tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24537364937633900772024-03-13T07:54:27.190-07:00Catechis FamilyMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863289087671572114noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453736493763390077.post-10894544776438695602009-12-07T22:02:00.000-08:002009-12-07T22:19:50.261-08:00Singing Santa Claus<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxldqIpliIdVW-pgKmaWVaQkF3f0rgu-ygE-SoH3S3lze6hsmviaIBcwSe439B8rm16Et2x-hHqccUVShPxNQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>It was so funny this evening I got Ann on camera singing "Santa Claus is coming to town" ... oh and my wonderful voice is in the background :)Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863289087671572114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453736493763390077.post-73840644978761584192009-10-20T22:14:00.000-07:002009-10-20T22:26:24.274-07:00<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxxf9eGWLZvxsQLgYHMelWhcoyHJDP0c5nNot6n8ehdWVrXxDKmpiTvzCYmOFHytQx-7mLN1t0FjGCJTpmsVA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Ann has been singing this for a while but last tonight was the first time I could get her on camera doing it.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863289087671572114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453736493763390077.post-3675095060426473072009-05-21T19:38:00.000-07:002009-05-21T19:54:18.379-07:00<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx-uE3NRweDQyiRTqfn7gDrLt16q_o3-VpmXI7_Visy_gwyQMzPtX3GwJ2Z2vJ91IbFcmOyhaL4nwtQ7Vt4Ug' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863289087671572114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453736493763390077.post-6625701192303294102009-04-26T10:17:00.000-07:002009-04-26T10:21:42.854-07:00Farm day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHY6zaMy5Y1YtvTfe0aEqPu3iUhjOdcpqZqDUVBSbIVIyRPCvovpKwdwz8mMbP_PJpctKUV4wYyfWd50opyu26Jcl6dtS4O0pRz4pL_UCFSxytP5TL0K5OJMgp0o9QOyajOpZPGgMeAd7/s1600-h/P1020115.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329051331068261650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHY6zaMy5Y1YtvTfe0aEqPu3iUhjOdcpqZqDUVBSbIVIyRPCvovpKwdwz8mMbP_PJpctKUV4wYyfWd50opyu26Jcl6dtS4O0pRz4pL_UCFSxytP5TL0K5OJMgp0o9QOyajOpZPGgMeAd7/s320/P1020115.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRUuXbPmbS-xc7_qz2owAdWcohzkwgb0eMLaiZUCg2zYB-clnDpB54-1XWAWzckTKTmJjPlHoCjhrYn75rKHfcBtwp-ZcIFg6CFAK-htwod9upFLMbq88JX_SnA4Vr8a58dHD1TPWUcING/s1600-h/P1020108.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329051113437450770" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRUuXbPmbS-xc7_qz2owAdWcohzkwgb0eMLaiZUCg2zYB-clnDpB54-1XWAWzckTKTmJjPlHoCjhrYn75rKHfcBtwp-ZcIFg6CFAK-htwod9upFLMbq88JX_SnA4Vr8a58dHD1TPWUcING/s320/P1020108.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div><br />Yesterday we went to a farm with so many animals. Ann was so excited. Its was so much fun she didnt want to leave.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863289087671572114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453736493763390077.post-73176799919163940982008-07-03T20:46:00.001-07:002008-07-03T20:54:36.755-07:00New pictures<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFtlcRGu7JaHrjxk29vKs7AFeaiQhtV-fBXmfhE_cuRzYZBndrZwmNLMdIWGGJOTW14RJRRQ2fyrVrWwOewsd-heQ4aB51G0ef1dX6V26dKj6qeQ2ZRIWVUPegzwQUECStPlkt7GxouBqo/s1600-h/Picture+190.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219002199217778562" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFtlcRGu7JaHrjxk29vKs7AFeaiQhtV-fBXmfhE_cuRzYZBndrZwmNLMdIWGGJOTW14RJRRQ2fyrVrWwOewsd-heQ4aB51G0ef1dX6V26dKj6qeQ2ZRIWVUPegzwQUECStPlkt7GxouBqo/s320/Picture+190.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC_sgjQsMCnfSl5ygznuAV22Vr4OyteNUNaTTERdkqq8iYTaMIaW6fx-cqwZk2CcLFa76ZCfzWZAX45Xi-QlccWlblEN4sYSA8-q5pu8JiE7F32V5dsNTLfnfakvEOfyem2YSVPaTusNhW/s1600-h/Picture+173.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219002206985175586" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC_sgjQsMCnfSl5ygznuAV22Vr4OyteNUNaTTERdkqq8iYTaMIaW6fx-cqwZk2CcLFa76ZCfzWZAX45Xi-QlccWlblEN4sYSA8-q5pu8JiE7F32V5dsNTLfnfakvEOfyem2YSVPaTusNhW/s320/Picture+173.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0KJw3d9jDQ0PvrLJeCOhZ0APJqJdHlvUa0BdzzCSID4adHKHJ4fZvY3qgpT2-4CdzK5VoDk1kHRryrqL7m6L_p8cltUdACU_J1e76gcbAmw8Xf42rVpbUjp8t4vxf4O-chFB7Ew5vSPEG/s1600-h/Picture+175.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219002211690235298" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0KJw3d9jDQ0PvrLJeCOhZ0APJqJdHlvUa0BdzzCSID4adHKHJ4fZvY3qgpT2-4CdzK5VoDk1kHRryrqL7m6L_p8cltUdACU_J1e76gcbAmw8Xf42rVpbUjp8t4vxf4O-chFB7Ew5vSPEG/s320/Picture+175.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDXwmY11SJmTO21C9lsMnKKatW1EPrIYO6-pc2w-x9JKP5N5m1gOCuH-p0rwu5R7V7sKh1FSP7_yy91vhUwXFMXst123E1B1Kbyj1bXNvYndRd88NFOcfNEZUyHbg3iGkEOCbq-xU5ukd0/s1600-h/Picture+145.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219002217738809986" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDXwmY11SJmTO21C9lsMnKKatW1EPrIYO6-pc2w-x9JKP5N5m1gOCuH-p0rwu5R7V7sKh1FSP7_yy91vhUwXFMXst123E1B1Kbyj1bXNvYndRd88NFOcfNEZUyHbg3iGkEOCbq-xU5ukd0/s320/Picture+145.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Here are some recent pictures of Ann. The ones posted are from when we were in China 3 months ago. </div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863289087671572114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453736493763390077.post-73823287637600482342008-07-03T20:11:00.000-07:002008-07-03T20:25:09.832-07:00CrawlingThis just happened this evening, this is the first time Ann crawled on her hands and knees, before she would just drag herself. What a proud mom & dad moment.<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyL3N7KF2XVcHDJ61GDFQuxZf7PldlLzcyglXXFLgO8nMH9ilfObR3MXQi9xoiGRHRvY_in3N78Dqe4BN2asA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863289087671572114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453736493763390077.post-45790985231730236732008-04-03T02:27:00.000-07:002008-04-03T06:12:46.813-07:00pictures<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUtiaWL0i-zJ-Xb5ieEjrFpOtQ3V7B5FZ1_MDibBZMb920xbJCPvtdStUjxYwIWdhoAm7i3ma62ImqYThKVi-P_y_kJjuL5cDTvlqOPgx8oKq_akMLWmHN-_58NQja8qFVkJgX1BEqUe6/s1600-h/Trip+to+China+for+Baby+Ann+156.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184951379678265538" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUtiaWL0i-zJ-Xb5ieEjrFpOtQ3V7B5FZ1_MDibBZMb920xbJCPvtdStUjxYwIWdhoAm7i3ma62ImqYThKVi-P_y_kJjuL5cDTvlqOPgx8oKq_akMLWmHN-_58NQja8qFVkJgX1BEqUe6/s320/Trip+to+China+for+Baby+Ann+156.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuq-LFXhFillxUd_fR61lkvD6H6AwNYEUbOb-t9NpkTPHliNTYfglC9QdGQoBS3OsIRT6lw6tSv9GtWNz7MrUipwdOaMkFhxDHQjvGZc97pyNZu_NqT9bq-xLKMvX5uKMv2qG2U7zcVYF/s1600-h/Trip+to+China+for+Baby+Ann+108.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184951388268200146" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieuq-LFXhFillxUd_fR61lkvD6H6AwNYEUbOb-t9NpkTPHliNTYfglC9QdGQoBS3OsIRT6lw6tSv9GtWNz7MrUipwdOaMkFhxDHQjvGZc97pyNZu_NqT9bq-xLKMvX5uKMv2qG2U7zcVYF/s320/Trip+to+China+for+Baby+Ann+108.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgee72wcboa4yTfSL_p8qZgYQKDXX6CUT36PRf1mkqn7xCIiit6f8gg_Y3X6CH8A1Eb08hrMfKigxi-BnWam0vEg9Km0GOfCUjPCWBG2CBlp0lKND5bAsTJ3EOGmkVbGHeGQxE9n4X24lpB/s1600-h/Trip+to+China+for+Baby+Ann+154.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184951392563167458" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgee72wcboa4yTfSL_p8qZgYQKDXX6CUT36PRf1mkqn7xCIiit6f8gg_Y3X6CH8A1Eb08hrMfKigxi-BnWam0vEg9Km0GOfCUjPCWBG2CBlp0lKND5bAsTJ3EOGmkVbGHeGQxE9n4X24lpB/s320/Trip+to+China+for+Baby+Ann+154.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863289087671572114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453736493763390077.post-3898424813562029492008-03-30T15:00:00.000-07:002008-03-30T15:10:04.877-07:00Great Wall<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJs4JMRoTT5KJw5XmtSRX_IgbdIH3ff0oDSlw21xKPVYm66LKWq6qwgcEliDShWO4Ya_XyLPOclkZ3fUk4C7K5hmE1ppYKQL1nF_4dC9P-ZVkrL1pK74hyphenhyphenYcYhUUpbWCWOxfwNY1PJ9CfD/s1600-h/P1000195.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183660374711601874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJs4JMRoTT5KJw5XmtSRX_IgbdIH3ff0oDSlw21xKPVYm66LKWq6qwgcEliDShWO4Ya_XyLPOclkZ3fUk4C7K5hmE1ppYKQL1nF_4dC9P-ZVkrL1pK74hyphenhyphenYcYhUUpbWCWOxfwNY1PJ9CfD/s320/P1000195.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Picture from Saturday at the Great Wall, it was snowy and very, very cold.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Just want to make sure we can post later</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Today is the big day.</div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863289087671572114noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453736493763390077.post-79906806554567386082008-03-04T16:12:00.000-08:002008-03-04T16:18:52.915-08:00Update Pictures<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiiNLiJ9gzJp-5ydZjCEgtVd7E7MuqvG81HfbsVGd4TQyrNGh-4aw0x9LhVdTFQ8LpFww2kbRbWuEKEw74XxXRNV9IS891pAGqI23uHdOAuYaVs5VLsKwqQHjZIYjUyPA9cHhF2Y8r-VAN/s1600-h/linpict2a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174045060124397682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiiNLiJ9gzJp-5ydZjCEgtVd7E7MuqvG81HfbsVGd4TQyrNGh-4aw0x9LhVdTFQ8LpFww2kbRbWuEKEw74XxXRNV9IS891pAGqI23uHdOAuYaVs5VLsKwqQHjZIYjUyPA9cHhF2Y8r-VAN/s320/linpict2a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiztAAC6yO_xmuNUXwJ2MhXVRFVsNb6ObF2ABXGLIy-4vQyTxWksia5oS8mbi6O0Jsb65UIu51CXY_eeYpn3YvxseJcCQBX8SKq8z37-_-Q37QGyOPFbDdjqSNHGRL9vLXCoGUbvcYU3O6/s1600-h/linpict2a.jpg"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQkRI07aSYp2oduG7QjBIf6NgJ0Nh4yLTbEVr_tn32PqWsVQKN19gObZ-y0VL_CYYkzLV61rkIbR8zA2-s08PFQFsAptxZ4Z6NxY8xgzfk7P8EcY3mWn-cw2NnzeenpjfKItggw6222Ehh/s1600-h/LinYanJingPicture2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174044463123943522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQkRI07aSYp2oduG7QjBIf6NgJ0Nh4yLTbEVr_tn32PqWsVQKN19gObZ-y0VL_CYYkzLV61rkIbR8zA2-s08PFQFsAptxZ4Z6NxY8xgzfk7P8EcY3mWn-cw2NnzeenpjfKItggw6222Ehh/s320/LinYanJingPicture2.jpg" border="0" /></a> These are the most up todate pictures we had. The next set will be when we arrive in China to pick our little girl up. She seems to enjoy the tiger, does this mean she will be the boss in the house :))<br /><br /><div></div></div>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863289087671572114noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453736493763390077.post-36579052938972883712008-03-04T09:20:00.000-08:002008-03-04T09:32:19.468-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4DKeLDE3rTbIpl1jz2u8GYtXQh94sDY_7rAF68rjTOwRSILAp0rQRaDMZpOhYzNU3LMzDF0KQqEx5Xoslw3dsTDp3qZtiz1qpawzUUO2PrWftFM23bMeAnftKXF1jqkzmGThI1MBEDxhe/s1600-h/Catechis+-+Lin+Yan+Jing.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173940018191367906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4DKeLDE3rTbIpl1jz2u8GYtXQh94sDY_7rAF68rjTOwRSILAp0rQRaDMZpOhYzNU3LMzDF0KQqEx5Xoslw3dsTDp3qZtiz1qpawzUUO2PrWftFM23bMeAnftKXF1jqkzmGThI1MBEDxhe/s320/Catechis+-+Lin+Yan+Jing.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br />We received our referral Feb 4th 2008 at 2:35pm in the afternoon. Her Chinese name is Lin Yan Jing. We are calling our daughter Ann Katie. Her birthday is April 9th. She has grown so much since we seen her first picture.Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863289087671572114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2453736493763390077.post-69648621360597485772008-03-04T08:33:00.000-08:002008-03-04T08:34:10.341-08:00TAWe just heard that TA are being sent from China, so our approvals are on the way. YippeeMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09863289087671572114noreply@blogger.com1