MCKINNEY
2016 CHRISTMAS!
2016 CHRISTMAS!
Well another year has come and almost gone! We are excited to celebrate the birth of our King, Jesus Christ again this year! We have had a crazy busy year, as usual. Lots of basketball games, homework, church activities, and family time.
• Big news of the year, is that we have added new members to our family AGAIN! Miles, age 14, joined our family in April, after his adoption was completed in China. And Bryson, age 10, came to stay with us in October. Many of you may remember Bryson as “Ronan”……Rory’s twin brother!!! How exciting to have the boys back together again!!! We don’t know how long he will be with us, but we are SO glad he is here!
• Dale is employed at HSHS St. Johns, and is working in trauma surgery, which he loves. He plans to return to Kenya on a medical mission trip in July, as well as lead our family on a mission trip to Haiti in April. Ann is working hard to balance life with 15 kids and still hoping to find time to write that book that is in her head! She recently joined the board of directors for In His Hands Orphan Outreach, and is the program director for a new orphanage in China, THRIVE Harbor, for orphans with Thalassemia and other blood diseases.
• Brogan, Zachary and Landon are now residing in Minnesota. Brogan is an agent with Homeland Security and Zachary is a police officer. Landon is now FOUR years old! We were blessed to have him for a visit over Thanksgiving. They need to move CLOSER!!!
• Patrick is a welder/pipefitter, and is currently working for FEMA in South Carolina. He needs to hurry up and marry his GF, Emmy, so she will be an official member of the family! (hint hint) Miss them both!
• Keagan is now a Jr. and is enjoying playing basketball for Decatur Christian. And he is DRIVING!
• Brittany is also a Jr. at DCS, and enjoys playing guitar and drawing. She is our fashionista!
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| "Percy" |
• Brianna is also a Jr. at DCS (yes we have 3!). She is our volleyball player and board game champion!
•Bronwyn is our only Sr., and will be graduating in May from DCS. She plans to go to RCC to study early education. She is loving her last year of basketball.
•Brian is doing well at Hoyleton, the residential facility where he is living. We are blessed to get to visit him twice a month. He is now well over 6 foot and growing!
•Toby is an 8th grader,, and spends lots of time playing basketball for DCS and ice skating. His latest passion is building tasers. EEK
•Miles, Rory, and Meng are ALL in the 5th grade at DCS. Miles is quite excited to experience his first Christmas, and also accepted Christ this past year! Rory had the amazing experience of going to Nubability sports camp this summer, where he met many kids with hand differences and was able to train with professional athletes. Meng was blessed to be chosen as a 2017 poster girl for St. Jude, so she is pretty excited about that!!! Bryson is also in 5th grade at Franklin Elementary, where he is loving art class and lunch! He is slowly getting used to the idea of having SO many siblings! He keeps us entertained with his funny faces!
•Daley, the “Princess of the Castle Norwood”, is doing very well. Sleeping so much
better, happier, and growing like crazy! And, of course, still very spoiled! She is and
always will be the sunshine of the family!
• And that brings me to Wen and Wu. These little guys have turned our family upside down with their cuteness and their craziness! They are certainly not shy, and know how to charm! BEST DECISION EVER!
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| Toby! |
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| Rory and Bryson |
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| Bronwyn's Sr photo |
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| First Day of School |
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| Introducing Mr. Miles McKinney! |
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| Bible Quizzing Medals! |
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| Brian and Britt |
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| Meng and Miles transfusion day! |
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| Rory and the One-Legged Ninja Warrior, Zach Gowen |
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| Daley Faith |
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| Landon with Grandpa Dale |
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| Wen and Wu AKA Cecil and Ervin |
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| The McKinney family (without Bryson or Miles) |
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| McKinney teens |
• As always, we strive to be the hands and feet of Jesus! We pray blessings on your family this Christmas,
and we thank God for blessing us! And once last thing……Is God Calling YOU to Adopt? 163 million orphans are praying for a forever family! Could that be you? GOD BLESS!!!
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| What to call this??? LOL |
