July 2, 2009 in General | Comments (0)
“China Checks Out Charges Babies Taken From Home” from the Wall Street Journal
Link:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124656106407087613.html
“SW China: Baby girls taken and sold for adoption” from China Daily
Link:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/03/content_8350825.htm
While the China international adoption process is relatively controversy-free, whenever a controversy has come up in the past, the pace of adoptions have temporarily slowed while Chinese officials investigate.
June 6, 2009 in General | Comments (0)
I just learned that the Families with Children from China (FCC) event in Sacramento today no longer needs an RSVP, just show up and bring a dish for the potluck. Details below as posted by FCC on its Yahoo Group.
Pizza and Potluck!
Saturday, June 6, 2009, 4:30 pm to 7 pm
Arden Park Community Center, at 1000 La Sierra Drive Sacramento 95864
~~~ Families with children adopted from China ~~~
Have you been wondered what happened to our playgroups? Let’s revive them!
Including the Mandarin culture playgroups – Come on – it’s fun!
Come to our first summer event! This event will be a playgroup for our
young-uns, combined with activities for our older kids, would -be mentors
and helpers. We will have simple Mandarin songs to learn, Chinese themed
arts and crafts and activities for kids of all ages.
Older kids will make and fly a Chinese kite, play with Tangrams (Chinese
puzzles) and other fun things! We would love to have our teens help with
the little kids.
First Five gave funds to the Mandarin Playgroup organizers to use for
re-starting the Mandarin Playgroups and support activities for the siblings
and parents. We will have activities to support our parents and whole
families.
We provide pizza, plastic and plates, and lemonade; You bring the rest:
A-J: Healthy appetizers; K-R: fruit and knoshes; S-Z: Desserts.
June 5, 2009 in General | Comments (0)
On Saturday, we’ll be going to our first Families with Children from China (FCC) event of the year. Details are below. I’ll be bringing an assorted fruit bowl. Though the RSVP deadline has passed, you might want to see if you can still go (if you are interested). Email addresses to RSVP are at the bottom.
Pizza and Potluck!
Saturday, June 6, 2009, 4:30 pm to 7 pm
Arden Park Community Center, at 1000 La Sierra Drive Sacramento 95864
~~~ Families with children adopted from China ~~~
Have you been wondered what happened to our playgroups? Let’s revive them!
Including the Mandarin culture playgroups – Come on – it’s fun!
Come to our first summer event! This event will be a playgroup for our
young-uns, combined with activities for our older kids, would -be mentors
and helpers. We will have simple Mandarin songs to learn, Chinese themed
arts and crafts and activities for kids of all ages.
Older kids will make and fly a Chinese kite, play with Tangrams (Chinese
puzzles) and other fun things! We would love to have our teens help with
the little kids.
First Five gave funds to the Mandarin Playgroup organizers to use for
re-starting the Mandarin Playgroups and support activities for the siblings
and parents. We will have activities to support our parents and whole
families.
We provide pizza, plastic and plates, and lemonade; You bring the rest:
A-J: Healthy appetizers; K-R: fruit and knoshes; S-Z: Desserts
Please RSVP by June 4 with # and age of kids and what food you are bringing
to share. This is really appreciated for ordering and supplies info.
Lois Van Beers, loweyesvb@sbcglobal.net
Linda Roberts, robertslm@csus.edu
Allison Branscombe, jiangxigirls@gmail.com
May 23, 2009 in General | Comments (0)
Here’s a picture of Megan having a tea party in her room.
May 18, 2009 in General | Comments (0)
Now that I will be becoming more involved with FCC, I’ll have to start following the China Adopt Talk website (also known as the Rumor Queen) again. It’s THE website for waiting couples looking for the latest rumors on the internet on Chinese international adoption.
May 17, 2009 in General | Comments (0)
Washington Post: Utah’s GOP Governor Chosen as China Envoy
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/16/AR2009051600917.html
Jon Huntsman Jr is a parent of an adopted daughter from the People’s Republic of China.
May 16, 2009 in General | Comments (0)
Today is our 11th wedding anniversary so my sister is house sitting our house and watching the girls. Susan and I are getting away for a Saturday evening to the San Francisco bay area. Though we will miss the girls, it’s nice to get away once in a while. A chance to eat in a grown up restaurant and sleep in.
May 13, 2009 in General | Comments (4)
On May 3, I was chosen by the board to be the Chief Financial Officer and a Board Member of Families with Children from China (FCC), Northern California chapter. So you’ll be seeing me and my family at more FCC events for the next few years.
April 19, 2009 in General | Comments (2)
I spent the afternoon going through pictures of Emily and Megan from 2008 on my computer hard drive and ordering prints on kodakgallery.com
An annual routine of mine is to gather a set of 30 pictures of Emily and a set of 30 pictures of Megan from the previous calendar year, place each set into a small photo album (the type you can buy for $4 at Walgreens), and mail the two photo albums to their orphanages. My goal every year is to do this each January for pictures from the just completed calendar year. This year I am three months late.
Emily and Megan are from different orphanages in different parts of the country (Jiangxi and Guangdong).
At this point, I don’t expect anyone from Emily’s orphanage to remember Emily (adopted 6 years ago) and I’m not sure if anyone from Megan’s orphanage still remembers Megan (adopted 2 years ago).
However, if in the very remote chance there is someone in China who still remembers Emily or Megan, I send these photo albums each year. Also, when we met the orphanage workers in China for Emily and Megan’s adoptions, in both instances, they did ask us to send them updated photos. I figure annually sending them updated photos is the least we can do to show them our appreciation.
April 16, 2009 in General | Comments (0)
Click on the picture above for more school pictures of Emily.