"The Blind Side"

Sandra Bullock has been one of my favorite actresses since "Miss Congeniality". Although I'm not much of a movie-goer, I am hoping to find a way to get to the theater next month to see "The Blind Side". Based on a true story, an upper class family takes in a high school boy that has had a rough life... Here is a link to the clip... It looks amazing...

http://celebrationcinema.com/?pid=184&id=1690&calField=11/20/09&src=fb

Scroll down to see the trailer...

Sara's Homecoming

Last night Sara managed to spend time with her "old" friends from MCHS and to spend time with her new friends too! Thankfully, her date, Landon, was a great sport about all of this crazy running around we did!

It was dinner and pics with her buddies from MCHS, and then to the dance at DHS. She had hoped to go to both dances, but with them scheduled on the same night, that became impossible really quickly! She had a blast - she said they all danced to most every song.

On another note, we took everyone to get flu shots yesterday AM and saw SANTA getting his flu shot too! Good thing he is taking care of himself - he has a busy winter ahead of him....

Alaina's Trophy

Alaina entered the "Reflections" contest at her school and WON first place for the whole Kindergarten! She came home today with her trophy and a HUGE smile! She won for her "choreography" - she did a Chinese fan dance in her Kunming outfit; well, I don't really know if it was a Chinese fan dance, but she did dance around with a fan wearing a Chinese outfit!

A Little Something

There is a foster home in Xian (close to Ally's orphanage) that cares for special needs kids, many who need surgery. An American lady named Amanda runs the home, called STARFISH -- yes, she moved to China to begin fostering these SN kids - just up and moved! Well, she has asked for some help. It's really simple, too. Just send her some Children's Advil/Motrin and Children's Tylenol (or the generic stuff). Yes, it will likely cost more to ship than to purchase, but if you have ever had a little one with a fever, you know the value of these OTC meds... Please -- it's easy!

Here is her address

Amanda de Lange
Maple Leaf New City
Area C, Block B-502
Ke Ji Road
Gao Xin
Xian 710075 China

Please place the value as ZERO so Amanda won't have to pay customs tax on the box... I bought mine today and plan to ship it this afternoon! Thanks to ALL of "my readers" who will help these little people and this special lady that is passionate about their lives...

Look What/Who Came to the Football Game Tonight!

We FINALLY made it to one of Doug's/Sara's football games tonight! Alaina's first game - she went to a Tech baseball game and called that football, so we got it all straight tonight!

Aunt Amy (and Uncle Ted) and Aunt Sally (and Uncle Richard) showed up too! AND the Ramblin' Wreck made a special appearance too! How fun is that?