Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Our Journey to You!

2012 was an amazing year for our family. 
It was a year filled with JOY and the Lord's abundant grace. We are so undeserving of His unmerited favor, but we are beyond thankful for His many blessings!
And, of course, one of those AMAZING blessings was to travel to China this summer to adopt our precious baby girl. 
Here is the video story of our journey across the world to bring our Addy-Kate home.
 

26 comments:

passionphotography said...

I absolutely loved watching this video! You have such an amazing family, and I can tell their is so much love in each and every person in this family. Addy Kate is so lucky to have the family she does now. God has truly blessed you.

passionphotography said...

I absolutely loved watching this video! You have such an amazing family, and I can tell their is so much love in each and every person in this family. Addy Kate is so lucky to have the family she does now. God has truly blessed you.

Love Being A Nonny said...

Oh Jenny....HOW do you watch this without crying your eyes out? I cried when the plane touched down in China, and when she let you hold her the first time, and then again when she said MAMA. What a gift she is! One day she will be so incredibly thankful for the gift of this video. What an incredibly blessed little girl to be given the gift of your family!

Bethany said...

WOW! This was beautiful to watch! We love AK and are thankful she was chosen to be apart of our family! Love you ALL!

Kristin said...

Oh.my.word the tears!!!! What a precious blessing!

Michelle said...

This is beautiful! Each of you are SOO blessed! What an amazing experience for each of you! I love how you capture the moment in your photos. Thank you for sharing such a precious video!

Brian & Ashley said...

Beautiful! Loved every second of your video! Still crying.

Jessica @ This Blessed Life said...

You have a such a beautiful, beautiful, family! God very unexpectedly blessed us with a 2nd pregnancy while we were waiting to adopt our 2nd child. And even though I'm due to give birth in just 3 weeks this video makes me SO excited to adopt at some point in the future! Blessings to your family!

Erin said...

I cried through the whole video! What a great way to record memories for Addy-Kate!

Sarah Campbell said...

This has to be just about the most precious video ever! Lucky little girl to come into such a wonderful loving family - lucky family to receive the amazing gift of a sweet little girl! Thank you so much for sharing this personal video. It was so touching. I can't wait to see all the adventures your family will have in 2013!

Johanna said...

You did an amazing job on this! We got ours almost done and have not finished it...Jerry just said 2 days ago that we needed to get it done. Now I am motivated!

Courtney said...

What a beautiful video. She is a blessed little girl.

Mom/Christine said...

This is so so sweet and I cried through it too. Addy Kate looks so at home. God is good. Thanks for sharing this amazing adventure with us. Happy New Year to you all.

Meg said...

Be still my heart! I dare anyone to watch this without crying, impossible in my opinion! Precious!!

Melissa said...

Absolutely precious-the tears are flowing. What an amazing story!

waikikimum said...

Your family's story is just beautiful. I had tears watching. Wishing you all the best future together.

Melanie said...

Wow! I'm totally going to need to watch this again because I could hardly see through my tears! Absolutely precious & priceless! I love how you thought to document all of the little details on the trip, makes it so real! Wow, 2012 was truly an amazing, blessed year for your family! Addy-Kate is a special little girl & it has been a joy to get to watch her grow & your whole family grow together through this process. So amazing the difference a year can make! Seems like AK has been a part of your family forever...and I know she has been in your hearts & in God's perfect plan! Love you guys!

Unknown said...

Oh.My.Goodness!! What an amazing journey and video you have created to share! Tears are flowing and I had goosebumps when you picked her up for the first time ;)) So very special! Thanks for sharing! Beautiful story!!

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Melissa :) said...

Precious. Absolutely precious!

Justine said...

Jenny, loved the video! It brought tears to my eyes.
Thanks for sharing,
Justine

Shelley said...

This was such a beautiful video! It brought tears to my eyes and made me smile all at the same time! Thank you for sharing.

Sara @ Domestically Challenged said...

She is lucky to have you! God placed her with the perfect parents for her!

Sara @ Domestically Challenged said...

P.S, my 6 year old Asher watched the video with me. He kept saying, "Look at how much she smiles Mom! She is happy!" Followed by, "She sure likes bows, huh?" (Such a boy...!)

Maureen said...

Jenny,
First of all, this video is beautiful! Second, it was so great to meet you today! Such a small world. Hope you got your swim in, and I hope to see you again.
Maureen Osborne
www.findingmeimei.blogspot.com

Lexie Loo, Lily, Liam & Dylan Too said...

Your family is beautiful! All of your kids are so lucky to have you!