Words can not even describe the magical weekend we just had........it was like no time had passed. You would have thought we got together with these families all the time. The girls all played with each other, the adults talked like getting together was a regular thing, and for two whole days, I was in my own little adoption world. It was perfect! My absolute favorite thing was hearing the girls voices. I remember hearing many of them cry and grieve in China. All that I heard now..........nothing but beautiful, happy voices. Little chatter boxes that were so excited to see each other.....they have all truly blossomed into the incredible little gifts God intended them to be. I cried Saturday night when we left..........and yet I am so very, very thankful for those two days. There was a gift bag for each girl with very sweet and sentimental gifts in them. Joe Bilby created a video while we were there and burned a DVD for each of us. Gwen hired a professional photographer.....I can't wait to get those pictures. She also opened her home and made us feel totally welcome. She has a great husband. Kristy had the adorable T-shirts made up that all the girls are wearing on the couch. Donna made up a reunion photo book of each of the girls with their referral picture, info that we got of them then and a picture of them now and how they have grown. Those are just a few of the many gifts.......it was priceless in my eyes. So for now.....we will hold on to this past weekend for as long as we can. I know the bond that our group shares will stay strong. They are all wonderful families.......I love you all..... and my prayer is that we will see each other again in a year if not sooner. Thank you Pingjiang families for an awesome weekend..........The Beckering Tribe is truly blessed to know all of you and have you in our lives!
Left to Right: Emily, Leah, Mya, Hannah, Maggie, Sophia, Lily, Chloe, Anna and Olivia on top.
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Welcome Home!
Was glad to hear you had such a great time, and how well all the girls in your group are doing.
The pictures are adorable.
What an awesome weekend. Am so glad you were able to experience it. And that your cub was with you!
Sounds like an awesome weekend! Love the pictures and can't wait for the video... I know this is a time you will treasure forever!
I am so Glad you are back! Yeah Missed you!
those are all just precious!
How fun! What a blessing for you all to be together again. A special bond indeed. So happy for you. Can't wait to see more. The girls are all darling and it looks like Emmie was the belle of the ball.
Welcome home! It looks like you all had a great time!
Welcome back! Looks like you had a wonderful weekend! What a blessing for all the girls to have each other. :)
Welcome back! I am so glad you were able to reunite with your travelmates. I pray that we will have the same feeling of oneness with our travel group (when the time comes....)
What a wonderful weekend you had! Sounds like the girls had so much fun! Thank you for posting the pics of all the beautiful girls.
It looks like you guys had a wonderful time. I just love those little matching shirts. They are all such beautiful girls!
How awesome for all of you!!! I love seeing how these girls are thriving and flourishing.
I am glad Sophia has these special sisters.
Thanks for sharing!
Welcome Home...
They are all very beautiful..
Sounds like you had a great time..
Great pictures..
Have a Great Day!!!
Kim
looks like a love fest bonanza!
Looking forward to the pro shots too.
The pictures are adorable! I hope I will have a close travel group. It would be so much fun. I love the pool pictures. The red couch picture is adorable! I bet they have grow like flowers (the girls are to cute to say weeds!) since the last red couch picture.
Wow! A professional photographer and a video? Too cool! Glad you had a lovely time, Steffie!
Lily asked this morning "Daddy, can I see my friends from China PWEEZE!?"
I just started to cry.
So glad we will be seeing you guys next month. love ya.
Glad to see you had a great time. You captured some timeless moments in time there. Love the red couch pic.
Welcome back, what an amazing time you must have had.
It so great to se all the girls together!
So glad you had a fabulous weekend reunion...what a wonderful gift!!!
Sounds like a fabulous weekend with many great memories to cherish! What a beautiful group of girls ... it's nice to see sweet Emmie home safe and sound, also!
I have been waiting all weekend to see these pictures. I just knew you were going to have a fabulous time. All of the girls are just precious and look like they were having a blast together.
Can you tell me where I might could order one of those t-shirts with the embroidered little girl on it? That shirt is adorable.
Glad you are home. Can't wait to see more pics!
It looks like the best weekend! Love the pictures! All the girls look so happy and so adorable!
What a fun time!!! I love travel group reunions : ) The bond really is amazing and it is so funny how you feel like family. Wish I had been in town to crash your party (ha ha)
Can't wait to see more photos and videos
Precious, beautiful girls! How wonderful and special! I hope to be able to do that one day too!
It is amazing to see all the girls together on that red couch. They are all so beautiful. Glad you had a great time.
What an amazing get together!! I can't wait to have my turn at all this fun stuff... and all the kids are ADORABLE!
That looks completely magical. Thanks for sharing...
I'm soooo jealous! But so excited for you all. What precious pictures. I love the t-shirts!! All the girls are just beautiful!
Oh what fun! Looks like you all had a great reunion. All the girls are just beautiful. Can't wait to see more photos.
What a true blessing from God to have such a tight travel group. Love all the photos. What cute little girls each of you have. :)
Ok this is crazy!!!
Mr.Brian looks at these pictures reads the stories and gets the vapors.(My words for cry).
It just warms my heart and makes me a happy sad (Happy Sad I am sounding more and more Dutch) to read and hear all about this.I think of what could have been for these children and see what they all have.
I can not express how these stories have touched my heart and helped me in my relationship with God.Strange as it may sound I think I've grown because of all you people.
Thanks for always sharing the good and also some of the not so good times.
Ok Mr>Brian needs to read a fun post or comment now.
Steffie,
It looks and sounds like an incredibly beautiful weekend. You are blessed. We all are blessed by these beautiful children and the people we meet on the journey to them!
Kim
It looks like your trip was everything you hoped it would be. I'm so happy for all of you.
Wow! Look at all the beautiful girls! What a blessing!
What beautiful girls! Lovely pictures.
Sounds like a wonderful reunion!
Life long friendships, how beautiful to see, checked them out on Nikki and Gwen's blog too!!
Incredible photos!!
Sounds like you had a fabulous reunion!!
it was a magical weekend and when the girls sat on that red couch i just wept ... i remember them sitting there in China still a little confused and this time was like a modeling exhibition ... they are one special group of girls and we are blessed to have each other ...
So glad you enjoyed your weekend. I LOVE the girls shirts!
What an amazing gift to get together with the group.
The girls are just beautiful and the experience has got to be beyond incredible.
Wonderful photos!
WOW - how amazing!!!!! They are all sooooo beautiful! I think it's wonderful that your group still stays connected. I can only hope to do the same!
What a special weekend, the girls are absolutely beautiful. We leave next Thursday for our 2006, Gaozhou reunion. I look so forward to reuniting the girls.
oh my! I would be in Heaven being around all those little sweeties!
Glad you had a great time!
The weekend we had was truely wonderful! I can't even begin to describe it! Seeing all the little girls play together and holding them all on my lap...
We will definitly all have to get together again ASAP!
Can't wait to fly to Tennessee..by myself..lol! :)
You are all so truly blessed. What great memories and life-long friendships you are making for your family.
Welcome back....
Diana
P.S. How did baby Daniel do while his Mommy was away?
OK, where on earth did you get the adorable shirts?? We are having our first reunion later this month, I am so excited!!
lora
We loved seeing you all so much. It was a wonderful weekend. I was talking with Greg about not remembering how all of the different accents are. Can you believe that I only had to smack David one time when he told me I should put my dog to sleep. We really miss you guys already.
And I thought the red couch was only at the White Swan.
There is a party and a half.
I have a cavity from the sweetness.
How wonderful!
I'm Ooohing and aaaahing at the utter cuteness. You were surronded! Luck you. Total babes.
What a blast!!!
I'm home for a week or so, we are not going to Oklahoma so we won't leave again until next Thursday. Maybe we can get together!
Sue
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