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regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break.  ~ Chinese Proverb

 

A Precious Gift ARC's 2nd Annual Adoption Picnic 2008

 

Our second annual adoption picnic was held at Gouldsboro State Park on Saturday, August 2, 2008.  Ninety four (94!) Adoptive families, birthfamilies, children, and adoption workers came.  Although the weather forecast called for showers all day (and the morning of the picnic was filled with thunderstorms and downpours), the grey skies turned blue at five minutes before noon and the sun warmed the whole day!  (God is great!)  We had another beautiful day filled with joy, love, fun and lots of good food.  The picnic grounds were beautiful... a huge clean pavilion set on Big Bass Lake.  Everyone loved it so we are hoping this will be the setting for all future picnics!

A very special THANK YOU... to everyone who donated monetarily toward the picnic... to everyone who showed up despite the weather forecast... to Tammy for the awesome cake and cookies... to Bernice for putting together all the name badges for everyone... and to Mary Lisa's husband Scott for all his hard work in helping make our second event a success!

 

Click on photos to enlarge.

(A shout out to everyone to please share any photos you took at the picnic!)

 

Thank you God for clearing the skies in Gouldsboro PA!

The pavilon was perfect... rain or shine!

Tyler... getting ready to hit it out of the park!

Tyler and aparents Tammy and Mike (Tammy is the one who made the cake and cookies!!)

Annalise with her birthsister Emilie and bmom Carolyn

2 Dads and a Baby! Annalise with Bdad Steve with Adad Greg

2 Moms and a Baby! Annalise with Bmom Carolyn and Amom Julie

Bdad Steve and Annalise... the first Birthfather to attend our annual picnic!

Annalise's two families!

Annalise and bsister Emilie (too cute!!!)

Amom Beth and cutie-pie Addison

Addison's afamily... Beth, Zach, Josh and Steve (they came all the way from Minnesota to visit with Addison's birthfamily at the picnic!)

Addison's two families!

Addison with Bmom Megan and birthsister Myana

The 3 Amigos... Mary Lisa's daughter Megan (in blue) with friend Ashley and Carolyn's daughter Emilie

Foster Mom Shannon with Mikaylah (love her beautiful red hair!)

Pretty girl Mikaylah

Shannon's new foster son, Eric... how sweet is he?

Beautiful Jayla with aparents Bernice and Glenn

Bernice & Jayla

Pretty girl Jamie relaxing and people-watching!

Jamie with Adad Bill and Agrandpa

Playing in the sun!

Mary Lisa and childhood friend Kim (we've been friends since we were 5, and we both became adoptive moms!)

Valerie with Aparents Kim and Brian

Scott's usual position... cotton candy maker!

Attorney Chip's daughter Caitlyn enjoying some cotton candy

Big boy Connor with aparents Jonathan and Jennifer

Mary Lisa and beautiful Kaitlyn

Look at this cake!! We didn't want to cut it!! Email Tammy if you want her to make you a cake for your next special event! tammywhite@echoes.net

She even made a wonderful cookie for every "Precious Gift" baby! Tammy... you do superb work!

Mary Lisa's sister's puppy Chase

Big brother Cody with Mikey, the energizer bunny!

Mikey with Amom Dawn and Bmom Emily

Bmom Emily and Mikey

Mary Lisa's cousin Debbie, sister Karen and niece Marissa

Mary Lisa's gorgeous nieces, Miranda and Marissa

Mary Lisa's son Dylan (blondie) with friend Conor

Look at those beautiful blue eyes!

Kaitlyn and Amom Leslie

Kaitlyn's Adad Paul and brother Jonathan

Kaitlyn and Agrandma Mary

New aparents Jon & Jen and Mike & Erin with baby Connor and baby Lane

This picnic would never be without the help of Mary Lisa's husband Scott!

Mary Lisa's in-laws, Karen and Marty

Greg and Emilie checking out the water Big Bass Lake beach

Aparents Michael & Nikki and Logan

Handsome Logan!

Logan with bmom Tracy and bgrandpa Garry

Logan with Amom Nikki and birthsister Melina

Logan and bsister Melina share a special moment!

Logan with his birthfamily... bsister Melina and bgrandparents Pam and Garry

Bmom Tracy, Mary Lisa, Logan and Amom Nikki

Playing in the dirt... Mary Lisa's daughter Megan with friends Mason, Ashley and Peyton

Megan and Chase

Happy aparents Mike and Erin with beautiful brown-eyed Lane! (They came all the way from Ohio!)

Mikey hugging Myana! He knows how to pick the pretty girls!

Who's next?

Tried to get a pic of ML with all the kids... good try!

Amom Sue and Bmom Jean Marie with baby Payton (Jean Marie's first time seeing Payton since the hospital!)

Pretty Payton... the next Gerber baby?

APG office help Jennifer with her daughter Peyton and baby Payton!

Attorney Chip (striped shirt) with wife Janet and friends Russell and Toni

Scott and Brian (our cleanup crew!)

Time to go... so sad to say goodbye!

We all had a fun day... time for a nap!

   
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