CONGRATULATIONS!

A huge Congratulations to my friend Paula (The Baby Journals) She and her husband had their court appointment this morning to finalize their daughter's (Hannah) adoption! She is forever theirs. Praise the Lord!

"Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His mercy endures forever."

Psalms 107:1

This is what our yard looked like this morning. They call it snow here, but from where I come from it wouldn't be considered snow. Looks more like dandruff on the lawn. Now we have patchy dark clouds with sun and 45*. What a perfect spring day.



Quilt square #8 arrived yesterday from the Arsenault Family. Thank you.

I couldn't do an Easter post better, so here you go.

Starfish Foster Home Easter 2008
Dear April, Happy Easter from everyone at Starfish.
	Easter arrived a little too soon this year. I would have loved to go outside and take pictures but as you can see that did not happen. It was way to cold outside so we were inside the apartment in my make shift studio. I added more than 200 pictures to that collection of mine. Thanks to everyone who helped. You have no idea what a production it is to get babies changed and pictures taken. There is a film student who is making a documentary on me for his film class and he brought his really expensive Canon over and spent the afternoon taking pictures. As you can see there are no pictures of the older boys. We could not find any Easter clothing, since I was not very well prepared. Usually I have to have everything in one place otherwise there is no chance of finding things later. So that was just to let you know I did not forget anyone on purpose (Gabriel, Benjamin and Sean). I am in Shanghai right now with Toni and Paul--and since it is Good Friday, we has some Hot Cross Buns, which is a very British/Australian/South African thing to eat. It was delicious. Something I have not had since 1988 when I left South Africa. It is amazing how quickly the memories came flooding back of home after just one bite. Life, Love and Laughter, Amanda Starfish Foster Home http://chinesestarfish.blogspot.com www.chinesestarfish.org

Thankful Thursday.

Just a few things that I'm thankful for.

• One month from today my parents will be here for a visit. I am so excited!
  

• The colors of spring are starting to show.

• We are adopting from China.
  

• I have been asked to help with China...Forever in Our Hearts.

• There has been $2525 raised for Breanna's surgery.
  

And for our wonderful support team. You guys are the best! Thank you.

Wordless Wednesday

Well, not totally wordless...Spring has sprung in Seattle.

Much Ado About Nothing

First thing first...we are in Seattle for manager training for Patrick and he showed up at the hotel with lunch a little while ago. I tell you my hubby knows me ...he brought Kalua pork and it was so yummy. I only could eat half of it as there was so much food. We went to Kauai two years ago and I fell in love with the stuff...not so good for you though.









I love 1950's Pink Pyrex. I can't get enough of it. Yes, pink is my favorite color. It is fun using my pieces wondering about the women who used them before me...and yes, I do use them. I have one more piece in the fridge right now so I didn't take a picture of it. I flip out every time I see a piece in an antique store.



I also have a thing for Texas Ware bowls. They go for a ton of money on ebay so I'm happy to to have two that were given to me. One was one we have used for popcorn since I was a child (the pink one). The other was from a friend who had salad in it one night when we went over for dinner, and being the melodramatic person I am, I freaked out when I saw the bowl. She said "what, that old thing"... I'm thinking, are you serious...do you know what you have?! Well, a couple days later we met at a restaurant for dinner and she had that "old thing" as a gift. :-) Thanks Carrie.



See I told you "Much Ado About Nothing". I also like the movie "Much Ado About Nothing".

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I don't have time to post anything more than this right now. I think tomorrow is going to be a day of posting. Consider yourself pinched if you are not in green. A little piece of useless information on me...I'm Irish and I don't really know what St. Patrick's Day is all about. Pretty sad.

Something exciting.

Daleea has come up with a beautiful idea and has started a new blog "China...Forever in Our Hearts". She has asked me to help her with the posts when this really gets going. I am so excited about the project and can't wait to see it develop. Thank you Daleea for asking me to be apart of this. It is a blessing to help and I am so excited.

I know it will be a wonderful place for all of us to walk the streets of China again or for the first
time and feel the love that consumes us all. It will be a place to help you remember what it was like, rejoice with those who are home with their child and a place to dream and hope for the future. You are all invited to be apart of this blog and we look forward to your stories, pictures and knowledge of a country that has always been in my heart.

China...Forever in Our Hearts

If you have a submission for the blog please e-mail:
chinaforeverinourhearts@yahoo.com

"This is a place dedicated to our daughters and our sons that were born in the beautiful land of China. A place to gather in celebration of China's beauty, and splendor.
If you would like to share favorite pictures of your journey in China, please email them to us along with any information you have... city, provence, etc. of where it was taken or what it was taken of. Also, we would love to have a picture of your child that was taken in China. If you would like to share the provence they were born in, their Chinese name, and your blog address with everyone please include that information as well....
If you have favorite charities, books, shopping for China please let us know so we can keep a list on the sidebar for everyone to share in this wonderful source of information we gather together.
We look forward to sharing with everyone this journey back to our beloved China... We will return there together..." taken from the sidebar of China...Forever in Our Hearts