Happy Gotcha Day!

Can you believe it has been 2 years!?!?!?!?

November 15th marks the day we got to bring Elizabeth from the orphanage 2 years ago. WoW! How our lives have changed. Elizabeth continues to be a happy, joyful girl. She is always smiling and continues to make those around her smile. She has a great imagination and it is always interesting to see what her little mind is going to come up with next. She has touched many lives and I thank God for giving us the opportunity to have her in our life....we have been truly blessed!

To celebrate the day, Elizabeth and I went to Sawyer's Creek and shopped, she rode on Santa's sleigh, we ate lunch, she fed the fish, we got our nails painted. Later we made Borsch (beet soup - which is a soup common in the Ukraine.) Tom and I ate that several times while we were there. It's a lot better than it sounds - even if you don't like beets, you really can't taste them. I got the recipe off the internet, but if anyone wants the one I used, I would be happy to share it.

Tom and I have been reliving our experience by reviewing the blog from 2 years ago. This time of year with the change in the season always reminds us of our time in the Ukraine - so many memories we'll never forget. We share these experiences and pictures with Elizabeth. She knows we came in an airplane to get her, that she cried when we met, that she LOVED bananas, soon she loved playing with us, and one day we got to bring her home with us in an airplane half way around the world. She gets excited when we talk about the airplane she rode in, so she also got a Little People Airplane for Gotcha Day.

Gotcha Day was a great day, but really...every day with my family is a great day. Tom, Elizabeth, Christopher...God is great and He has been good :-)