Treasured Pearls: Sunday Snapshot

Sunday, May 01, 2011

Sunday Snapshot - ATOM bomb!

My now 3rd oldest son celebrated his 11th birthday last month. He is my funny, witty, mathematician that really enjoys piano. He didn't get to join us on our trip to China this time, but he will certainly go with all of us when we take our heritage trip.

He loves astronomy.

Wants to be a fighter pilot.

and a roller coaster designer.

He enjoys Boy Scouts

and camping.

He has his daddy's freckles.

and his momma's dimples.

1 comment:

anything but LoKEY said...: What a handsome young man! We know about the freckles in our house too. LOVE EM!; 8:44 PM

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Orphan Statistics

Inter-country adoption has decreased 59 percent from its high in 2004, due primarily to restrictions by sending countries.
81.5 million Americans have considered adoption. If just 1 in 500 of these adults adopted, every waiting child would have a permanent family.
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The average waiting child is 7.5 years old.
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