Happy Birthday Linzi Rose MingShan!!

Linzi is SIX years old today!!   We so wanted to spend this milestone with her, but since we couldn't we did the next best thing.   We sent her a Care Package!!    So she received a cake today and a bunch of goodies for her, the kids and the orphanage workers.    We also sent a couple of disposable cameras which we really hope that the nannies use to catch the action!!   We received 10 photos of the party.   Unfortunately the quality of the photos is not the best in the world.   But some photos are better than none at all!!

This will be the L~A~S~T birthday that Linzi spends without her family!!   It still looks like ZoraLin and I may be traveling in November to bring her home!!    We are keeping our fingers crossed and sending a few prayers out for speedy and safe travels.

We also sent a letter to her telling her that she has a family and we are hoping to be there soon to get her.   I so hope she is prepared as well as she can be to accept us into her life!  

We L~O~V~E you Linzi Rose MingShan!!   We can't wait to meet you and have your join our family FOREVER!!!

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First of all, we want to thank everyone who participated in our Thirty One Products and Scentsy Fundraiser!!   Also a Great big Thanks to Jennifer and Tammy for going out of their way to help us with the parties!!   We are so thankful to have friends and family who took the time to look at our fundraiser and order something!   Thank you SO much!!

Last Saturday found the girls testing for their yellow decided belts at TaeKwonDo  Unfortunately, Mom had to work Saturday.   But I was off Monday for the awards ceremony.  The Gym was packed as they were doing awards for all the different stages of belts.

Each one of the girls were called up to receive their belt.   Both Mr. Lee and Mr McClellan took time to pose with our newly decorated warriors!!

~P~A~R~T~Y~ ~T~I~M~E~

We are having an on-line party to help raise some of the funds we need to complete our adoption of Linzi Rose MingShan. It is hard for us to ask for help so this way you get great products and we get money to help pay for things like travel, room reservations, etc.

Come join the fun!   The Scentsy party continues through the 30th.   The Thirty One Party is over :(

The Scentsy Fundraiser, BRING LINZI HOME is already on my website for anyone who would like to place orders. Here is the link: https://tammykachel.scentsy.us/Scentsy/Buy?partyId=100269053

Come and browse through all the things. Shop til you drop!! 100% of the commission goes toward our bringing Linzi Rose MingShan home! Thank you! And please pass this on to anyone who you think would like to help!   We want this blessing home where she belongs!!

Blessings from the VanCamp Family!!

Happy 10th Birthday Jordis Li Meng!!

She picked Johnny Carino's for her birthday supper and received a Kindle Fire.   Too bad her Mom only took one photo!    Okay...I am adding a couple more photos from her birthday cake/wishes!!

Happy Birthday Jordis!   We LOVE U!!

Kansas State Fair time

It just can't be possible.   Time for the Kansas State Fair!   My parents always took me to the fair.    When I got older, I was allowed to ask one friend to come along so I wasn't so bored walking around the livestock, new machinery, etc.   I loved playing the games on the midway!   Yes, now that I am older and much wiser, I know that most of these are rigged.   But back when I was a kid you couldn't tell me that.  They were games of skill which it seemed I just didn't have much skill!!

Our main reason for going to the fair was to see Victoria Justice and Max Schneider in concert.   It was the first concert our kids have been too and one I thought that they would really enjoy as they watch Torie Vega on TV all the time.   Most of them were kind of excited.   And then there was our oldest....RaeAnne.   She never wavered in the fact that she did not want to miss school and wanted to stay home...even if that meant alone.   For RaeAnne that is a big accomplishment.   The girl who would scream and run through the house looking for Mom if I left the living room while she was watching TV and didn't tell her where I was going.   The girl who still wants a light on in her room at night.   The girl who just recently has decided she wants to sleep alone....even though with our brood...it ain't happening!!

We finally relented to letting RaeAnne stay home.   (I think she was actually sorry that she didn't go especially since we didn't get home until about 1:30AM.   And then she had us locked out of the house.   Good thing she had her cell phone close!

We met up with our friend's the Thornton's and their two girls when we first arrived.   OMG how Emily and Jenna have grown!!    They are both eager to ride the rides just like most of our girls.
They were having a wrist band special.  $25.00 and you can ride all the rides you want from 1 to 11pm!!   The girls were literally running from ride to ride!!

Soon it was time to go to the concert.   My girls were kind of in shock.   They had no idea what a concert like this was about.   It didn't help that it had cooled down from the upper 80's to the 50's with a brisk north wind.   It took us Mom's some talking to get our girls to start singing along or stand up and dance.   And of course, they thought we were crazy to sing and dance along!!   Over all the concert wasn't too bad, Max outdid Victoria, but that was us Mom's opinion.  

Then we were back out to ride more rides until 11 pm.   Then time for the long ride home.

It's P~A~R~T~Y time!!!

We are having an on-line party to help raise some of the funds we need to bring Linzi Rose MingShan home!    It is hard for us to ask for help, but this way you get wonderful products and we get our commission as cash that we can use to pay for travel, hotel reservations, etc.

Come join the fun!!  See the wonderful items and indulge yourself or buy gifts for a birthday,
holiday or Christmas!   Just follow the links and click on our name  VanCamp to go to the
31 products or Scentsy party.   Great items!   Thank you so much for participating and please pass this on to anyone who you think might be interested!

•  http://www.mythirtyone.com/shop/eventhome.aspx?eventId=E2157400&from=MYEVENTS
  
  https://tammykachel.scentsy.us/Scentsy/Buy?partyId=100269053

First day of school.

And Mom had to work :(   However, Daddy was on watch and he was able to get some great photos of the gang!!    The bus picks the girls up right at the end of our driveway.   Can't beat that!!    Two other girls get on the bus here in our little neighborhood.   Katie is a freshman this year and Paige is in 8th grade.  

Someone asked...here is the answer.   We live in the Santa Fe Trail School District.   When we first moved here the kids all were going to Carbondale Attendance Center to school.   The very next year the school district decided to divide up the classes.   Our school district consists of four schools.   Overbrook Attendance Center, Scranton Attendance Center, Carbondale Attendance Center and the Santa Fe Trail High School.    We are all the same school district and the first year
we were here all the attendance centers had grades Kindergarten through 8th grade.     They then decided it would be wiser to use the school buildings a little differently.    So Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades go to Overbrook Attendance Center in Overbrook.    Even with that there are four classes for each grade.   Each class has about 18 to 20 kids.   Then Scranton Attendance Center in Scranton has 3rd and 4th grades.   Again there are 4 classes of each grade.   Finally Carbondale Attendance Center is for 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grades.   5th and 6th grades have home room teachers and it is more like being in the younger classes.   Once you are in 7th and 8th grades you don't have a home room teacher.   The day starts with a school rally and then you head to your first class of the day.

We were not very happy to find out that the school was going to divide up like this.   In fact, we seriously talked about taking our kids to another school which is about 15 miles away from our house.   But after the first year we have totally changed our minds.   It is so nice for the kids to be with the kids that are all the same grade levels.   The library at each school is geared to the class levels...it just makes sense!!   The sad part is that once we have Linzi in Kindergarten and as she works her way to 3rd grade...that will mean we will be done with Overbrook Attendance Center.   It will mean our girls are growing up!!!

Our girls are really doing good in school and we really like the teachers that they have.   So we are very happy with our schools!!   And Pugston always has to meet the bus!!  He is so happy to have his girls home from school!!