First Sunday of Advent--Hope

Community Group

Community Group was at our house Friday night.  Ellie bonded well and was so relaxed with some of our Afghan friends...

Pics from Earlier in the Year 2012

Although these pics are from April 2012, I just found them on Kendra's FB wall...

The Global Orphan Crisis

We received a copy of the book "The Global Orphan Crisis" this week by author Diane Elliot who was gracious enough to include Ellie's picture and story in the book! 

You can visit Diane's blog at:  http://www.globalorphancrisis.com/?page_id=419

Please buy a copy of this informative and inspirational book!

You can find it at:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Global-Orphan-Crisis-Solution/dp/0802409547

Halloween party 2012

 Not sure if this is a tired Tigger, or a Tigger about to sneeze, or just caught between smiles

Tigger's lesser-known brother Will was an out-of-work wizard willing to do magic for food

                             FrankenNerd, Indiana Jones, and Tigger--a Happy Family!

Tigger's father started as FrankenNerd but he couldn't eat through the mask, so he just went for "Scott Nerd"

Another Milestone!

Ellie started drinking through a straw this week!!!

And..ANOTHER one...

About a week after her first top tooth, she lost the one next to it...!

Another Missing Tooth

        First TOP tooth missing--she lost a couple on the bottom some months ago

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