THE "REVEAL" PARTY!

Before we left for China, I was part of a conspiracy group to uplift and encourage our friends, Brian and Tonya and their son Isaac, as they wait to be matched with their precious daughter (and sister), Chloe. A great number of people were asked to take part in leaving weekly, anonymous gifts for the family. To wrap up our sneaky fun, we threw a surprise party to reveal who was part of this conspiracy group.

The party was Friday night, when Brian, Tonya and Isaac thought they were going out to eat with their best friends, Jimmy and Hazel. Here they are finding out their evenning plans had changed ...

Here they are with Jimmy and Hazel as it all sank in ...

We played some cute games during the evening. Here are Brian and Tonya trying to guess Isaacs answers to some questions like "What will Isaac like most about being a big brother?" and "What will Isaac do when Chloe wakes up in the middle of the night?"

We also had some little gifts for each of them. Here is Brian with his. It says "My Prince has come. His name is Daddy" ...


And here is Tonya with part of her gift (and no, I didn't regift these little plaques. Someone got her her own set!) ...

We also created a poster of China and let people put little Chloe's on the province they thought she might be from ...

We are on pins and needles awaiting Chloe's referral! Brian and Tonya's LID is March 27, 2006. To date the CCAA has matched through March 6, 2006. They are getting so close! Hang in there, you guys!

(Tonya, Rick was in charge of the camera, so there aren't too many pictures from us. I'll put all we have onto a CD for you, along with the Chinese New Year pics and get them to you.)