Here's a couple more pictures

Sammie's 4 Year Pictures

The following are the pictures we had taken for Sammie's 4th Birthday.

This Long Wait

Never in a million years when we began our second adoption journey did we think we would still be waiting for our referral 17+ months later. At times it does not seem like this second adoption will ever happen . . . but in our hearts we know it will all in God's time. Doesn't make the wait any easier. The toughest is when Sammie asks when we are going to China to bring her mei mei (little sister) home. Just the other day she asked me what we were going to do with Bella (our mini schnauzer) when we go to China. I told her we'd find someone to puppy sit for Bella.

I know times are different now with China's International Adoption Program, but when I think if times had stayed the same way they were when we adopted Sammie, then we'd have already been home from China with Madison over a year already. On top of that, it seems that when we became interested in the waiting child program, then all of a sudden a slow down happened there too! We know it is just a coincidence, but still doesn't make things any easier.

Thanks for listening to my rant about the wait. It is so very hard, but we know it will happen for us one day . . . until then . . . we simply wait.

Denise

Just a Rainy Day

Well today is going to be a very rainy/stormy day here in Minnesota and then it is going to get cold through the weekend with the chance of possible SNOW! Yes I said SNOW! Come on already . . . bring on Spring in it's earnest!

What do rainy days mean for you? For me, they are days to stay in your jammies, curled up on the couch with a good book, or watching your favorite old movies or spending time with your hubby snuggled up on the couch - yeah Right, like that is going to happen at our house - LOL! Or in the words of my four year old daughter, let's put on our raincoat and boots and go outside and splash around in the mud puddles!

Whatever rainy days mean to you, enjoy them as they really are important to everyday life! Live, love and be happy!

Inception of the Roth Clan

The union of Dale and I believe was fate and began years prior to us actually beginning to date. We met in the early 1980’s when our siblings began dating and later married. In the beginning, we did not get along, I believe, in part, due to our ages. I was 13 and Dale was 18. He had just enlisted in the Marine Corps and I was in Junior High School. In any event, we saw each other periodically throughout the years when he would come home on leave from the Marines. Our lives continued on their own individual paths until July 1998, when Dale and I were unexpectedly drawn together by a family crisis. At the time, Dale was stationed overseas in Japan and was flown home on emergency leave. When he arrived at the hospital, and for whatever reason, when I took his hand to walk him back to see his brother, there was a connection between us and we have been together ever since.

We were married on November 11, 2000 in a beautiful ceremony. Our quest to become parents became a reality when we adopted our beautiful and talented little girl from China in January 2005. We began our second adoption journey in February 2006 and are currently awaiting the referral of our second daughter from China.

Stay tuned as the journey of the Roth Clan continues . . .