Happy Birthday Carly!

Happy Birthday to our wonderful little niece. Carly turned 6 today and while we cannot be there with her, we want her to know we love and miss her VERY much. Happy Birthday!

Ella's Room

WOW another step towards bringing Ella home! We have purchased bedding for her room! Ella's room decor - twin white beds with this beautiful bedding of soft yellows, greens and lavendar flowers. We will post pictures once the room is done!

Family Visit to Valle de los Caidos

"On April 1, 1940, it was decided that the Monument to the Dead in the Spanish Civil War should be erected. It is from the deep sense of religious devotion with which this great work was conceived by that Regime, from its situation and its object that the name comes: the Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caidos or Holy Cross of the Valley of the Fallen."

Presidents' Day February 18, 2008

"If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit."

~ Willam Jefferson Clinton ~

"America is too great for small dreams."

~ Ronald Wilson Regan ~

"America is best described by one word, freedom."

~ Dwight David Eisenhower ~

"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth."

~ George Washington ~

Love Day

Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own home. Give love to your children, to a wife or husband, to a next-door neighbor.

~ Mother Teresa ~

Hanging in there

We are hanging in there! Still waiting to hear if we have been submitted.
Thanks for all your prayers and positive motivation

FEBRUARY 4th!

Today, the SDA opened permitting those of us still waiting to submit our complete dossiers to do so. We are anxious to hear from Carol if our dossier has been accepted and if our wait to bring Ella home has begun.

Check back daily for updates!