Celebrations
This past month we had 2 elder women come to our gate and asked if they could come and put on a show for our children. When we agreed we had no idea how big and wonderful the show would be. There was about a dozen women who danced several different dances with different outfits. Two 12 year old girls dressed in ancient Chinese clothing also performed a dance. Then several older men played a few songs with Chinese string and wind instruments. All the dances and music represented the Chinese culture. The children enjoyed it so much that they did not move for the entire 1 1/2 hour production; which is pretty good for 4-9 year old children.
We celebrated 5 birthdays this November. (left to right) June our cook turned 21, our eldest son Jaxin turned 9, Graham turned 8, Zoey turned 7 and Ellie turned 8.
We went to the 2nd Home of Hope in Xuzhou to celebrate Thanksgiving with the Sayres (administrators to the 2nd Home of Hope) and the Bells (administrators to the 1st Home of Hope in Gongyi). We really had a great time and wanted to share with you some of our fun.
Joey is the baby of our family and for about a week straight he went to our cook and asked her to make him Jiao zi; which are dumplings that are mainly ate during the spring festival. He said he saw his kindergarten teacher eating them and it made him hungry. He was so happy we think he ate 3 bowls full.
This year is the first time our children have ever celebrated Christmas and we are trying to make it very exciting for them. We bought three Christmas trees and Michelle taught all of our children how to make paper ornaments for a fun “CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATION” competition. We told our children we are putting their trees up on the web site and going to ask you to email us which tree you like the best. If you email (ben@homeofhope.org) and vote whether you like:
Back Row left to right:Zoey, Emma, Anna. Front Row left to right Debbie, Sarah, Ellie
Back Row left to right:Thomas, Danny, Joey, Noah. Front Row left to right Tyler (our youngest son), Gene, Jake
Back row left to right:Eli (our middle son), Philip, Graham. Middle row left to right:Mark Gabe, Eddy. Front row left to right: Jaxin (our eldest son) and Lester
Thank you for taking the time to read about our family. Please let us know which tree you liked the best; the winning room will be announced on the 18th and will get to go out for a cup of HOT CHOCOLATE!
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Posted: November 28th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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