top ten (er, twelve!) photos of 2011

These are not necessarily great photos as far as technique and composition (I'm no photographer!), but are more about the moments and events I want to remember as a family!

 Chinese New Year dragons

 Beach bums (Spring break)

 Soccer star (Justin was voted J.V. offensive MVP!)

Sarah's special book (I made a book about Sarah's life in China and our journey to bring her home)

 Jason's new friend

 Evan's championship basketball team (won an area tournament!)

 Sarah's dance recital,  "The Farmer in the Dell"

Sarah's surgery.  Sarah had a lip revision in June. The revision was recommended to fix an area where her lip did not match up.  We sought out many opinions and had several consults before finally deciding on having a pediatric craniofacial specialist do the surgery.  He did an amazing job-- we were very hesitant and worried about the surgery (almost backed out), but now we are so happy we went through with it.   Beautiful before, beautiful now.  :)  This picture was taken just one week after surgery.

Back to school!

 Logan loved playing on his club soccer team and plays all sports with a smile on his face!

 Sarah's foster parents.   So grateful we have this connection!

 Hip Hip Hooray!   The gang's all here!