Monday, January 18, 2010
Our CA Winter
2:18 PM
Isaiah 61
"Instead of shame you shall have double honor, and instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double; everlasting joy shall be theirs!!!"
Cali is now 6 years old and Brandt will be turning 3 years old this year! May the Lord give us His grace this year and the hope for a bright 'tomorrow'. Thank you for praying for all four of us!!!
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Winter 2009
12:04 PM
"We do not truly see light, we only see slower things lit by it, so that for us light is on the edge - the last thing we know before things become to swift for us!" - CS Lewis
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
10:47 AM
Brandt DeVee has been home for 2 years and we celebrated at Uncle John's! Uncle Michael is 40 years old so they celebrated together. The pictures of Brandt are with Uncle Michael... and he got a new guitar. Grandpa is an expert so he will have to be the teacher! :) God has blessed little Rembrandt in so many ways. May his little life always glorify his creator!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
7:13 PM
Cali's Adoption Day is June 10th and we celebrated by making cupcakes, going to the Ripon park, going to Fun Works & having a party at Grandpa & Grandma's. Aunt Jolyn's birthday is June 10th also so it is always a very special day. Cali Tyler is the one of the most beautiful blessings in our lives!
"Who is she who looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun..." -Song of Solomon
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
10:10 PM
William Shakespear said: "The quality of mercy is not strained; it droppeth as gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed - it blesseth him that gives and him that takes."
Patrick, Paula, Cali & Brandt would be blessed if you would cover all four of us in prayer. We are blessed but also having a very difficult season in our lives. Thank you so much for your love & support & prayers... we need them!!!
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Almond Blossoms
5:53 PM
Our orchard is beautiful this weekend with the almond blossoms in full bloom!
"Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4
Monday, February 16, 2009
Rembrandt turns 2 years old!
1:29 PM
Since Brant's U. Craig is in the U.S. Air Force and is currently spending hours flying the skies above the desert of the Middle East, we decided to have Brant's 2nd birthday party in honor of U. Craig and all the U.S. Air Force pilots. All of us are extremely proud of U. Craig and his service to defend the USA as Commander of a EC-130H aircraft in the warfare division. Brant DeVee loves planes and he was happy to see all the planes flying around his party... some paper planes periodically hitting the guests in flight! Hopefully U. Craig is better in the navigation department than his little nephew!! : ) Brant loves Chad & Noah & Emi and has "tried" to talk about them and the "A-panes" ever since. Grandpa Paul Rumble turned 85 on Brant's birthday this year - it is Brant's only great-grandpa now!
Thank you U. Craig and all of you who are working with him and love watching our little son grow up in pictures!!! ( : We pray for you as you live in the desert every single day!
"He gives POWER to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength!" Isaiah 40:29
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Hess Wedding
8:56 PM
All 9 of Patrick's brothers and sisters and their spouses & children came together from 5 states for Wendell's wedding in Goshen Indiana. The 46 members of the Douglas Hess family were together on January 3rd for the wedding. Patrick's brother Wendell married Mark Royer's niece Marie Royer from Goshen Indiana. Cali & Brant did well in freezing temperatures with a busy schedule - they loved meeting all the cousins and Cali thought that being at a wedding was the best day of her life so far! She will never forget it. There is one picture in this album of Patrick's entire family - and then several of his brothers & sisters and the neices & nephews. The Lord has been very good to Patrick's family. What a sweet time for them to be together again.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Merry Christmas!
8:04 PM
We are spending Christmas in Modesto and then we will be going to meet the whole Hess family in Goshen Indiana for Patrick's brother's wedding! Wendell is marrying Marie Royer. Marie's mother is making Cali's dress - she is very happy about this and she is thrilled to be going to a wedding on the day of her birthday! Cali is turning 5 years old! Brant is excited about the Christmas decorations and all the yummy food. He will be turning 2 years old in a few months. May God richly bless each of you this December with heavenly blessings!!!
"He came that we may have life, and have it more abundantly!" John 10:10
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Brant's Adoption Day Campfire!
5:58 PM
We had a little campfire celebration last night in honor of Brant being home for one year! Some of our friends were able to come by and we had a great evening by the fire. We appreciate all the prayers for Brant this past year. We are extremely blessed by Brant each day! It has been a wonderful adventure to have a little boy! He certainly is all boy and we are seeing how fun that can be. : ) Our son is a beautiful addition to our family! God has been so good to him and to us. Click Here to see a new video on You Tube of Brant's last year. Click Here to sign our guest book.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
AFA - Athletes For Adoption
2:13 PM
God's Grace Adoption Ministry has their first running team - AFA! http://www.athletesforadoption.org/
We will be running the Big Sur Half Marathon in November. The pictures are of one of our long distance Saturday runs at Dry Creek in Modesto. We have lots of little supporters to cheer us on as well as many sponsors! God has blessed God's Grace Adoption Ministry abundantly this year!
Monday, July 28, 2008
Hess Family & Rumble Family 2008
11:37 PM
Patrick has 8 brothers and sisters and almost 30 nieces and nephews... and counting!!! :)
Paula has a sister and a brother, three nieces and one nephew.
These pictures include some of our grandparents and our parents. Two of Patrick's siblings as well as 10 nieces and nephews are not shown since we didn't get to see them this year!
We are blessed with a large immediate family.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Adoption Finalization
12:59 PM
"Having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will." Ephesians 1:5
We went to court today to get Brant's California Birth Certificate. On the way out of the courthouse Cali said, "Brant is OFFICIALLY your son daddy!" : ) Brant is very much part of the Hess & Rumble family already but it was fun to see it finished legally in America! God has been so faithful.
Also, Brant visited Memorial hospital on May 8th. He had a grand time showing all the nurses how adorable he is!!!! It was quite the experience - mommy and daddy were happy when the day was over and we were all back home. Jesus healed him.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
A Lemonade Stand
12:47 PM
On Thursday Cali and her cousin Allison Flory had a lemonade stand at our house. It was a huge success! We sold over 100 lemonades!!! Allison and Cali had a great time filling the cups with ice and lemonade! But the interesting thing was when they took the money... since they are 4 years old and we had told them that they may need to give change back... some of the time the "change" for a $10 bill was a $20 bill! : ) But since most of the money they made went to a baby who is being adopted from Vietnam - most of the time the change was given back to them for a donation to Baby NEHEMIAH PERRYMAN who will be coming home to his daddy and mommy within the next 6 to 8 months! Allison and Cali were able to donate $400.00 to Nehemiah's adoption from the 100 lemonades they sold!
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Brant's Dol Celebration
7:27 PM
Brant's first birthday was February 13th. We did our best to celebrate his birthday in the traditional Korean way. In the past the mortality rate was so high that often a child would not make it to his first birthday. Because of this a child's first birthday is a significant celebration in Korea.
At the "Dol-Jabee" table Brant chose a roll of string (meaning he will be blessed with a long life) and a musical instrument... (meaning he may be very musically talented!) :) It was fun to have good Korean food to sample thanks to the generous donation of a local Korean restaurant. It was also fun to share some of the Korean traditions with our friends and family. Brant seemed quite interested in the whole event. He was very happy the entire evening!
"Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you were born, I sanctified you." Jeremiah 1:5
Friday, January 18, 2008
Cali's Queen Esther Birthday party!!!
8:41 AM
Purim is a Jewish holiday celebrating the salvation of the Persian Jews from Haman's evil plot to have them all killed. The highest point of the celebration is the reading of the story of Queen Esther. Sometimes it is acted out with costumes or puppets. It is tradition for the guest to use noise makers (gragar as they are called in Hebrew) to make as much noise as possible whenever Haman's name is mentioned in the story. The purpose being to stamp, drown, or blot out Haman's name which comes from the book of Deuteronomy which says, "You shall blot out the memory of the Amalekites (Haman's people) from under the heavens."
Cali turned 4 years old. She wanted to celebrate by being "Queen Esther" at her birthday party. She attempted to share the entire story of Esther after daddy read about the Feast of Purim - but when everyone made so much noise at the mention of Haman she continued to start back at the beginning and couldn't finish... the stomping and shouting were too distracting. : ) She was very blessed by the evening and we were happy to do something for her that she has talked about for months. To God be the Glory!!!
"For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this!!!" Esther 4:14
Friday, January 4, 2008
Brant's 1st Christmas & Dedication
3:36 PM
We spent a week at Pajaro Dunes over Christmas - Brant was in high demand the entire week and loved every minute of it. We think he was disappointed to come home and find that he couldn't be held and kissed every moment. His little life has been given to the Lord many times but his formal dedication was on December 30th. He is doing so well and is so sweet, we feel so blessed and constantly wonder at how much the Lord has chose to bless our little family! Cali tells us often, "Daddy, mommy, we are soooo RICH in Jesus!" and it is true! We are and we see it everyday! We pray that the Lord will continue to abundantly bless Brant's life and that he will give his whole heart and life to Jesus! What a blessing his life is to us! Thank you Lord.
1 Samuel 1:27-28 "For this child we prayed, and the Lord has granted us our petition which we asked of Him. Therefore we have lent him to the Lord; as long as he lives he shall be lent to the Lord. So they worshiped the Lord."
Monday, October 22, 2007
Brant's Welcome Home Party
8:22 PM
On Saturday we had a welcome home party for Brant at U. Jason & A. Jolyn's house. Brant was happy to meet many family and friends. Cali is now VERY proud of her little baby brother and has become very protective of him. Since the party she has assumed a very motherly and protective position in her little brother's life! She wants to help feed him, bath him and make sure that we refer to her as, "Brant's sister". At first Brant was more fond of Cali than she was of him. Cali wasn't so sure she wanted to share her mommy & daddy with a little boy... but now Brant has two "mommies" mothering him every minute!!! : ) We are adding more pictures of them together. Thank you so much for your prayers for our family.
"One generation shall praise Your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts." Psalm 145:4
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Craig & Paula & Jolyn
Sweethearts
February 2009
Cali Tyler Hess
