Mina Ann...

I cannot believe that my sweet Mina is almost 8 years old. On December 5th, she will turn 8. Dec. 5th is also the day we knew that we would officially be Mina's new mommy and daddy. It was the day she turned 4 years old. We had met Mina in September, when a friend called and told us about a sibling group of girls that may be placed for adoption. Emory and I were not looking to adopt, we had Aidan, who was only 18 months old at the time. But the moment we heard about these girls in September 2006, we knew God had big plans.

We met Mina for the first time the next day, and would end up keeping her every Thursday-Monday until Dec. 5th, 2006 when she moved in permanently. Mina lived with us for over 2 years before her birth mother ever signed over rights to her. It was a long 2 years, but so worth every second.

Mina is beautiful, sweet, smart, kind, compassionate, athletic, and the list goes on and on. I cannot believe that she has only been in our family for 4 years, we definitely do not remember life without her!!

We love you, Mina and we are so proud of you!