Jin Family

Since we've had so much more interaction with medicine here between looking into G's situation and dealing with M's eyes, many of you have expressed surprise at what it's like. So I've been

Even though this is supposed to be a desert, last Saturday it rained the entire day, so we didn't get to do our normal playing outside. The kids were devastated. So we invented

He's just so stinking cute, I can't resist sharing more pictures. He's smelling the tree.First of all. WHOA. Like, you hear that kids change a lot after being adopted, but I just

Since the adoption, I've been so overwhelmed by life that I haven't even had energy to sew, other than a few easy things here and there. You know it's bad when you're too

Last week, the girls had an unexpected three days off of school (plus the weekend made five), so we had a lot of time to hang out all together at home. We tried

You would've thought we'd be done with epic Children's Day celebrations for this year after that school event. Happy Children's Day!But apparently, we felt the need to still go out on actual

For those readers who have never lived in a small non-Western city, you may not know that traveling for medical care is a normal part of life. Peppa Pig on the plane.We

Oh my goodness, I can barely believe we survived this activity. M enjoying the games in the activityThe girls' school had an event this past Sunday to celebrate Children's Day, which is coming

Okay, so this is probably the calm before the storm, but for now our home school supplementing is actually really leisurely. M's drawing of the water cycleSo, home school always takes a lot

It's been unusually warm here these past few weeks, and we have really enjoyed being outside! Making a train down the slideOne reason we've been outside more is that G needs a lot

We're getting there, slowly but surely! He wanted a headbandWell, it has been an adventure. I can hardly believe we're all still alive. But we are making progress! In the beginning, we could

We usually have a party for Easter and invite a lot of the kids' friends, but given the survival stage thing (see previous post), I thought we should maybe do something more chill

Well, we are very excited to have finally completed our adoption and to have three kids! But oh my goodness, we are exhausted. But how can you not love such cuteness?First of

After last week's post, I realized that I hadn't shared anything about his very big personality! Enjoying small legosWell, it wasn't long after we got him that we realized HE IS HYSTERICAL. I

Well, after we got back home, we heard from our adoption agency that it was only going to be a few weeks before we could go pick up our son! After we matched

You didn't think we went to the US without camping, did you? Of course not! There's nothing like waking up outside, drinking a cup of coffee and cooking breakfast on a camp stove!

Of course everyone's favorite part of being in the US is hanging out with people we love! One of the major disadvantages of our trip this year as opposed to the trip last

We got to go to Space Center Houston for the first time with the kids this year! For some totally random reason, M has decided she wants to be an astronaut when she

One of the kids' favorite things to do while in the States is to go to the zoo. Which I guess is because we used to have a membership and we literally went

We didn't spend very long in the US before we visited my favorite place on earth. If you've known me long enough, you'll know that, of course, I'm talking about the house in

We're in the States! Actually, we've been here for 7 weeks already, but we've been so busy that I haven't blogged about a single thing from our trip. Sorry. Although I suppose since

Ooops I forgot to post about our actual Christmas morning... On Christmas Eve, we decorated cookies with friends, which is always a blast. I've discovered that instead of adding vanilla to the icing,

Although most of our visitors prefer to come during the summer time, we had some very loving friends who were willing to make the trek at the end of December this year! First

Some of my expat friends told me they had a serious Christmas candy itch, and since I have the biggest oven, they wanted me to host a baking party. It's hard to say

Is putting up the tree together more fun? Or Christmas morning? It's a real toss up. Maybe it's just us, but I just LOVE the afternoon we spend every year getting the house