A Trip With Daddy to Reno Air Race's

Ashley got to go on a very special weekend away with Daddy to watch the Reno air races. They went with Uncle JJ, Blaine, Braden and a few other guys. Ashley was the only girl, but she sure didn't let that bother her!!! She had a wonderful time playing and enjoying spending time with her Dad. She even visited her first casino (which I didn't find out about til later ha ha) and won a guitar that she loves!! I think what Ashley will remember most about this trip is that her Daddy included her and made it a special weekend just for the 2 of them. (Stay tuned for Abby's first weekend away with Daddy.)

The Great Kern County Fair

What would September be without a trip to the Kern County Fair, the animals, the games, the fun, oh and of course the food!!! Well we had another fun and memorable trip with the girls at the fair. We met Poppa and Nana there, and then Auntie Le-le came along with Jacob and Taylor Hardt. Our little Abby, the animal lover, just had to see her favorite horse in the world, Lolly who she fell in love with last year. Abby was in luck because Lolly was at the fair and Abby got to ride her once again. Other memorable mentions was jumping on the high trampoline!! That was exciting for everyone!! Oh and the face painting, Ashley's favorite. One things for sure, our yearly trip to the fair was fun memories for our girls!

New Beds for the Princesses!!

Moving into our new home, meant Abby would finally get a bed of her own! Hooray! When we asked the girls if they wanted beds apart or together they chose to be in the same room and Ashley insisted that they be bunk beds!! Well they finally have arrived and the girls are enjoying their new beds. Now we just have some work to do on decorating the room, hum does anyone know any good decorators in town? Oh yeah Grammie and Auntie Angela just happen to be some of the best decorators in town and Grammie has offered to help convert this room into a fun place for the girls to hang out. Thanks we can't wait to see it all come together!!

Big News for the DeVries Family

As many of you already know, we have some big news to announce from the DeVries household. After months of prayer and careful consideration, the Lord is leading us to adoption from China. Wow! We are excited and overwhelmed at the same time. We are honored and humbled that the Lord has chosen our family to minister to a little girl in China. However, from all that I have been hearing from other adoptive families, we will be the ones that will receive the greatest blessing.

How do we know it will be a girl? 90% of children that are adopted from China are girls due to there 1 child policy. Since a family can only have 1 child, they want it to be a son who can carry on the family name and care for them when they are old. This leaves the orphanages flooded with loving little girls longing for a family.

Why China? China's orphanages are some of the most overcrowded in the world, with over 1/2 million orphans estimated in the year 2006. We know that our adoption is not going to change those statisitics, but if we can introduce the idea of adopting these kids in our own community we might be able to encourage others to do the same.

We would appreciate your prayers as we embark on this new journey the Lord has set before us.