Meant To Be

 Our sweet Chinese baby Eisley Jayne Lan was sealed to us this weekend. What a wonderful, memorable day. We will never forget the happiness we felt this day! It has been 13 years of ups and downs, and disappointments and joys. When I finally had the opportunity to go pick her up and hold her for the first time and tell her I was her mama, I know our Spirits remembered each other. We were meant to find one another. Because of a Heavenly Father who prepared me, and a sweet Chinese mommy who through some amazing circumstances was able to give birth to her, leave her somewhere where she would be found easily, and miracles upon miracles, she is now with her forever, eternal family. When we were in the temple, all in white with so many people surrounding us that we love, I felt so much peace and joy. This is the most important thing I will ever do, being a mother is why I am here. Raising these precious babies is a daunting and hard task, and I pray every day I can measure up to them, I learn far more from them, then they will ever learn from me. I love each one of them, and their daddy, with all my heart! The sealer asked me if I felt any different about Eisley than I do with my other kids. I had worried about that before I got her, I wondered if I could really love her the same way. The answer is an unwavering, YES!!! She was meant to be ours.  I found a song that I love called  Meant to Be. I know in my heart and soul this baby, as well as all our other sweet babies were meant to be!!!!!!!!!! And I am so grateful!

"Meant to Be" -Stephen Curtis Chapman

Long Before You Drew Your First Breath
A Dream Was Coming True

God Wanted to Give A Gift To The World
So He Wrapped It Up In You

Every Step That You’ve Taken
Every Move That You Make
Is Part Of His Plan

You Were Meant To Be Touching
The Lives That You Touch
And Meant To Be Here
Making This World So Much More
Than It Would Be Without You In It

You Were Meant To Be Bringing
The Gifts That You Bring
And Singing The Songs
You’ve Been Given To Sing

You Are Perfectly, Wonderfully,
Beautifully Meant To Be
You Were Meant To Be touching 

The Lives That You Touch
And Meant To Be Here
Making This World So Much More
Than It Would Be Without You In It

You Were Meant To Be Bringing
The Gifts That You Bring
And Singing The Songs
You’ve Been Given To Sing

You Are Perfectly, Wonderfully,
Beautifully Meant To Be
You Were Meant To Be 

For every breath that your taking
And every move that you make
It’s a meaningful life you’ve been given
Live it well

Josh's Mission Call............

 The big unveiling!!!!

 Pretty exciting moment!

 A little bit overwhelmed!

 Good friends who came to support him!

 Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles and cousins all came. He has so many people who love him!!!!

 Jen won the prize (some U-no bars and a Skor bar) she was the closest guess in the family with Japan being her choice!

 The Winner is.....SEOUL KOREA!!!!!!!

 He will be around 500 miles away from Eisley's birth city of Zhengzhou.....super exciting!!!

 We are all very excited to have a missionary!

 So proud of this boy!

A Missionary is someone who leaves their family for two years so that others may be with their families for Eternity.........
Elder Joshua Richard Chisholm Seoul Korea Mission. Leaving August 8 2012.

California- oh we LOVE you!!!

 One of our very favorite places to go as a family!!!

 We got to come to Disneyland AGAIN! We had season passes and have had so many fun memories this year. It has been a blast! This time we went with our wonderful friends, the Obrays. Love them, love all the fun we had!

 No matter how hard we try....................it just NEVER EVER comes out!!!!

 We got to bring Jen a little early with us for some family time before she went on her choir tour, she had a great time with us and then with the choir, they took first place in their festival and it was so good for her! She sang in a catholic cathedral and two LDS churches, as well as the competition and also a dinner cruise and Disneyland, we were happy that we got to hear her at church and are so glad she had the opportunity to sing with such great kids!!!

 Gotta love Sully! I think EJ looks just like Boo in Monsters Inc, so cute!

 Cute sunshiny smiles!

 Toy Story Mania is always a LOOONG wait, and SOOOO Fun!!!

 All the hats are so fun, it's amazing what "goes" at Disneyland, it truly has a little culture of it's own.

 We could watch World of Color every night, we love it!!!

 We stayed at Embassy Suites, and the kids wanted to spend the whole time "going up and down on the elevator" and especially thought going all the way to the top was super cool!

 LOVE IT! Every single time we have to take this standard picture, every time there's a little whining, and every single time it turns out so cute, and I love it!!!

 Yummy treats!

 A very favorite, always!

 All the boys got "build your own" light sabres. Then enjoyed epic wars all night, pretty sure the force is strong in our families.

 The water was frigid, but that would never ever stop this beach loving boy!

 Little Chinese beach beauty!

 There are always so many smiles at the beach, it's just a happy happy place!

 We went to the LA zoo, it was the first time we'd gone and even though it was very busy, we still had fun seeing some cool animals, and also loved the kettle corn.....isn't that what it's really all about?

We have loved all the trips we've taken to Disneyland this year, this one may be the last time we go with the whole family for a few years while Josh is on his mission. I'm thankful that we have made so many memories together, it is a magical place, but the magic is really in the family. I love mine, I love spending time together. YAY!!!