Monday, May 22, 2006

Early pictures of Rachel

We finally got around to scanning in the pictures that we received from the orphanage. They gave us a packet of photos of Guiping, the orphanage, and of Rachel at various stages. What a treasure, we cried when we saw them.

In the first picture she is six weeks old. She is less than four months old in the second one, then five months old in the next. The last picture was taken about a month before we got her.
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Friday, May 19, 2006

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Sunday, May 14, 2006

Rachel's dedication at church

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Happy girl

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Monica and Rachel - "Guiping sisters"



Whenever I hear "Monica and Rachel" I think of the show "Friends". I hope that these two will be friends for a long time to come, since they share a special part of their past. Posted by Picasa

Sharing Cheerios

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The Palmer and Despres families

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Happy Mother's Day!

We have been enjoying a lovely weekend with beautiful weather. Yesterday we went to Moncton to shop at Costco and had lunch with Mike and Nicole and their baby Monica. Mike and Nicole were in our travel group to China, and Monica and Rachel lived in the same orphanage. We had a nice time catching up with them.

Today I was awakened to a nice breakfast that the boys prepared for me. They gave me the sweet cards and gifts that they had made for me at school. Then we went to church, where Rachel had her dedication today. Tonight Jamie is making ropa vieja for supper. Yummy!