Wednesday, July 30, 2008

I've been tagged!

I've been tagged by Emily and Lexie!
Emily and her family were in our travel group for her gorgeous little sister, AnnaClaire and Sarah Lu. Emily is getting ready to go back to China to bring home precious Miss Kate around the same time we bring Chayah home!
I met Lexie through our blogs over a year ago. She and her family have just received their referral for beautiful Karleigh, who will also be coming home around the same time as Chayah!

O.K. Here are the rules:
1) Link to the person who tagged you
2) Post the rules on your blog
3) Write 7 random things about yourself
4) Tag 7 people at the end of your post and link to them
5) Let each person know they have been tagged and leave a comment on their blog.
6) Let the tagger know when your entry is up

1. I am 16 and starting college in the Fall. This year I completed two years of school and am ready to start in August.
2. I own a pair of pink plaid rain boots. I bought them at Target and they are actually pretty cute!
3. It has always been my dream to own a Basset Hound. When I was 2 yrs. old, I picked out a Basset Hound stuffed animal and named her "Uh-oh" and I have wanted a Basset Hound ever since.
4. I call tongs "weasel-catchers" and so does the the rest of my family. When I was 2, my sisters and I were watching "The Wind and the Willows", when I came running into my mom, got the tongs, and said, "Deez is not tongs, mommy, deez is weasel-catchers"! And it stuck, Sarah even calls them that now!
5. I've had the same best friend since I was 8 years old. That was over half of our our lives ago!
6. I don't tan, I just burn. It's sad, actually. I wish I could tan.
7. I can't swallow pills. Yeah, I know... pretty weird. No matter how hard I try, I just can't! It's the whole thing about having to let something go down my throat without chewing it first... I chew everything, even liquid, and pills make me feel like I am going to choke.

I met Leigh a while ago through making a video for her organization. She and her husband have started Our Creator's Hope: Helping with Orphan Placement Expenses, an absolutely amazing adoption grant foundation! They have also just started the adoption process to bring home a sibling group from Bulgaria!!! I am so excited for them!

Sera was one of the first 'adoption bloggers' that I met. It was through Sera that we first learned about China's waiting child program, which is what both Sarah and Chayah have been and are being adopted through! She has three siblings adopted from China, Asher, Emma, and Esther.

I met Annie through a yahoo group for siblings of children adopted from Asia. We have talked for a while on there. Her brother, Kai Wei, came home from Taiwan and they are currently waiting to bring home Sarah Grace from Taiwan as well.

Keri was in the same travel group for her daughter, Claire and as we were in for Sarah Lu. It is funny to see how alike Sarah and Claire are! They are both very princessey little girls! :)

Becki traveled to China in the group right before us to bring home sweet Addison. Addison is so adorable and I just love to follow her blog.

Ellie just returned back from the Shoahannah's Hope trip to China this summer! She visited the same city that Chayah is in and was at the very same foster home that Sarah spent months of her life at!

Nikki just returned back from a trip to the Dominican Republic. She has a passion for orphans and children around the world and runs Blogs for a Cause where she raises funds for the charity of the month!

2 comments:

Lexie said...

I learned some new things about you!! The first one..BLOWS ME AWAY! College?! I am rather jealous of you! :0) Haaha!
The thing about the tongs is pretty funny too! I call hair bands "hair-do-dobbies". And pickle relish "pick-a-lellie". :0)
Lexie

Ally, big sister to Lillyana said...

hey there! just stopping by to check in! Hope everything is going great!