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
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Craig & Paula & Jolyn
Sweethearts
February 2009
Cali Tyler Hess
