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Our family consists of dad, mom, and nine wonderful children who have come into our family by both birth and international adoption.. This page is dedicated to each of our adoption stories and our hope is that someone reading this may perhaps be encouraged to consider international adoption themselves...We trust this will be an encouragement to many as they see that, yes, families who already have children in the home can adopt and that they can see what a joy and a blessing it is to be an adoptive family. Not a day goes by that we don't lift up a prayer of thanks to the Lord, Who has certainly made our family what it is...and we are also daily, continuously grateful to the folks we worked with for our adoptions, to Korea, China and Hong Kong for allowing us the rivilege it is to adopt their precious children, truly a country's most valued resource, and to those who cared for our children before they came home to us. Our lives are enriched not only by our children, but by the privilege of being a multi-racial family and all that comes to us because of celebrating two different heritages in our home and also by the many wonderful friends we've met--a lot of them on the internet!!--simply because of our being an adoptive family!

And we'd certainly be remiss if we didn't mention our little poodles--we tell people it's like having 8 extra kids: Scooter, Nugget, Skipper, Muffie Too, Snickers, Biscuit, Peanuts, Truffles and Cooters (our newest--he's a chocolate/white parti poodle!!) bring joy to the entire family with their unconditional love.. We had to say good-bye in July 1999 to Muffin, the first "baby" we had, when he was 16-1/2 years old. The grieving continues for this precious, valued member of the family who is now in our hearts, though not physically with us. Please visit our webpage devoted mainly to honoring Muffin's memory and also to talk about the little guys who remain with us! We can't imagine not having our "babies" with us..they're so spoiled we tell people jokingly that they "own the house & just let us live there"!!!

We know many people must think we're certainly off our collective rockers--9 children, lots of pets..."How do you do it?" we're often asked.. Well, we're a family who operates as a team..our "big kids" as one of our younger children calls them, are the best! We couldn't do it without them and our youngest 6 adore their big brothers and big sister so much. To watch the interaction between our older children and the little ones is something else...We truly are blessed more than we could ever have imagined we would be."

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