Frontier Days
Wyoming Day 2

We took our time waking up from a busy day yesterday and loafed around the house this morning until it was time to hit the trail and head over to Cheyenne for the rodeo and Frontier Days—"The Daddy of 'Em All."

It was great fun to watch the kids see (more)...

Welcome To Our Journal

Click Here to read our first journal entry while in China.

Thank you for taking the time to visit our site. We are the Browns (Shannon, Tricia, Morgan (12), Allison (10), Lindsay (9), Evan (7), and Grace (2)). We live in Rockford, Illinois and are thrilled to have had the opportunity to adopt a little girl from China.

Tricia and I were burdened for many years to adopt a baby. We must have talked about it seriously at least a dozen times, but we never took the time to actually pursue it. By God’s grace we took the first step of applying with an adoption agency and after 19 months we had Gracie in our arms.

If you would like to read a more comprehensive reason for our adoption, read "The Decision To Adopt" from Oct. 29, 2004.

Our Daughter Grace Lu

Native Name: Zhuang Lu Kang Birth Date: Jul 21, 05 Birth Place: Jiangxi Province, China Log In Date: May 20, 05 Referral: Feb 27, 06 Travel Dates: May 10, 06 - May 24, 06 Agency: A Helping Hand See first photos of Grace and read about the referral day! Read about our Gotcha Day and See the video

Personal Information

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"Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world."

James 1:27