Today

My oldest daughter went to her 1st Feature Film Audition.

It was for the part of Mattie Ross in the
Paramount Pictures/ Coen Brothers
remake of TRUE GRIT
starring Jeff Bridges, Josh Brolin, & Matt Damon.


The casting director loved her-
but told her that she was a little too young for the part.

Hannah was disappointed but wants to continue acting.
The "Bug" has bitten!

What a great"How'd you spend your Christmas Holiday?" story for any little girl.

On the bright side, her best friend and cousin(LAYTON) got call backs and screen test!

xxFINGERS CROSSEDxx

We might get to kiss Matt Damon after all!

ELF on THE SHELF

yeah.... I know!

But I can use it to black mail him later. ;)

Early Lyrics

Oh Holy Night!
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of the dear Savior's birth!
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
Till He appear'd and the soul felt it's worth.

A thrill of hope
the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks
a new and glorious morn!

Fall on your knees
Oh hear the angel voices
Oh night divine
Oh night when Christ was born
Oh night divine
Oh night divine

Led by the light of faith serenely beaming
With glowing hearts by His cradle we stand
So led by light of a star sweetly gleaming
Here come the wise men from orient land
The king of kings lay thus in lowly manger
In all our trials born to be our friend.


Truly He taught us to love one another
His law is love and His gospel is peace
Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother
And in His name all oppression shall cease

Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,
Let all within us praise His holy name.

Fall On Your knees
Oh Hear the angels voices
Oh Night Divine
Oh Night when Christ was born
Oh Night
Oh Night Divine

A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS SURPRISE!

At 9 am this morning~
Fed-Ex left my LOA at the door!!!!

No~one was expecting it
and
I DO MEAN NO~ONE!!!!!

Next we get our TRAVEL APPROVAL!

We should be spending Chinese New Year with our Daughter--

Merry Christmas to ME!!!!!!


God is Good!

Precious

Last week-

I opened an email to find a 20 minute video of our new daughter

and her foster parent and foster siblings.

Now I am not really sure if I am supposed to post this link.....

yeah......this one right here (http://vimeo.com/8091048)

and I am probably not supposed to give anyone the case sensitive password

(Nanchang) ........

cause that would probably go against some sort of rule

(that I do not know about)......

But I will take this opportunity to say that I only post this link to

prove that I have the coolest agency EVER and to use it as

advertising -

just in case there are families who may be considering adoption and

would like to know what sorts of things Lifeline offers its parents...

ya know.....in the form of updates, pictures, videos, etc.

...cause everyone knows

"A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words"-

So........

Can you IMAGINE what a video must be worth????

3 months....

Of Tango Lessons: $900.00


Ballroom Dance Shoes: $200.00



Tango Costumes: $400.00




Teenagers Realizing That Hard Work
REALLY DOES
Pay-Off: $$ PRICELESS $$





With TWO perfect 10's and a 9-
Caleb & Dakota are officially
AWARD WINNING Ballroom Dancers!

1st Place Winners of Dancing Like The Stars 2009

Not too shabby for a couple of kids who just started dancing in September, huh?

Sweet!

COOL IDEA!

Pass this on to your church, co-workers, family, and friends.

What do you have to lose but 44 cents, what do you have to gain ----------- more than you will ever know?
What a clever idea!
Yes, Christmas cards.

This is coming early so that you can get ready to include an important address to your list.
Want to have some fun this CHRISTMAS?
Send the ACLU a CHRISTMAS CARD this year.
As they are working so very hard to get rid of the CHRISTMAS part of this holiday, we should all send them a nice, CHRISTIAN card to brighten up their dark, sad, little world.
Make sure it says "Merry Christmas" on it.

Here ' s the address, just don't be rude or crude.
(It ' s not the Christian way, you know.)

ACLU
125 Broad Street
18th Floor
New York , NY 10004

Two tons of Christmas cards would freeze their operations because they wouldn ' t know if any were regular mail containing contributions.
So spend 44 cents and tell the ACLU to leave Christmas alone. Also tell them that there is no such thing as a "Holiday Tree". . . It ' s always been called a CHRISTMAS TREE!And pass this on to your email lists.

We really want to communicate with the ACLU!

They really DESERVE us!!

For those of you who aren ' t aware of them,
the ACLU, (the American Civil Liberties Union) is the one suing the U.S. Government to take God, Christmas or anything Christian away from us. They represent the atheists and others in this war. Help put Christ back in Christmas!