Birthday party fun!

We celebrated our beautiful Ruthie today! She was officially 6 on May 26th and today we celebrated Chinese style with a Ni Hao, Kai-Lan party. Though the weather was a bit dreary, everyone's spirits were bright and cheery. The highlight had to be the dragon boat relay race, in which the children and adults both participated.

We are blessed with so many wonderful friends, who are really more like family. Everyone pitched in to give Ruthie an extra-special day!

It is hard to believe that Ruthie is already 6, but in so many ways she is truly growing up. She is reading and writing beyond her years, but more wonderfully her heart is tender toward the Lord and others! She chose to collect donated items for Shepherd's Field Children's Village instead of asking for presents this year. She is going to have a blast giving all she collected to the children when she gets to China this summer!

Thanks to everyone who helped to make this day so wonderfully memorable!

Adventure in Odyssey

We had a great time on Thursday at Focus on the Family in Colorado Springs. Their entire bottom floor is dedicated to Adventures in Odyssey, a Holyde girl favorite. We had so much fun exploring downtown Odyssey, watching visitors make their own radio program and even had the chance to step into Narnia. What a blessed day!

Hello from the Midwest!

The Holyde girls are traveling around the Midwest this week. Our first stop was in Colorado where we have had fun catching up with family and making new friends too! We stopped in Idaho Springs where we ate buffalo burgers and panned for gold. We didn't find much gold, but had a lot of fun!