ZOEY SITTING WITH ONE OF OUR GOOD FRIENDS

GARRY LEE

DISCOVERING WRAPPING PAPER

ZOEY DISCOVERED THAT TEARING UP THE CHRISTMAS PAPER WAS PRETTY FUN.

SHE WOULD TEAR SOME OF IT AND LAUGH AND SAY "I TORE IT"

AND SHE WAS SO PROUD OF HERSELF. SO OF COURSE I ENJOYED WATCHING HER DO IT TOO! THANK GOODNESS THE WRAPPING PAPER ISN'T EXPENSIVE! :)

CHRISTMAS 2007

CHRISTMAS WAS SO WONDERFUL THIS YEAR! WHAT A DIFFERANCE IT WAS CELEBRATING WITH YOUR CHILD. WE ENJOYED WATCHING ZOEY'S FACE WITH EACH AND EVERY PRESENT. SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK.

I THINK HER DAD WAS MORE EXCITED THAN ANYONE. HE STAYED UP AFTER ME & ZOEY WENT TO BED TO SET UP SOME OF HER LARGER PRESENTS. IT WAS SO SWEET! IT REMINDED ME OF MY CHILDHOOD AND BEING SO SURPRISED ON CHRISTMAS MORNING.

SHE HAS ENJOYED EACH AND EVERY TOY.

COUSIN'S CALEB & AUSTIN

ZOEY'S COUSIN CALEB

A VISIT TO THE PIERCE FAMILY

WE WENT TO TRUSSVILLE TO VISIT THE PIERCE FAMILY.

WE WERE IN CHINA TOGETHER WHEN WE GOT OUR GIRLS.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE SEEN THEM SINCE RETURNING HOME. WE HELPED THEM MAKE CHRISTMAS COOKIES AND THE GIRLS ENJOYED PLAYING TOGETHER.

WE HAD A GREAT TIME. ZOEY AND SOPHIE WERE SO CUTE PLAYING TOGETHER.

GOTCHA DAY!! 12/11/06
ZOEY'S NANNY IN HER ORPHANAGE
ZOEY TODAY 12/10/07


WHAT A DIFFERANCE A YEAR HAS MADE. ZOEY IS SUCH A DIFFERENT CHILD THAN WHEN WE RECEIVED HER. SHE HAS GROWN UP SO MUCH, AND HAS CAME SUCH A LONG WAY.
WE THANK GOD EACH DAY FOR BLESSING US WITH SUCH A WONDERFUL CHILD.

FANTASY OF LIGHTS

WE WENT SUNDAY TO CALLAWAY GARDENS IN GEORGIA TO SEE THE "FANTASY OF LIGHTS" WE TOOK THE TROLLEY RIDE THROUGH THE PATH OF THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF BEAUTIFUL LIGHTS. THEY WERE ALL ANIMATED AND A SIGHT TO BEHOLD !ZOEY WAS JUST AMAZED! SHE WOULD SLOWLY LOOK AROUND AT ALL THE SCENES. HER EYES WERE BIG AS MARBLES. AT THE CHRISTMAS VILLAGE GIFT SHOP THEY HAD A SNOWMAN & A REINDEER AND WERE ABLE TO GET PICTURES OF THEM WITH US.ZOEY LOVES "FROSTY THE SNOWMAN" BETTER THAN SANTA CLAUSE SO WHEN SHE REALIZED THAT FROSTY WAS IN FRONT OF HER SHE WAS SO EXCITED! WE WENT TO CALLAWAY GARDENS ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO AND IT IS WAS VERY NICE & PRETTY, BUT THIS TIME WITH OUR DAUGHTER BESIDE US AND SEEING IT THROUGH HER EYES WAS JUST PRICELESS!
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MORE PICTURES OF VISIT

A VISIT TO THE WOODALL FAMILY

WE WENT TO VISIT OUR WONDERFUL FRIENDS " THE WOODALL FAMILY" IN ATHENS ON SUNDAY. THEY GOT HOME FROM CHINA ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO WITH THIER NEW DAUGHTER "REBECCA"

SHE IS SIX YEARS OLD. SHE IS SO PRETTY AND FULL OF LIFE.

SHE IS RUNNING AROUND HAVING A BIG TIME WITH HER NEW FAMILY. SHE IS ADJUSTING BEAUTIFULLY, AND WHY WOULDN'T SHE BE WITH SUCH A GREAT FAMILY MEETING ALL HER NEEDS AND THEN SOME. WE HAD AN AWESOME VISIT AND ENJOYED WATCHING ALL THE CHILDREN PLAY. THEY ALL GOT ALONG REALLY WELL.

ZOEY LOVED ALL OF THEM, SHE ESPECIALLY LOVED ALL THE DIFFERENT TOYS.. SHE JUMPED ON HER FIRST TRAMPOLINE.

I LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE GREAT TIMES WITH BILLY AND EMILY AND THIER BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN. WE TOOK SOME RANDOM PICTURES WHILE WE WERE THERE.

OUR FRIEND'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

ZOEY'S FRIEND AVA GRACE HAD A PRINCESS BIRTHDAY PARTY ON SATURDAY. IT WAS A GRAND EVENT ALL THE LITTLE GIRLS DRESSED IN THEIR FINEST PRINCESS DRESSES.

THEY GOT TO BOUNCE ON MOON BOUNCERS AND HAD A BEAUTIFUL CASTLE HOUSE TO PLAY WITH. ZOEY RECEIVED THE CUTEST PARTY FAVORS. HER FAVORITE WAS A "SNOW WHITE" SIPPY CUP. OF COURSE AVA GRACE LOOKED BEAUTIFUL!

SHE TURNED THREE. HER PARENTS ARE PART OF OUR CHURCH FAMILY DOUG & TERRA DELOACH.

ZOEY HAD A WONDERFUL TIME ! WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO MANY MORE BIRTHDAY PARTIES. IT WAS SO AWESOME TO SEE ALL THE LITTLE GIRLS RUNNING AROUND LAUGHING AND HAVE A GRAND TIME, AND TO SIT BACK AND THINK "WOW" ONE OF THOSE LITTLE GIRLS IS MINE!! ALL MINE! I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THIS DAY!! THANK YOU LORD FOR MY LITTLE BLESSING!

OUR LITTLE LADYBUG

WE WENT TO OUR CHURCH'S TRUNK A TREAT FOR HALLOWEEN.

ZOEY LOVED ALL THE PRETTY COSTUMES AND ALL THE CANDY.

HER FAVORITE WAS OUR CHURCH'S BAND "VESSEL" SHE LOVES MUSIC.

THIS IS THE ONLY PICTURE I GOT TO TAKE OF ZOEY IN HER LADYBUG COSTUME. SHE WOULDN'T STAND STILL FOR VERY LONG.

MORE PICTURES AT ROYAL CELEBRATION

"THE ROYAL CELEBRATION"

ZOEY AND I ATTENDED A "ROYAL CELEBRATION" AT OUR CHURCH.

IT WAS A TEA PARTY FOR THE MOTHERS AND THIER DAUGHTERS.

WE ALL FELT LIKE PRINCESS'S SOME WOMEN AND GIRLS WORE CROWNS. THERE WAS CRAFT TABLE WHERE THE GIRLS COULD MAKE CROWNS OR WHATEVER THEY WANTED AND WE ALSO HAD SOME FANCY DRESSES AND SHOES FOR THE GIRLS TO PLAY DRESS UP. WE ALSO HAD SOME "YUMMY" FINGER FOODS AND OF COURSE TEA, APPLE CIDER, STRAWBERRY WATER. THE DECORATIONS WERE AWESOME! THEY MADE YOU FEEL SO SPECIAL, AND YES LIKE A PRINCESS.

"WE WERE BEING REMINDING THAT WE COULD CELEBRATE BECAUSE WE WERE ALL CHILDREN OF THE "KING" AND WE WERE HIS PRINCESS'S ! IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN

THIS. ZOEY HAD A GREAT TIME ,SHE ATE AND PLAYED. SHE LOVED ALL THE CHOCOLATE CANDY, AND YES I HAD TO USE STAIN REMOVER ON HER DRESS. OH WELL CAN'T KEEP THEM CLEAN ALL THE TIME, BUT I SURE TRY HARD :)

I TOOK SOME RANDOM SHOTS OF THE ZOEY AND THE DECORATIONS.

"ROLL TIDE" GIFT

ONE OF OUR DEAR FRIENDS "THE ONE THAT TAUGHT ZOEY TO SAY ROLL TIDE" BOUGHT HER THIS "ALABAMA OUTFIT"

THANK YOU GARRY!!

GRAND OLE' PUMPKIN PATCH

WE WENT WITH THE CHURCH TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH IN CHILTON COUNTY, AND HAD A GREAT TIME. ZOEY ENJOYED THE TRAIN RIDE AND THE PETTING ZOO. SHE LOVED RIDING THE CHURCH BUS AND VISITING WITH ALL THE OTHER KIDS.

ZOEY AT THE BEACH

WELL THERE ISN'T TO MUCH TO SHARE ALONG THE LINE OF PICTURES FROM OUR BEACH TRIP, FOR SOME CRAZY REASON WE KEPT FORGETTING TO TAKE THE CAMERA WITH US. ZOEY WASN'T CRAZY ABOUT THE OCEAN OR THE SAND. ONE NIGHT SHE HUNTED SAND CRABS WITH HER DAD AND LIKED IT OKAY UNTIL ONE OF THE CRABS PINCHED HER HAND AND THEN SHE WANTED NO PART OF THEM. I THINK NEXT YEAR SHE WILL LIKE THE BEACH BETTER.

WE HAD A GREAT TIME SPENDING QUALITY TIME AS A FAMILY AND A WONDERFUL TIME VISITING WITH OUR FRIENDS.